Auction 59 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Feb 20, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St. Jerusalem
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LOT 40:

Machzor - Two Volumes - Venice, 1742

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Year-round machzor, weekdays, Shabbat and Festivals, Italian rite. Venice, [1742]. Two parts in two volumes.
"Year round machzor according to the rites of the holy communities of Italian Jews". Engraved frontispiece in all volumes.
Part 1: Prayers for weekdays and Shabbat, Pesach and Shavuot, public fasts and the four parshiot. Part 2: Selichot and prayers for Rosh Hashanah and for Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah.
Part 2 contains glosses in Italian script in several places with explanations of words, text variations and errata. A handwritten index of piyyutim appears on a front endpaper.
Vol. 1: [2], 264 leaves. 18 cm. Vol. 2: [2], 274 leaves. 19.5 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Gilt edges. Some of the letters on the title pages are printed in red ink. Binding and several leaves of Part 1 are detached. Contemporary bindings, damaged.

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