Machzor [High Holiday and Festival prayers]. According to theAshkenazic rite of Poland, Bohemia and Moravia. With Yiddish translation, Megilloth and Orchoth Chaim

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $800

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author

(LITURGY)

printer

Drucker, Katz & Proops

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1713

Description

Two volumes. Each with own title page set within an ornamental border. Wide margins

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 992

summary

Contains a lengthy approbation from R. Tzvi Aschkenazi, the Chacham Tzvi, on the importance of a reliable translation to the prayers. The 16-leaf addendum of the Megilloth and Orchoth Chaim not noted by Vinograd

Vol. I: ff. 26, 294. Vol. II: ff. 262, 16. Some staining and browning, previous owners’ signatures including Moritz Prager of Frankfurt a/Main and others. Some leaves loose. Contemporary blind-tooled calf boards with clasps (lacking hinges), rubbed and chipped, front cover and flyleaf of vol. I detached. 4to

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