Derech Yeshara siddur, Ashkenazi-rite, year-round prayers, selichot and piyyutim, Hagaddah, Pirkei Avot, laws and customs, with Yiddish translation and explanation of the prayers and laws, by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Segal Epstein (author of Kitzur Shelah); Tehillim and Maamadot; supplications for women.
Offenbach, 1791-1793.
Additional engraved title page. Divisional title page for the Book of Tehillim & the order of supplications.
The first two title pages don’t have a date, but the approbations are dated 1791. The third title page is date 1793.
With the approbation of the Gaon Rabbi Pinchos Halevi Ish Horowitz Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main the Haflaah, & Rabbi Anshil Metz Rabbi of Offenbach.
The Derech Yeshara siddur was first published in 1697 in Frankfurt am Main. It gained great popularity, and was reprinted in several editions. This edition is very rare & has only appeared once at public auction!
[3], 5-28, 60, 46, 78, 165 Pages. 23.2 Cm.
Variable condition, Good, fair & bad. Wear & stains, light worming at the beginning, tear with loss to page 14, pages 6-8 damaged, pages 24-36 damaged some with large losses, pages 23-30 damaged some with large losses, lacking pages 31-32, pages 33-37 damaged, pages 65-68 printed upside down, tear with loss to page 78. Original binding rubbed.
Share this lot: