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Year-Round Siddur – Amsterdam, 1773 / Tehillim and Maamadot – Amsterdam, 1767-1769 – Original Elaborate Leather Binding – Many Birth and Death Inscriptions
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Year-round siddur, Ashkenazic Polish rite, with Hoshanot, Maaravot, Yotzrot, Selichot for fast days, Perek Shirah and Passover Haggadah, edited by R. Shlomo Zalman London. Amsterdam: Yosef, Yaakov and Avraham sons of Shlomo Proops, 1773.
Bound with: Book of Tehillim. Amsterdam: Yosef, Yaakov and Avraham sons of Shlomo Proops, 1769; Order of Maamadot. Amsterdam: Yosef, Yaakov and Avraham sons of Shlomo Proops, 1767. Divisional title pages for Book of Tehillim and Maamadot.
Original elaborate leather binding, with many gilt decorations, decorations of angels and crowns, and a dove holding a leaf in its mouth.
Ownership inscription on title page of "Manis Levi Norden".
On front and back endpapers, many birth and death inscriptions of Norden family members between 1806-1859, with a detailed documentation of several generations. One of the deaths recorded is his son-in-law, R. Yehudah Leib Schaap, Rabbi of Amersfoort: "Alas for the death of my beloved son-in-law, the Rabbi and yeshiva dean R. Yehudah Leib Schaaps, who presided over justice in Amersfoort and the region… Erev Shavuot 1859…".
12, 415; 56; 47 leaves. 13 cm. Gilt edges. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear. Marginal tears to some leaves, affecting text. Several leaves and gatherings loose. Original leather binding. Wear and defects to binding (tears to top and edges of spine).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Siddurim and Prayer Books
Siddurim and Prayer Books