Machzor Sephardim le-Yamim Nora’im [Sephardic Prayer Book for Days of Awe, Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur]

(BINDING).

Abraham Attias

Amsterdam

1740

Sumptuous 18th-century silver binding of Roman workmanship, with equally ornate clasp. Leonine motifs between curvilinear ornaments front and back. On spine, in cartouche, initials “S.E.C.” Outfitted with attractive contemporary calf box, gilt extra, bears Rome shop label with crest. Charming bookplate with the legend “Never failing Friends” tipped in. Silk endpapers

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1519

A DIMINUTIVE PRAYER-BOOK IN AN EXCEPTIONAL ITALIAN BINDING, WITH ORIGINAL CASE. This charming book in its precious cover, protected by its fitted case, was no doubt presented as a wedding present to an Italian Jewish bride. See Israel Museum Catalogue, The Stieglitz Collection (1987) p. 364 no. 240 for another example