Machzor im Kavanath HaPaytan [High Holiday and Festival prayers].

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $125

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

author

(LITURGY).

printer

Moses b. Gershon and Partners

Place

London

Publication

1771

Description

According to rite of Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, Bohemian and Moravian Jewish communities, with Judeo-German translation. Woodcut Zodiac signs. Two volumes.

references

Vinograd, London 65.

summary

The first Hebrew Festival prayer book (Machzor) issued in England.

I: ff. (1), 24, 86, 24,133. * II: ff. (1), 24, 83, 172. Lacking additional engraved title. Light stains, marginal repair on a few leaves. Modern calf. 4to.

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