Machzor [Festival prayers]

Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(LITURGY)

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1599-1600

Description

According to Aschkenazi rite. Two volumes. Titles within architectural arch. Printer’s device on f.340 (Yaari no.18). Zodiac signs illustrated Vol.I ff.171-3 (Prayer for Dew). With commentary and instructions in Judeo-German. With Judeo-German translation to Ethics of the Fathers.

references

Vinograd, Venice 878; Habermann, di Gara 189 and 197; not in Adams

I: ff. 340. Scattered marginalia. II: ff. 316. Lacking final unnumbered leaf. Title closely trimmed, neat marginal repairs to several leaves, affecting a few letters in places. Lightly browned, occasional staining. Modern uniform calf-backed boards. Folio

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