<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prayers for Shabbath, Rosh-Hashanah and Kippur…According to the Order of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Translated by Isaac Pinto. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE</span></span>. English text with Hebrew titles of prayers provided in English transliteration. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">HIGHLY SCARCE FIRST STATE OF TITLE-PAGE</span> with the incorrect spelling: “BEGINING.”</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic;">pp. (iv), 190, (1). Lightly browned, and foxed in places, pp. 16-24 with short tears at lower margin from usage. Contemporary gilt-ruled tree-calf, upper cover with morocco label gilt-tooled: “Frances Judah.” Scuffed. Sm. 4to.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Singerman 40; Rosenbach 47 (illustrated); Goldman 32; Evans 10344; Sabin 62292; Karp, Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress (1991) pp. 189 and 301; G.A. Kohut, AJHS Publications, Vol. III pp. 118-22.</span></p>
<p><br /></p>
<p>New York, John Holt 1766</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">THE FIRST COMPLETE JEWISH PRAYER-BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE NEW WORLD.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">PROVENANCE:</span></p>
<p> 1. Frances Judah (late 18th-century morocco book-plate). </p>
<p> 2. Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool (1885-1970). </p>
<p> 3. By direct family descent to Dr. Susan de Sola Rodstein (1962-2021). </p>
<p><br /></p>
<p> Isaac Pinto (1720-91) was a merchant who moved from the British West Indies to New York in 1751, where he became a member of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Shearith Israel, the only Jewish Congregation in New York City from 1654 until 1825, which comprised perhaps some 400 Jews. A fervent patriot, Pinto was a signatory to resolutions favoring the Nonimportation Agreement, and was vocal in support of the Revolution. </p>
<p><br /></p>
<p> In this first American Colonial prayer-book Pinto writes in the introduction: “[Hebrew] being imperfectly understood by many, by some, not at all; it has been necessary to translate our Prayers, in the Language of the Country wherein it hath pleased the divine Providence to appoint our Lot. In Europe, the Spanish and Portuguese Jews have a Translation in Spanish, which as they generally understand, may be sufficient; but that not being the Case in the British Dominions in America, has induced me to Attempt a Translation in English, not without Hope that it will tend to the Improvement of many of my Brethren in their Devotion.” </p>
<p><br /></p>
<p> “As a product of the British colonies, Pinto’s prayer-book included a prayer for King George III and the royal family of England. Yet the fact that the first Jewish prayer-book to be published in the English language took place in colonial New York with its tiny Jewish community rather than in London, which had ten times the number of Jewish residents, most likely served as some sort of declaration of independence. By being the first to use an English prayer-book in their services, the nascent American Jewish community could demonstrate to their London elders that they had the will and the ability to determine their own religious practices.” See Dr. Rebecca Jefferson, Isaac Pinto and the first Jewish Prayer Book in America: <a href="https://ufsasc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/isaac-pinto-first-jewish-prayer-book-published-ame rica-ufsasc/." target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://ufsasc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/isaac-pinto-first-jewish-prayer-book-published-ame rica-ufsasc/</a></p>
<p><br /></p>
<p>“Isaac Pinto, is surely one of American Jewry’s unsung heroes: a man whose passions for America and for Judaism helped create the very concept of a Jewish-American identity.” See: <a href="https://blog.jewishphilly.org/isaac-pinto-and-his-revolutionary-act-of-creating- the-first-american-siddur." target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://blog.jewishphilly.org/isaac-pinto-and-his-revolutionary-act-of-creating- the-first-american-siddur</a></p>
<p><br /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">ONE OF THE SINGULAR MOST IMPORTANT PRINTED BOOKS OF JEWISH AMERICANA.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">PAST-AUCTION RECORD: </span>Another copy of the Pinto Siddur was sold ($159,000) by Kestenbaum & Company, see Kestenbaum Sale 64, Lot 8. </p>
<p><br /></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(156, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">NOTE </span><span style="color: rgb(156, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">PROVIDED</span><span style="color: rgb(156, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> BY THE FAMILY OF THE LATE CONSIGNOR: </span></p>
<p> On the 28th October 2021, Susan de Sola Rodstein died from an aggressive form of cancer. Susan was the grand-daughter of the Rev. David de Sola Pool and his wife Tamar de Sola Pool (nee Hirshenson). Close to both her grandparents, Susan was strongly connected to the illustrious family history they represented. Equally, she carried throughout her life, fond memories of Shearith Israel, her grandfather’s historic congregation. With a Phd in English Literature received from Johns Hopkins, Susan had the same literary interests as her grandmother Tamar. Susan lived for many years just outside Amsterdam, in The Netherlands. The proceeds from the sale of Susan’s books will be go toward a dedicated charity in support of cancer research.<br /></p>
![<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prayers for Shabbath, Rosh-Hashanah and Kippur…According to the Order of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Translated by Isaac Pinto. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE</span></span>. English text with Hebrew titles of prayers provided in English transliteration. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">HIGHLY SCARCE FIRST STATE OF TITLE-PAGE</span> with the incorrect spelling: “BEGINING.”</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic;">pp. (iv), 190, (1). Lightly browned, and foxed in places, pp. 16-24 with short tears at lower margin from usage. Contemporary gilt-ruled tree-calf, upper cover with morocco label gilt-tooled: “Frances Judah.” Scuffed. Sm. 4to.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Singerman 40; Rosenbach 47 (illustrated); Goldman 32; Evans 10344; Sabin 62292; Karp, Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress (1991) pp. 189 and 301; G.A. Kohut, AJHS Publications, Vol. III pp. 118-22.</span></p>
<p><br /></p>
<p>New York, John Holt 1766</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">THE FIRST COMPLETE JEWISH PRAYER-BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE NEW WORLD.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">PROVENANCE:</span></p>
<p> 1. Frances Judah (late 18th-century morocco book-plate). </p>
<p> 2. Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool (1885-1970). </p>
<p> 3. By direct family descent to Dr. Susan de Sola Rodstein (1962-2021). </p>
<p><br /></p>
<p> Isaac Pinto (1720-91) was a merchant who moved from the British West Indies to New York in 1751, where he became a member of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Shearith Israel, the only Jewish Congregation in New York City from 1654 until 1825, which comprised perhaps some 400 Jews. A fervent patriot, Pinto was a signatory to resolutions favoring the Nonimportation Agreement, and was vocal in support of the Revolution. </p>
<p><br /></p>
<p> In this first American Colonial prayer-book Pinto writes in the introduction: “[Hebrew] being imperfectly understood by many, by some, not at all; it has been necessary to translate our Prayers, in the Language of the Country wherein it hath pleased the divine Providence to appoint our Lot. In Europe, the Spanish and Portuguese Jews have a Translation in Spanish, which as they generally understand, may be sufficient; but that not being the Case in the British Dominions in America, has induced me to Attempt a Translation in English, not without Hope that it will tend to the Improvement of many of my Brethren in their Devotion.” </p>
<p><br /></p>
<p> “As a product of the British colonies, Pinto’s prayer-book included a prayer for King George III and the royal family of England. Yet the fact that the first Jewish prayer-book to be published in the English language took place in colonial New York with its tiny Jewish community rather than in London, which had ten times the number of Jewish residents, most likely served as some sort of declaration of independence. By being the first to use an English prayer-book in their services, the nascent American Jewish community could demonstrate to their London elders that they had the will and the ability to determine their own religious practices.” See Dr. Rebecca Jefferson, Isaac Pinto and the first Jewish Prayer Book in America: <a href="https://ufsasc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/isaac-pinto-first-jewish-prayer-book-published-ame rica-ufsasc/." target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://ufsasc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/isaac-pinto-first-jewish-prayer-book-published-ame rica-ufsasc/</a></p>
<p><br /></p>
<p>“Isaac Pinto, is surely one of American Jewry’s unsung heroes: a man whose passions for America and for Judaism helped create the very concept of a Jewish-American identity.” See: <a href="https://blog.jewishphilly.org/isaac-pinto-and-his-revolutionary-act-of-creating- the-first-american-siddur." target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://blog.jewishphilly.org/isaac-pinto-and-his-revolutionary-act-of-creating- the-first-american-siddur</a></p>
<p><br /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">ONE OF THE SINGULAR MOST IMPORTANT PRINTED BOOKS OF JEWISH AMERICANA.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(156, 0, 0);">PAST-AUCTION RECORD: </span>Another copy of the Pinto Siddur was sold ($159,000) by Kestenbaum & Company, see Kestenbaum Sale 64, Lot 8. </p>
<p><br /></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(156, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">NOTE </span><span style="color: rgb(156, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">PROVIDED</span><span style="color: rgb(156, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> BY THE FAMILY OF THE LATE CONSIGNOR: </span></p>
<p> On the 28th October 2021, Susan de Sola Rodstein died from an aggressive form of cancer. Susan was the grand-daughter of the Rev. David de Sola Pool and his wife Tamar de Sola Pool (nee Hirshenson). Close to both her grandparents, Susan was strongly connected to the illustrious family history they represented. Equally, she carried throughout her life, fond memories of Shearith Israel, her grandfather’s historic congregation. With a Phd in English Literature received from Johns Hopkins, Susan had the same literary interests as her grandmother Tamar. Susan lived for many years just outside Amsterdam, in The Netherlands. The proceeds from the sale of Susan’s books will be go toward a dedicated charity in support of cancer research.<br /></p>](/img/aHR0cHM6Ly9iaWRzcGlyaXQtaW1hZ2VzLmdsb2JhbC5zc2wuZmFzdGx5Lm5ldC9rZXN0ZW5iYXVtL2Nsb25lZC1pbWFnZXMvMTE5NzMyLzAwMi8wMDIuanBn.06c4w4LHljOgSnLIEB1U1g)
