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Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Machzor in Fine Silver Binding – Modena, 19th Century
Opening: $2,500
Sold for: $4,500
Including buyer's premium
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.
Silver Bindings and Decorated Bindings
Silver Bindings and Decorated Bindings