Machsor Lipsiae

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 391

(JEWISH ART)

Machsor Lipsiae

Sixty-Eight Facsimile Plates of the Medieval Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript in the Possession of the Leipzig University Library. Text in Hebrew, German and English. With Prospectus. Two volumes, text and plates. Text volume with essays by Elias Katz and Bezalel Narkiss, annotated Plate volume: Pictoral cream with multi-colored stamp design on front (bound inverted). Housed in original publisher’s box. Folio

Leipzig: 1964

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $400

First illustrated Machzor reproduced in facsimile. The Leipzig Machzor is the most sumptuous of South German illuminated Machzorim, with the most extensive array of illustrations. It is regarded as one of the most significant medieval monuments of Hebraic art