Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items

Machzor for the High Holidays and Sukkot, Pesach and Shavuot - Slavita, 1823 - Two Volumes

Opening: $2,500
Sold for: $4,500
Including buyer's premium
Machzor for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot according to the customs of Riesen (Belarussia), Lita (Lithuania), Poland, Pihm (Bohemia) and Mehren (Moravia) - i.e. minhag Ashkenaz as practiced in Eastern Europe. Includes Yiddish commentary. Slavita: R. Moshe Shapira, [1823]. Two volumes.
Part of the title page is printed in red ink.
Two volumes. I: [2], 151 leaves. II: [1], 160 leaves. 26.5 cm. Condition varies; overall good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and repaired tears. Worming with damage to text; repaired. Both volumes have undergone professional restoration, including cleaning, paper restoration and adhesive. New binding.