Auction 49 · Lot 42

The Form of Prayers - Machzor miKol HaShanah [festival prayers for entire year]. According to Polish rite

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

printer

E. Justins

Place

London

Publication

1807

Description

Hebrew with English translation prepared by David Levi. Revised and corrected by Isaac Levi. Second Edition. Complete set of six volumes. Vol. I with frontispiece portrait of Chief Rabbi Solomon Hirschell. Each volume with additional engraved allegorical title. Conclusion of the final volume appears a lengthy list of Subscribers. Vol. I (Rosh Hashanah): pp. 12, ff. 13-26, 232; pp. 11. * Vol. II (Yom Kippur): ff. 250, (1). * Vol. III (Yom Kippur, Additional and Afternoon Prayers): ff. 212. * Vol. IV (Sukkoth): ff. 240. * Vol. V (Pesach): ff. 266. * Vol. VI (Shavu'oth): ff.185, (7)

references

Vinograd, London 179

summary

An uncommon edition complete and bound in a contemporary binding. An historical account of the contentious publishing history relating to this edition accompanies the lot and is further available upon request

Ex-library, browned and in some instances brittle and torn with some loss, title of vol. IV torn affecting text. Uniform contemporary straight-grain morocco, rubbed (especially spines), backstrips of two volumes repaired. Tall 4to

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