Passover Haggadah, "with illustrations and Italian translation". Trieste, 1863. The Haggadah ends with musical notes for the songs Adir Hu, Adir BiMelucha and Echad Mi Yode'a. Hebrew and Italian on facing columns.
The Haggadah was edited by Avraham Chai Morpurgo. It is illustrated with 58 engravings by C. Kirchmayr, with captions below each illustration.
[4], 64, [2] pages. 31.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains; extensive staining and dark stains to some leaves. Minor wear. Several loose leaves. Tears affecting text in several places. Old binding, with a strip of leather glued to front board, embossed with the name of the owner: "Mario Nunes Vais".
Yaari 899; Otzar HaHaggadot 1217.

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* See also last item (no. 358) - exceptionally large collection of Haggadot

Orden de los cinco Tahaniot del año [Order for the Five Fast Days]. Amsterdam: Nicolao de Ravesteyn, 1648. Spanish.
Order of prayers for the five fast days: 10th Tevet, Taanit Esther, 17th Tammuz, 9th Av and Tzom Gedalia.
Seventeenth-century Amsterdam was home to a large Sephardi community. Most of its members were descendants of Marranos who emigrated from Spain and Portugal a century after the expulsion. The present book was printed for the members of this community who had lost familiarity with the Hebrew language.
429 pages. 14 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original parchment binding. Minor damage to binding.

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Machzor Shaar Bat Rabim, Part I – prayers for the weekdays, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and Festivals, and Part II – prayers for the High Holidays and festivals of Tishrei, "following the rite of the Ashkenazi community", with the Hadrat Kodesh commentary, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Yaakov Yosef HaLevi. Venice: Bragadin, [1711-1715]. Three volumes, comprising incomplete copies of both parts of the Machzor.
The first two volumes comprise most of part I of the Machzor (some leaves appear twice), and the third volume comprises the first half of part II (see details below).
This machzor was published at the initiative of the Italian communities, who undertook to buy the printed copies. The machzor was printed and sold in individual gatherings.
A large piece of paper was pasted on p. 157b of vol. I, covering half the page.
Three volumes. Vol. I (Part I): 157, 325-348 leaves. Vol. II (Part I): 192-360 leaves. Part I originally: 360 leaves. Lacking leaves 158-191 (altogether lacking 34 leaves in this part). Leaves 325-348 (24 leaves) appear twice. Vol. III (Part II): 193 leaves. Part II originally: 372, 377-384 leaves. Lacking leaves 194-372, 377-384 (altogether lacking 187 leaves in this part). First two volumes: 36 cm; vol. III: 40.5 cm (wide margins). Light-colored, high-quality paper. Condition varies, vols. I and II in overall good-fair condition. Most leaves of vol. III in good condition. Stains, including dampstains (significant dampstains in vol. I). Many stains (including wax stains) to several leaves of vol. II. Minor worming to vols. I and III. Tears. Vol. II with worming and tears affecting text (several tears repaired with paper). Marginal tears to title page of vol. III, slightly affecting engraved border. Title page of vol. I trimmed with damage to engraved border. Vols. I and II with new bindings, vol. III in original binding, with damage and worming.

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Machzor according to Italian rite, Part II (machzor for the High Holidays, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah). Venice, [1772].
Bound at the end of the machzor: Tefillat Yesharim, prayers for weekdays by R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena, Perek Shirah, Tefillat HaDerech, Hatavat Chalom and other prayers. Venice, [1754].
Hundreds of handwritten marginal glosses by an unidentified writer (in Italian Rashi script). Most of the glosses explain difficult words in the piyyutim, the rest contain textual emendations and variations. In several places, pieces of paper containing emended text were pasted over the original text (some remain blank). Achot Ketanah piyyut inscribed on front endpaper.
The book is bound in a fine, gilt-decorated leather binding, with metal clasps. Owner's initials on front and back boards: "M. E. S. V.".
322 leaves; 16 leaves. 19.5 cm (Tefillat Yesharim remargined for conformity). Good condition. Stains (some leaves with dark stains). A few tears. Pieces of paper pasted over text in several places. Leather binding, with defects.

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Selichot for Elul and the Ten Days of Repentance, following the rite of the communities of Carpentras, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Cavaillon. Amsterdam, [1763].
Selichot and piyyutim following the rite unique to the Carpentras community (south-eastern France), printed to provide for the growing needs of the community, which could not anymore be fulfilled with handwritten copies.
Ownership inscriptions on the title page and final leaf: "Michael de Milhau"; "This is the book of Betzalel son of Gad de Milhau (see enclosed material for more information on the rabbis of Carpentras from the de Milhau [de Milliaud] family).
82 leaves. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Many handwritten inscriptions on the endpapers. New binding.

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