Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Machzor for the High Holidays According to the Rite of the Arizal - Rosh Hashana Volume - Salonika, 1779 - Kabbalistic Glosses

Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Machzor for the High Holidays, Part I, for Rosh Hashana and Tzom Gedalia, "Reprinted on beautiful paper and with many additions compared to the Constantinople machzor, everything is set and arranged according to the order of the Arizal and the Chemdat Yamim". Salonika, [1779].
Signature on the title page: "Moshe son of R. Yitzchak HaLevi" (rabbi of Sofia. His signature appears on a Beit Din ruling from 1807, together with two other dayanim of Sofia, in a responsum published in Chesed LeAvraham by R. Avraham Alkalai, II, Even HaEzer, section 6. See enclosed material).
Hundreds of glosses in Sephardic script (typical of the Balkans); presumably handwritten by R. Moshe son of R. Yitzchak HaLevi. The glosses contain kabbalistic kavanot and hints, textual variations and customs, texts of prayers and piyyutim, commentaries and references.
[1], 162 leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and extensive wear. Dampstains. Worming to some leaves. Large tears to title page, with considerable loss to margins of title page and border, and to text on verso. Tears affecting text, repaired with paper. Many marginal creases. Early leather binding, damaged and torn, with worming.
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