Machzor im Kavanath ha-Paytan. [Festival Prayer Book for the Entire Year]

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(LITURGY)

printer

Orphans of Solomon Proops

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1750

Description

Two volumes. Volume I: New Year and Day of Atonement. Vol. II: Three Festivals. With notes and commentary in Judeo-German. Woodcut illustrations of the Zodiac and agricultural cycle on ff. 89-92, 31-34 of Vol. II. On final page, Proops Family printer’s device (cf. Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks, nos. 116-20)

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1631

Vol. I: ff. 29, 100, (1), 22, 164. Vol. II: ff. 29, 12, (1), 109, (1), 111, 72. On title, signatures of former owners. Lightly browned and stained. Contemporary blind-tooled calf; clasps and hinges. Spine in compartments, worn. 4to

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