Lot 175
Customs of the Maharil and a Siddur –Frankfurt am Main, 1687
Maharil, customs of Ashkenazi communities, by Rabbeinu Ya'akov ben Rabbi Moshe HaLevi, with additions and "Customs of the Frankfurt community and its surroundings" by Rabbi Hertz Levi "who was Av Beit Din here in the Frankfurt community". Siddur (without vowels). Frankfurt am Main, Tishrei 1687.
At the end of the siddur are [3] pages in ancient Ashkenazi handwriting of prayers to recite for donning tefillin. Bound with: an incomplete copy of Sefer HaYirah and Igeret HaTeshuva of Rabbeinu Yonah, and Birkat HaLevana. [Frankfurt am Main, 1711].
Various signatures and ownership inscriptions: "Simcha ben Moshe", "Simcha A.B. ben R.M.". Self-dedication "in memory of my birthday on the 4th of Adar Rishon 1742, in Mannheim in the Ansbach region", and an inscription of a date of birth from 1778.
35, 37-180, 182-[235] leaves; Siddur: [38 leaves, 2 handwritten leaves]. + Sefer HaYirah; Leaves 2-41 (originally; 42 leaves). 13 cm. Fair condition, wear and stains. Ancient leather binding, worn, adhesive tape on spine.
