[Machzor]. Festival prayers for the Days of Awe. According to Sephardic rite. Vol. I, Rosh Hashanah: ff. (2), 86. * Vol. II, Yom Kippur: ff. (2), 171.

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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[Machzor]. Festival prayers for the Days of Awe. According to Sephardic rite. Vol. I, Rosh Hashanah: ff. (2), 86. * Vol. II, Yom Kippur: ff. (2), 171.

Together, two volumes. Titles within borders engraved by Aaron Santcroos. Copyright signed by Jacob da Silva Mendes at end. <<THE SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE COPY>> with his bookplates on endpapes and Ramsgate stamps. Marginalia in English and bold Sephardic Hebrew script, directions for the Hazzan. 19th-century tooled calf, expertly rebacked. 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 2005.

Amsterdam: Gerard Johan Jansen 1771

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,700

The personal Machzorim used by Moses Montefiore for prayers on the High Holydays.