Machzor shel Kol Hashanah [Prayers for the entire year]. Acccording to Italian rite

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Machzor shel Kol Hashanah [Prayers for the entire year]. Acccording to Italian rite

Two volumes. Hagadah portion with charming illustrations of matzah and maror on p. 146 of Vol. I. Elaborate contemporary calf-backed gilt marbled boards, with initials "E.F." within a gilt garland, gauffered edges Vol. I: ff. (1), 2-224 (i.e. 283). * Vol. II: ff. (2), 3-322. With slip-cases (lacking top half of one slip-case). 8vo Vinograd, Venice 1988

Venice: Bragadin 1772

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

The Italian prayer rite is among the few that retained some significant vestiges of the pre-Crusader Palestinian rite. It is also characterised by a deep interest in liturgical poetry and midrashic compilations. In this rite, “the exegetical and liturgical interests of the two major centers are...seen to...come together nicely.” S.C. Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (1993), pp. 164-5