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(LITURGY). Sidur Siphthei Tzaddikim - The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Edited by Isaac Leeser. First edition. Hebrew with English translation on facing pages. Complete set of six volumes. *  Vol. I Daily Prayers:  pp. viii; ff. 216. * Vol. II New Year:  ff. 120. * Vol. III Day of Atonement:  ff. 246 + supplement pp. 3. * Vol. IV Tabernacles:  ff. 176. * Vol. V Passover and Pentecost: ff. 182. *  Vol. VI Fast Day: ff. (2), 186; pp. (4), 12, including two-page List of Subscribers. Slight foxing to some pages. Penciled inscription at front of vol. 1: ”Isabella Penha died… 10th April, 1858.” Contemporary tree calf, spines sparingly ruled and with two black morocco gilt-lettered labels (in English), sprinkled edges. Extremities rubbed, joints slightly cracked, but a sound set. Spine of vol. 4 expertly rebacked to match the set. Goldman, 36; Vinograd, Philadelphia 12; Rosenbach 411. Philadelphia, Haswell, Barrington and Haswell, 1837-38. The First Comprehensive Set of Machzorim Printed in America. An Exceptionally Rare Complete Set. Sidur Sifthei Tzadikim, Isaac Leeser’s comprehensive prayer book, was the first American edition containing the liturgy for the entire year. It contains the full Hebrew text and an original English translation. Leeser marketed his prayer book to audiences both in America and the British Colonies in the Caribbean and thus included both “A Prayer for a Royal Government” and “A Prayer for a Republican Government” (see Vol. I, ff. 114-115). Provenance: Christie’s New York, Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana and Duplicates from the Burndy Library, 14th June 2006, Lot 314. A Complete Set in Six Volumes of the Jewish Liturgy for the Entire Year. A landmark in the early flowering of the Religious Jewish Community of America.