FINE ITALIAN SILVER BINDING Binding: Rome, 1796
AUCTION 11 |
Tuesday, November 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 319
FINE ITALIAN SILVER BINDING
Binding: Rome, 1796
Est: $15,000 - $18,000
PRICE REALIZED $16,000
For another copy of this Machzor in an equally elaborate silver binding, see Kestenbaum & Company, Sale VII, 22nd June 1999, Lot 152
In the 18th century, lavishly bound Hebrew prayer-books became preferred wedding gifts, often decorated with the crests, or symbols, of the two marital families. For a similar binding, see Stieglitz, no. 242, p.366