Imrei Lev siddur, Prières d'un Cœur israélite, livre d'offices et recueil de prières et de meditations pour toutes les circonstances de la vie. Paris: published by K. Kaufmann, printed by G. Silbermann (Strasbourg), [ca. 1860]. French; titles of prayers and a few words in Hebrew.

Velvet binding; with eight silver corner decorations and silver clasp. Decorated silver plate adorning front binding, with monogram (apparently of an earlier owner).

XVI, 710, [1], VI, 14 pages. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears to several leaves, affecting text, repaired with tape. Wear and defects to velvet binding.

Machzor in silver-decorated binding. Venice, ca. 1750.

Print on paper; cardboard and leather; silver, cast, pierced and engraved (unmarked); gilt.

Brown leather binding decorated identically on both sides, with a large, impressive guilloche comprising leaf and flower decorations. At top of front binding, another decoration shaped as a pair of palms spread out for the priestly blessing. Around the edges is a thin belt designed as a chain of flowers (on back binding, these decorations only appear near the four corners). Large clasp, decorated with an identical pattern. All decorations pierced and gilt, and nailed onto the binding.

The book: Year-round machzor according to the Italian rite (Part I only). Venice: Bragadin, 1750.

At beginning of book, half-title by Francesco Griselini (1717-1787), with his print signature, depicting the Passover meal and bearing the Hebrew caption "Festivals".

224 leaves; 16 leaves (Tefillat Yesharim, with divisional title page), 18.5 cm. Overall good condition. Some stains. Ownership inscription on title page: "Michael Modena".

Binding: 13.5X19 cm. Overall good condition. Some defects and wear, mainly to spine. One flower decoration on back endpaper loose.

Machzor and Book of Tehillim in a fine, decorated silver binding. Modena, Italy, [ca. mid-19th century].

Silver, cast, repoussé and engraved (clasps marked with Modena city mark and with the mark of silversmith Giovanni Manzini, active in Modena ca. 1840); print on paper.

Cover decorated on both sides with identical vegetal designs, each featuring a large central cartouche and four corner ornaments. Spine with matching central oval medallion. Medallion on front cover engraved with the initials MNF. Pair of matching clasps.

The book: Year-round Ashkenazi rite Machzor, Part I. Venice: Bragadina, [1756]. Bound with: Tefillat Yesharim, Venice: Bragadina, [1754]; Book of Tehillim with supplications and prayers. Venice: Vendramina, [1753].

392; 36; 56 leaves (with numerous blank leaves bound at the end of the volume). 16.2 cm. Very good condition. Slightly trimmed margins. Colored edges.

Binding: height: 17.5 cm. Width: 13 cm, spine width: 7.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.

“Moadei HaShem, Mikra’ei Kodesh […in the Custom of the Sephardi Community]”, Livorno: Shlomo Belforte, He-Achim HaNekhbadim Moshe Vi-Yisrael Fallaj printing house, [5610 = 1850].

This “machzor” (special prayer book, in this case dedicated to the “Sheloshah Regalim”, the Three Pilgrimage Festivals, namely Passover, Shavu’ot, and Sukkot), bound in original red leather binding, stamped on back and front boards and on spine with gilt impressions. The initials “B.F.” are stamped in gilt on back and front. Original pair of silver buckles.

185, [1] leaf, 17 cm. Overall good condition. Few stains. Several loose leaves. Notation in ink on title page. Binding in good condition, with slight wear to edges. Gilt edges on book block.

Torah scroll. [Poland?, 19th century].

Ink on parchment. Particularly small format. On rollers (carved bone, bottom handles from wood). Arizal-Ashkenazic (Chassidic) Stam script. In Vavei HaAmudim format.

Height of sheets: approx. 16.5 cm. Maximum height, including rollers: 29 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Creases. Fading of ink. Deleted letters in several places. Old embroidered velvet mantle, embroidered with letters "M M" (in Hebrew and Latin script). Defects and tears to mantle.