Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – Zhitomir, 1859

Opening: $300
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, part I, according to the rite of Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Bohemia and Moravia [Nusach Ashkenaz], with "commentary in the Holy Tongue" and Yiddish translation. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1859.
The name of the book and place of printing were printed in red ink.
6, 5-164 leaves. 27 cm. Slightly darkened paper. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. Worming to many leaves, affecting text. Minor marginal tears to the last leaves, with repairs to the last leaf. New binding.
Rare edition not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. Only part II of the Machzor, for the Three Festivals, appears in the NLI catalog and in Otzar HaSefer HaIvri of Vinograd-Rosenfeld.
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Russia and Poland
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Russia and Poland