Machzor, Orden de Ros asanah y Kipur [prayers for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur]. Amsterdam: David Pardo y Salom ben Yosseph, printed by Menasseh Ben Israel, 1630. Spanish.
Introduction by publishers, David Pardo and Salom ben Yosseph, at beginning of book.
Although the name of Menasseh Ben Israel is unmentioned in the book, bibliographical sources (see below) record that this machzor was printed by his press.
172, 174-234 leaves. Lacking leaf 173. 14 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear and signs of heavy use. Tears, including marginal open tears to several leaves, affecting text. Close trimming, affecting text of several leaves. Handwritten inscriptions. Elaborate early leather binding. Wear and defects to binding and spine.
Typographical differences on last page from the digitized copy of the NLI catalog (different order of lines and concluding decoration).
References:
1.Harm den Boer, Spanish and Portuguese Editions from the Northern Netherlands in Madrid and Lisbon Public Collections, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Autumn 1988), pp. 97-143, no. 58.
2. Y. Ch. Copenhagen, Menasseh Ben Israel, Manuel Dias Soeiro 1604-1657, Bibliography, Institute for Study and Research on the Sephardi and Oriental Jewish Heritage, Jerusalem 1991, 1-297 (p. 60; Hebrew).
Exhibitions:
1. Menasseh Ben Israel, 1604-1657, catalogus van de tentoonstelling, Amsterdam, Joods Historisch Museum, 1957, no. 7 (a 1957 exhibition of books printed by Menasseh Ben Israel at the Jewish Museum of Amsterdam).
2. Treasures from the Library Ets Haim: Livraria Montezinos / Exhibition. Edited by Refael Weiser. Jerusalem: National Library of Israel, 1980, no. 74 (Hebrew).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
