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Lot 18

Set of Elegant Machzorim - Ten Volumes - Paris, 1865-1868

Erech Hatephiloth, ou rituel de toutes les grandes fetes, a l'usage des Israelites du rite allemande. Set of machzorim - Prayers for all the festivals, Ashkenazi tradition, Paris, 1865-1868.
Hebrew and French translation, on facing pages.
Complete set of 10 volumes, with elaborate original bindings. At the beginning of each volume, before the title page, is a leaf with a lithograph illustration (each depicting a different Biblical scene).
10 volumes. 21 cm. Very good condition. Few stains. Gilt edges. Colored endpapers. Minor wear to bindings.
Provenance: Sassoon family collection.