Machzor - Sepher Kerovoth [Festival Prayers for the final days of Sukoth (Shemini Atzereth and Simchath Torah)].

AUCTION 79 | Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Machzor - Sepher Kerovoth [Festival Prayers for the final days of Sukoth (Shemini Atzereth and Simchath Torah)].

With German translation (in Hebrew characters) and Hebrew commentary by Wolf Heidenheim. Additional title. Printed on thicker paper. <<THE CARL MAYER ROTHSCHILD COPY. Spine gilt-tooled with Hebrew title and “C. M. Rothschild.”>> ff. (2), 115, 12. Lightly browned. Contemporary mottled calf, all edges gilt, scuffed. 8vo. Vinograd, Roedelheim 15.

Roedelheim: Wolf Heidenheim and B.M. Baschwitz 1802

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

Carl Mayer von Rothschild (1788-1855) was the founder of the Rothschild banking family of Naples. Born Kalman Mayer Rothschild in Frankfurt am Main, he was the fourth of the five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1743–1812), founder of the Rothschild dynasty.