Machzor shel Kol Hashanna kefi Minhag Italiani [prayers for the whole year]. Acording to the custom of Italy

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 116

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Machzor shel Kol Hashanna kefi Minhag Italiani [prayers for the whole year]. Acording to the custom of Italy

Volume II only. Owner's inscription on title Bound in Italian Silver Binding, Circa 1830. Cut out front and back panels allow velvet surface book to be viewed. Both display cut out central panel with undecorated cartouche topped by crown, flanked by flowers, with embossed border with scrolls and shells. Spine embossed with shell motifs, separated by bars. Two clasps. Marked on borders, front and back, and on clasp. a.e.g. H:185mm. ff. 322. Lightly browned and foxed in places. Marginal tear on f. 180. Clean tear on f. 257. 8vo. Vinograd, Venice 1988

Venice: Bragadin 1772

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

The Italian prayer rite is among the few that retained some significant vestiges of the pre-Crusader Palestinian rite. It is also characterised by a deep interest in liturgical poetry and midrashic compilations. In this rite, “the exegetical and liturgical interests of the two major centers are...seen to...come together nicely.” S.C. Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (1993), pp. 164-5. For other copies of this Machzor in equally elaborate silver bindings, see Kestenbaum & Company, Sale VII 22nd June 1999, Lot 152; and Sale XI 28th November 2000, lot 319 Provenance: Christie’s, 24th November, 1983. Lot 163 / Sotheby's,18th December 1989, Lot 87