Machzor. According to Roman rite. With Kimcha De’Avishona by Yochanan Treves and commentaries by Ovadiah Sforno and Moses Maimonides.

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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(LITURGY).

Machzor. According to Roman rite. With Kimcha De’Avishona by Yochanan Treves and commentaries by Ovadiah Sforno and Moses Maimonides.

Two volumes (mixed set). Titles within elaborate frames, many initial letters within cartouches. Scattered marginalia and corrections in an Italian hand. ff. 200 and 189. Variously worn and stained, taped repairs, occasional small loss, few words censored, slight worming in places. Boards (not uniform). Sm. folio. Sold not subject to return. Vinograd, Bologna 16.

Bologna: Menachem ben Abraham of Modena & Partners 1540

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

Prayers for the entire year, along with the first appearance of Treves’s commentary elucidating the subject matter of the prayers and the meaning and derivation of phrases. Includes Passover Hagadah, Ethics of the Fathers, the Books of Ruth, Lamentations, Jonah, Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes; also various laws relating to birth, family purity, marriage, burial, etc.