Sha’ar Bath Rabim [prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazi rite. With commentary Hadrath Kodesh by Isaac Segal of Herlisheim

AUCTION 41 |
Thursday, September 18th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art
Lot 197
(LITURGY)
Sha’ar Bath Rabim [prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazi rite. With commentary Hadrath Kodesh by Isaac Segal of Herlisheim
Venice: Bragadin 1711-15
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
This sumptuous and extraordinarily large Machzor was printed for the use of the Chazan at the request of the Aschkenazi congregations of a number of leading Italian communities: Venice, Padua, Rovigo, Verona, Mantua, Casale Monferrato, and Gorizia. Because of the enormous expense involved in this publishing endeavor, preceding the volume’s customary rabbinic endorsements, two Italian magisterial documents appear, providing copyright protection for twelve years.
In his commentary, R. Isaac Segal, who served as Cantor in the town of Herlisheim, not only reflects upon the texts of the prayers, but also provides a compilation of laws and customs based upon Aschkenazic source material