Auction 103 Part 2 Early Printed Books | Sabbateanism and Crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal | Chassidut and Kabbalah | Books Printed in Slavita and Jerusalem | Letters and Manuscripts
Festival Machzor – Amsterdam, 1740 – Miniature Format – Poem by Ramchal – Original Leather Binding
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Siddur for festivals, according to the Sephardic rite. Amsterdam: Avraham son of Refael Chizkiyahu Athias, [1740]. Miniature format.
Original leather bindings, with gilt decorations (mostly faded).
Prayers for three festivals, including Passover Haggadah and Pirkei Avot.
At pp. 180b-181a, in the Tikun Simchat Torah, appears a poem for Chatan Torah and Chatan Bereshit composed by R. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (the Ramchal). The Ramchal authored this poem for the Chatan Torah Yitzchak son of Avraham Nunes Enriques, and Chatan Bereshit Aharon de Yosef de Pinto, although they are not mentioned in this printing.
[1], 2-300 leaves. 8.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and creases. Few tears, including open tear affecting text of one leaf. Original leather binding. Defects to binding (binding somewhat loose; leather coating of back detached).
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