Machzor shel Kol Ha-Shana [Prayers for the whole year]. According to Italian rite

Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(LITURGY)

printer

Vendramin

Place

Venice

Publication

1742

Description

Two volumes. Titles in red and black. Magnificent 19th-century full calf covers elaborately tooled in gilt, enclosing diamond shaped cartouche with the owner’s name “Sara Norsa,” surrounded by foliate frames within linear borders. Spines in compartments with gilt rope, chain edges and geometric decorations. Encased in contemporary fitted, green morocco slip-cases with gilt decorations with central depiction of grapes within an octagon chain cartouche

references

Vinograd, Venice 1817

summary

Provenance: Sara Norsa. The aristocratic Norsa (or Norzi) family of Italy reared both scholars and bankers and thrived in provinces throughout Italy for centuries. See further: EJ Vol. XII, col. 1228

I: ff. (1), 264. II: ff. (1), 274. Signature on title-page of vol. I excised and in vol. II removed. Extremeties trace rubbed. 8vo

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