Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Zemirot Yisrael (With Musical Notation) – Elaborate Original Leather Binding – Stuttgart, 1836
Opening: $100
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Zemirot Yisrael, Gesang-Buch, zum Gebrauch bei dem Unterrichte in der mosaischen Religion und zur öffentlichen und häuslichen Gottesverehrung der Israeliten im Königreich Württemberg [for use in the synagogues of the Jewish community of Württemberg]. Stuttgart: Hallberger, 1836. First edition. German.
Elaborate leather binding, with gilt decorations.
One of the first Reform prayer books printed in Germany.
Includes musical notation throughout the book, most meant to be sung by a four-man choir.
XII, 428 pages. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Elaborate original leather binding. Wear and damage to binding (tears across spine, partially detached).
Poetry, Philosophy and Haskalah Literature
Poetry, Philosophy and Haskalah Literature