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

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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

Two volumes. Titles within elaborate frames, many initial letters within cartouches. Scattered marginalia in an Italian hand Vol. I: ff. 200. Collates as per Adams. Title repaired affecting portion of ornamental frame, lightly browned, marginal repairs or worming affecting a few letters. * Vol. II: ff. 189. Marginal worming on a few leaves Uniform modern calf. 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 $5,500

Prayers for the entire year, including Passover Hagadah, Ethics of the Fathers, the Books of Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Jonah and Ecclesiastes, various laws relating to birth, family purity, marriage, burial, etc. With the first edition of Treves’ commentary elucidating the subject matter of the prayers and the meaning and derivation of phrases. For a thorough, scholarly discussion of this Roman rite, see Samuel David Luzzatto: Mavo LeMachzor Bne Roma (Tel-Aviv, 1966 ); with notes and addittional material by Daniel Goldschmidt, and a bibliography byY. Y. Cohen