SEFER HA-HAYIM. THE BOOK OF LIFE: A Complete Formula of the service and Ceremonies Observed at the Death-bed, House of mourning and cemetery; Together with Prayers on Visiting the Graves, elaborated and Revised By Rev. Dr. H. Vidaver. This item is unavailable.SEFER HA-HAYIM. THE BOOK OF LIFE: A Complete Formula of the service and Ceremonies Observed at the Death-bed, House of mourning and cemetery; Together with Prayers on Visiting the Graves, elaborated and Revised By Rev. Dr. H. Vidaver

In Hebrew and English. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Harvard). Patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. Boards detached. Lacks spine strip. Title page almost entirely in English. Pages 1 to 61 in English with occasional Hebrew word. Pages 62 to 167 is bilingual: Hebrew page faces English page. The rest of the book to the end, page194, is in English. At the very end is a two page death register. One of these two pages is filled out in Hebrew in pencil. Transcription: [1:] Avi HaTzadik Rabbi Gershon Ze’ev Wolf son of Rabbi Aaron .ת.נ.צ.ב.ה [= תהא נפשו צרורה בצרור החיים (tehay nafsho tzrura betzror hakhaim) = May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.] [2:] Imi haTzadkanit Sara Lea bat Rabbi Ben Zion ת.נ.צ.ב.ה [= תהא נפשה צרורה בצרור החיים (tehay nafsho tzrura betzror hakhaim) = May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.] Shavuot, Yom Alef. [3:] Akhoti haYekara Beyla Rivka bat Rabbi Gershon Wold [?] Zayin Iyar ת.נ.צ.ב.ה [= תהא נפשה צרורה בצרור החיים (tehay nafsho tzrura betzror hakhaim) = May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.] 19 x 13 cm. …