Set of machzorim according to the rite of Bohemia, Poland and Moravia, Part I – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur; and Part II – three festivals. Lviv: Chayah Taube wife of Aharon Madpis, 1838. Two parts in two volumes.

Fine leather bindings, with gilt decorations (bookplates on endpapers with name of binder from Liverpool).

Owner's name inscribed on front of both volumes: "S. L. Caff'e".

Two volumes. Volume I (high holidays): [179] leaves. Volume II (festivals): [179] leaves. 15.5 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Fine leather bindings. Wear and light damage to bindings.

Bibliographically unknown edition.

Avodah HaShanah siddur, Part I, with prayers for weekdays and Shabbat, and Part II, with prayers for Three Festivals, according to the Sephardic rite, with laws and prayers in Ladino. Belgrade: 1856-1867, with Pirkei Avot with Ladino translation, and Sechiyot HaChemdah for the month of Nisan. Belgrade, 1858. Hebrew with Ladino.

Fine leather binding with gilt decorations. Inscription of owner's name on front of binding: "Mr. Chaim David de Mayo", with year: "5629" [1869].

[4], 31, [5], 25-180, [4] leaves; [2], 195-288; [28]; [30] leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Partially detached gathering. Fine leather binding, with decorations. Wear and minor defects to spine.

Seder HaAvodah, Israelitisches Gebetbuch für die öffentliche und häusliche Andacht, weekday, Shabbat and festival siddur, with German translation, edited by M. Prager. Mannheim: J. Bensheimer, 1855. Hebrew and German.

Edited by Rabbi of Mannheim Moshe Prager, based on the traditional Orthodox text, but open to Reform variants.

Fine velvet binding, decorated with metal corners and clasp, and metal monogram on front of binding (all decorations gilt).

IX, [2], 416 pages. 19 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains (inkstains to several leaves). Marginal open tears to several leaves, repaired with paper filling. Light wear to top of spine and edges of binding.

Order of five fast days – the Fast of Gedaliah, Tenth of Tevet, Fast of Esther, Seventeenth of Tamuz and Ninth of Av. Amsterdam: Yosef Athias, [1659]. With haftarah for Tishah BeAv in Hebrew with Ladino translation. Pocket format.

Early leather binding.

Signature on endpaper.

441-546 leaves. Approx. 12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Early leather binding, front side detached. Wear and defects to binding.

Printed as part of a three-part Sephardic siddur (Amsterdam, 1658-1659).

CB, no. 2154.

Mishmeret HaTahorah, order of study for Erev Rosh Chodesh (Yom Kippur Katan), edited by R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai – the Chida. Livorno: Eliezer Saadon, [1791].

Copy of R. Shmuel Konki. His signature appears at the top of the title page. He also vocalized the word "Tahorah" in the title, with a note referring to Nechemiah 12: 45.

Below his signature, handwritten dedication by the son of R. Shmuel Konki: "Sent as a gift to R. Yitzchak ibn Amor son of R. David, from Ef[raim] K[onki]".

R. Shmuel Konki, a 19th century rabbi of Gibraltar, was a Torah scholar and mohel. His library included many volumes of rare books and manuscripts, to which he added marginal annotations.

The role of R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai (the Chida) in this book is not mentioned on the title page of this book, but on the title page of another book of his, Yosef BeSeder (Livorno, 1799), he describes his part in the present book.

8, 76, [3] leaves. [2] leaves originally appearing before leaf 52 bound before leaf 77. Approx. 19 cm. Wide margins. Bluish paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming. Marginal tears to several leaves, affecting text of last leaf, partially repaired with tape. Stamps: "Moise Adida, Constantine". New paper binding.