LITURGY. Seder tefillot mi-kol ha-shanah [Daily prayerbook according to the German and Polish rites].

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LITURGY. Seder tefillot mi-kol ha-shanah [Daily prayerbook according to the German and Polish rites].
Amsterdam: Joseph, Jacob and Abraham, sons of Solomon Proops, 1766.
248 leaves.
16mo, 75 x 47 mm. (2 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.), contemporary red morocco, elaborately gilt, tooling of leafy sprays, flowers, shells and insects, surrounding a central peacock (1½ in.), built up with small tools on both covers, spine in 4 compartments, one lettered others with central floral ornament, single silver (?) clasps richly decorated, g.e., slight rubbing to covers, lower joint cracked, slight wear to spine ends; some ink notations in old hand to blanks, slight staining and browning.
Vinograd, Amsterdam, 1915 (?) who describes an octavo edition.

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