Lot 225
Machzor According to Italian Tradition - Two Volumes - Venice, 1772 - Original Covers
Machzor for the entire year, according to the traditions of the Italian community. Two parts in two volumes. Venice 1772.
First volume: Prayers for every day, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, fast days, Chanuka, Purim, Pesach and Shavuot, with the Passover Haggadah and Birkat HaMazon, Pirkei Avot, Yotzrot, Azharot, Kinot and Piyutim. Second volume: Selichot, prayers for Rosh HaShanna, Yom Kippur, Succot and Simchat Torah. Various prayers. In both volumes some instructions, laws and customs are integrated ("here in Venice the groom blesses immediately…"). On Leaf 300.b: "Songs for Simchat Torah written by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Fiammetta".
Original red leather covers, with gilded embossed decorations. On the front covers, situated inside some rectangular frames, are the names of the owners (husband and wife): "Raffaello e Lea Pegna".
On the front and back covers of the second volume are some handwritten inscriptions (Seder 13 Selichot recited at the prayer of the morning of Yom Kippur, "B'Yeshiva shel Ma'ala…", as well as some family inscriptions in Italian).
Volume 1: 224 [should be 284] leaves. Volume 2: 322 leaves. 16 cm. Good condition. The title page of Volume 2 is detached. Stains. Original leather covers, with minor damages.
