Lot 342
Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with Selichot – Dordrecht (The Netherlands), 1584 – One of the First Prayer Books Printed for Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands
Orden de Roshasanah y Kipur, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, with selichot, translated into Spanish. [Dordrecht (the Netherlands)]: [P. Verhagen] for Yahacob Israel, [1584].
This machzor edition is considered the first prayer book printed in the Netherlands for the Sephardic Jews who settled there (the first part of this machzor, for the three festivals, was printed two months prior). At that time, Jewish settlement in the Netherlands was still in its infancy, and the Amsterdam Jewish community had not yet been founded.
The colophon on the final page, lacking in the present copy, states Mainz (Maguntia) as place of printing (based on this colophon, this machzor is known as "Machzor Maguntia"). The place of printing was presumably forged to mislead the Christian censorship, and the machzor was actually printed in Dordrecht in the P. Verhagen press.
Censorship deletions in several places. Inscriptions on title page and endpapers.
24, 33-326 leaves. Lacking leaves 25-32, and final leaf (altogether 9 leaves, replaced with blank leaves). 14 cm. Colored edges. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Open tear to title page, affecting border, repaired with paper. Minor open tears to several other leaves. Early leather binding, with gilt decorations on spine.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
