Set of Machzorim for high holidays. Part I: Seder Ashmurot, selichot for Elul and ten days of repentance, "according to the rite of the Carpentras, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Cavaillon rite"; Part II, Rosh Hashanah service; and Part III, Yom Kippur service, "according to the Avignon rite", edited by R. Avraham Montel. Amsterdam: Hertz Levi Rofe and his son-in-law Kashman, 1763-1766.

Three volumes in original leather bindings (non-uniform).

Gilt inscriptions on both sides of second volume: "Eliezer De Carcassonne" [Eliezer of Carcassonne, southern France].

Gilt inscription on front of third volume: "Israel Ravail".

Handwritten prayer mounted on endpaper of Rosh Hashanah volume.

Signature on title page of second volume: "Joseph Vallabrègue".

Inscription on endpaper of first volume: "Yosef son of Pinchas".

In some copies of Seder Ashmurot, including the present copy, the title page reads "according to the rite of the Carpentras, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Cavaillon" instead of "according to the Avignon rite"; apart from this, the two editions are entirely identical (on the differences between the selichot rites of Carpentras and Avignon, see: Zunz, Rites of Synagogue Liturgy, Breuer-Fraenkel Hebrew translation, Jerusalem, 2016, pp. 137-138, 291-294).

The Carpentras prayer and piyyut rites are unique to the southeast French community. Its text was copied in manuscript machzorim for community members until the local scribes were unable to meet the demand. At that point a young local Torah scholar named R. Avraham son of Shmuel de Monteux (Montel) began to print the unique Carpentras prayer rite.

On the background to the publication and the work of the publisher Avraham son of Shmuel de Monteux (here called Montel), see: Sh. Schwartzfuchs, Documents on the Printing of "Mahzor Karpentrats", Alei Sefer, 6-7, 1979, pp. 145-147 (Hebrew).

Three volumes. Volume I (Selichot): [1], 82 leaves. Leaves 81-82 appear twice. Volume II (Rosh Hashanah): 60, 65-68 leaves. Volume III (Yom Kippur): 89 leaves. 24-25.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Original leather bindings (non-uniform). Wear and damage to bindings (tears to spines and corners).

Before title page of first volume is bound [1] additional leaf not mentioned in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, with approbations of Carpentras rabbis, identical to those appearing in the other two volumes.

Zedner, p. 456; C. Roth, The Liturgy of Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin, in: Journal of Jewish Bibliography (1939), pages 102-103.