Machzor. According to Roman rite. With Kimcha De’Avishona by Yochanan Treves and commentaries by Ovadiah Sforno and Moses Maimonides.

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $1,600

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author

(LITURGY).

printer

Menachem ben Abraham of Modena & Partners

Place

Bologna

Publication

1540

Description

Two volumes (mixed set). Titles within elaborate frames, many initial letters within cartouches. Scattered marginalia and corrections in an Italian hand.

references

Vinograd, Bologna 16.

summary

Prayers for the entire year, along with the first appearance of Treves’s commentary elucidating the subject matter of the prayers and the meaning and derivation of phrases. Includes Passover Hagadah, Ethics of the Fathers, the Books of Ruth, Lamentations, Jonah, Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes; also various laws relating to birth, family purity, marriage, burial, etc.

ff. 200 and 189. Variously worn and stained, taped repairs, occasional small loss, few words censored, slight worming in places. Boards (not uniform). Sm. folio. Sold not subject to return.

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