[Machzor]. Festival prayers for the Days of Awe. According to Sephardic rite. Vol. I, Rosh Hashanah: ff. (2), 86. * Vol. II, Yom Kippur: ff. (2), 171.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,700

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

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

printer

Gerard Johan Jansen

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1771

Description

Together, two volumes. Titles within borders engraved by Aaron Santcroos. Copyright signed by Jacob da Silva Mendes at end. THE SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE COPY with his bookplates on endpapes and Ramsgate stamps. Marginalia in English and bold Sephardic Hebrew script, directions for the Hazzan.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 2005.

summary

The personal Machzorim used by Moses Montefiore for prayers on the High Holydays.

19th-century tooled calf, expertly rebacked. 8vo.

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