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Ashkenazic-Rite Machzor Set – Rödelheim, 1800-1805 – First Edition – Original Leather Bindings
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Machzor set, Ashkenazic rite, with Targum and German translation (in Hebrew characters). Rödelheim: R. Wolf Heidenheim and Baruch Baschwitz, 1800-1805. First edition. Complete nine-volume set.
Fine set, printed on thick, high-quality paper, in original leather bindings (all volumes placed in original cardboard cases).
Two title pages in each volume.
These machzorim garnered enthused approbations and praise from such leading Torah figures as the Haflaah, the Chatam Sofer and the Baal HaTanya.
R. Wolf (Ze'ev) Heidenheim (1757-1832) was an exegete, grammarian and renowned Masoretic scholar. His press in Rödelheim printed his grammatical works, accurate editions of the Torah, and his celebrated machzorim.
On endpapers of all volumes, ownership inscriptions in Hebrew and Latin characters (dated 1819).
Nine volumes.
Volume I (first and second days of Pesach): [6], 104; 12 leaves.
Volume II (seventh and eighth days of Pesach): [3], 2-14; 116; 12 leaves.
Volume III (Shavuot): [8], 10; 12; 124; 12 leaves.
Volume IV (first day of Rosh Hashanah): [2], 103, 12 leaves.
Volume V (second day of Rosh Hashanah): [2], 99, 12 leaves.
Volume VI (Yom Kippur eve): [1], 56, 16 leaves.
Volume VII (Yom Kippur): [3], 68, 12, 22, 41, 12, 28, 12, 33, [1].
Volume VIII (first and second day of Sukkot): [8], 12, 63, 10, 12 leaves.
Volume IX (Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah): [2], 3, [1], 115; 12 leaves.
19.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Signs of wear. Tears in several places. Open tear across margins in one volume, affecting text. Bookplates on all volumes. Original leather bindings, uniform, with original color endpaper, in cardboard cases. Defects to bindings and cases.
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