Machzor for the Entire Year. Basel, 1599. Pocket Edition. Especially Rare. Glosses

Machzor for the Entire Year. Basel, 1599. Pocket Edition. Especially Rare. Glosses

Machzor for the entire year - small machzor per the Ashkenazic custom, an abbreviated version the likes of which has not been printed again to this day. Machzor for the high holidays and the three pilgrimage festivals, in a small format. Basel, 1599. Beautifully printed machzor, with piyyutim and Yotzrot. Rare, antique machzor. Incomplete copy.

The printer wrote that he printed it in a small volume to make it easier to carry, especially for times of the fair in Frankfurt, which takes place during the Shalosh Regalim and Yamim Nora'im. He adds, "I was inspired, and many residents of Frankfurt also agreed to printing this machzor."

Notes regarding customs appear all along the machzor's leaves, from the time of printing. The last leaf bears an old inscription about Birkat Kohanim and the prayer "Ribbono shel Olam" that is customarily recited during Birkat Kohanim for positive dream interpretation.

153. 250-278 leaf, 14 cm (lacking leaves: 154-249, from the middle of Mussaf for the second day of Rosh HaShanah to the Ne'ilah prayer for Yom Kippur). This copy as it appears here was bound many years ago.

Fine condition. Aging stains. Worming perforations. Perforation in the margins of the title page. Gilt page cuts.