Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art

Spanish Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – London, 1740

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Orden de las oraciones de Ros-Ashanah y Kipur [Order of prayers for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur], translated into Spanish by R. Yitzchak Nieto. London: Ricardo Reily, 1740. Spanish.
The translator, R. Yitzchak Nieto, son and successor of R. David Nieto author of Kuzari Sheni, prominent rabbi of the Sephardic community in London.
This edition served as basis for future translations of the machzor to English.
XVI, [24], XXVII, 578 pages. Approx. 18 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. New binding.
[24] pages – Spanish calendar for 1740-1762, including a list of important historic events from the Creation of the World until 1740 – presumably not included in all copies.

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