Machzor Kephi Minhag Roma. According to Italian rite. With Kimcha De’avishona by Yochanan Treves, and commentaries by Ovadiah Sforno and Maimonides. Includes the Ethics of the Fathers.

AUCTION 18 | Tuesday, December 17th, 2002 at 1:00

Magnificent Hebrew Manuscripts, Incunabula and Other Valuable Hebrew Printed Books Sold By Order of The Trustees of Jews' College, London.

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Machzor Kephi Minhag Roma. According to Italian rite. With Kimcha De’avishona by Yochanan Treves, and commentaries by Ovadiah Sforno and Maimonides. Includes the Ethics of the Fathers.

Two parts in one volume. Titles within elaborate frames, many initial letters within cartouches. Generally, an attractive wide-margined copy. ff. (200) and (198). Collates as per Adams. Few light stains in places, opening title laid down, paper marginal repairs to first few leaves, neat repairs to few interior leaves, ff.9-16 of Part I silked; censored in places, signed by censor on verso of final leaf, library stamp on opening title and on various leaves. Recent blue-marine half-morocco over boards. Thick folio Vinograd, Bologna 16; Y.Y. Cohen, no. 7; Adams J-200

Bologna: Menachem ben Abraham of Modena & Partners 1540

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $6,000

Prayers for the entire year, including Passover Hagadah, Ethics of the Fathers, the Books of Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Jonah and Ecclesiastes. Also laws relating to birth, family purity, marriage, burial, etc. Includes the first edition of Treves’ commentary elucidating the subject matter of the prayers and the meaning and derivation of phrases.