Auction 104 Part 1 Rare and Important Items

Year-Round Spanish Machzor, Part I – Edited by Menasseh Ben Israel – Amsterdam, 1650 – Early Parchment Binding – Rare

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Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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Machzor de las oraciones del Año, parte Primera Contiene las Thephilot cotidianas, de Sabat, Ros hodes, Hanuca, Purim [Year-round machzor, Part I, with prayers for weekdays, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah and Purim], edited by Menasseh Ben Israel. Amsterdam: Semuel ben Israel Soeyro, 1650. Spanish.
The machzor was printed in honor of Yitzchak de Pinto, a member of one of the wealthy and influential families of Amsterdam in his days, beginning with a lengthy dedication to him by the editor Menasseh Ben Israel, father of the printer, Shmuel Soeiro.
After the introductions appears the piyyut Lechah Dodi and morning blessings, in Hebrew, in Latin characters.
The present book is the first part of the machzor, with weekday, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and festival prayers. Parts II-III of the machzor were printed the same year.
At the end of the machzor are bound [4] leaves from a calendar of Rosh Chodesh and holidays (first leaves of calendar lacking; it is unclear which edition they belong to).

[6], 114 leaves; [4] calendar leaves. Lacking last leaf of machzor, and approx. first five leaves of calendar bound with it. 14.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Early parchment binding, with minor defects.

Rare. Few copies recorded in OCLC (the present Part I is rarer than the other parts). Some copies have variants in wording and typography on last leaves.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Alfei Menashe, 1927, no. 58.
Menasseh Ben Israel – His Works and Publications from His Printing Press
Menasseh Ben Israel – His Works and Publications from His Printing Press