Machzor Leyamim Noraim [for the days of Awe]. According to Aschkenazi rite. Scribe: Raphael ben Mordechai Moses Luzzatti

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $3,200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(LITURGY)

Place

Asti

Publication

9th Sivan 1887 (viz. title)

Description

Manuscript, in variously sized square Italian Hebrew scripts, black ink on paper, 390pp. Title within simple geometric border. Instructions in Hebrew, occasionally Italian

summary

A beautifully composed liturgical manuscript by a scribe of illustrious lineage, from this Piedmontese city within which barely 100 Jews resided

Modern half-calf retaining contemporary gilt-stamped backstrip, folio

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