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Auction 7 · Lot 282

Machzor Im Kavanath Hapaytan [festival prayers]. According to Asckenazi rite, with Judeo-German translation.

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
$950

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

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

printer

Moses b. Gershon and Partners

Place

London

Publication

1771

Description

Two Volumes. Both with additional engraved title depicting Moses and Aaron

references

Vinograd, London 65; Roth, London 15

summary

The earliest Hebrew Festival prayer book published in England. Vinograd records only 24 leaves in the Shacharith prayers of Volume One. This copy contains two additional leaves with Inaugural Prayer for Sabbath Eve
I: ff. (1), 27, 86, 24, 133. II: ff. (1), 24, 83, 172. Browned and foxed in places. Contemporary calf, heavily rubbed. 4to
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