(Liturgy). Monteil, Abraham, (Ed.) Seder le-Arba Tzomoth u-le-Arba Parshiyoth ke-Minhag K.K. Carpentras [Prayer Book for the Four Fasts and Four Special Readings According to the Rite of the Community of Carpentras]

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(Liturgy). Monteil, Abraham, (Ed.) Seder le-Arba Tzomoth u-le-Arba Parshiyoth ke-Minhag K.K. Carpentras [Prayer Book for the Four Fasts and Four Special Readings According to the Rite of the Community of Carpentras]

FIRST EDITION ff. (2), 3, 5-151, (1). Trace foxed and waterstained. Waxstains on leaves of “Night of Tish’ah be-Av” (when as a sign of mourning the lights of the synagogue are extinguished and wax tapers lit). Mottled calf, scuffed. Lacking portion of spine. 8vo Vinograd, Amsterdam 1811

Amsterdam: Hertz Levi Rofe and his Son-in-law Kosman 1762

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $650

Includes prayers for the two unique Communal Anniversaries commemorating delivery from danger, 15th Kislev 1512 and 9th Nissan 1682. Cecil Roth notes the volume to be “of very considerable historical and literary interest.” See C. Roth, The Liturgies of Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin, in: Journal of Jewish Bibliography (July, 1939) pp. 99-105