The Union Prayerbook for Jewish Worship, Part 2 [Braille]

Book

Accession Number: 1991.55

Subtitle: The High Holiday Prayerbook

Summary/Description: At top of title page [title transliterated]: "Seder tefilot Yisrael." Contains: Yom Kippur Afternoon, Memorial, and Concluding Services. "Complete Hebrew and English text. . . . Published in the Revised Hebrew Braille Code" --t.p. The "first multiple edition for the blind of the complete Union Prayerbook for Jewish worship for the New Year and the Day of Atonement" --pub. forward. Grade 2 braille, interpoint. Black clothbound boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine; braille label embossed at top left of front cover; spacers between signatures (pages); textblock stitched at top and bottom. Museum holdings: volume 3 only.

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: Book was transferred from within the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) to the APH Museum in 1991.

Credit Line: APH Collection, 1991.55

Publisher: Sadie and Arthur Lamport Foundation for the Jewish Braille Institute of America

Publisher Place: New York

Publish Date: 1961

Subjects: Reform Judaism Prayerbooks

Physical Description: 3 v. ; 11.5 x 12 in. Volume 3 only