Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Machzor - Luneville, 1797 - Complete Set

Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Machzor according to the Ashkenaz and Polish tradition, with commentaries and Jewish laws. Luneville, 1797. Approbation of the Chief Rabbis of Metz and of Nancy (France).
Volume One: Prayers for Rosh Hashana (and for the Days of Awe). Volume Two; Prayers for Yom Kippur. Volume Three: Prayers for Pesach. Volume Four: Prayers for Shavuot. Volume Five: Prayers for Succot. The laws and Kavanat HaPeitan (commentary) are printed in Yiddish, in Tzena U'Rena letters.
[2], 30, 96 leaves; [2], 30, 181, [1] leaves; [2], 30, 126 leaves; Shavuot. [2], 30, 79 leaves; [2], 30, 66, 66-109 leaves. Five volumes: 25 cm. Overall good-fair condition. High-quality paper with margins. Stains and wear. The Pesach machzor has restored damages, with damage to text on title page and to the first 20 leaves. Ancient ownership signatures. Contemporary leather bindings with gilt adornments on the spine, damaged with lacking tears to spines.
The 30 additional siddur leaves, found at the beginning of these volumes, were not recorded in the copies of the machzorim for Shavuot and for Succot listed in the Bibliography Institute.
Siddurim and Prayer Books
Siddurim and Prayer Books