Machzor - Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. [Prayers for the Days of Awe]. Sephardic rite with many Piyutim.

(LITURGY)

(Algeria?)

1800

Hebrew manuscript written on paper in a large, neat, square Sephardic hand, with occasional cursive.

The colophon states this manuscript was written in 1800 by the scribe “Nissim Boaz for the esteemed… (name erased).” Previous owner’s name Abraham Benichou in gilt on spine. Later owner’s inscription on first page by Yosef Meshash: “I sold this book to Haham Abraham Laskov.”