Year-round Italian rite machzor. Part I – daily prayers, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Pesach and Shavuot; Part II – High Holidays and Sukkot. Venice, [1750]. Two parts in two volumes.
Original, gilt-decorated leather bindings, with gilt initials on both boards: "S.L.U." (the owner was possibly a member of the Uzielli family).
Hundreds of notes in Italian script, some lengthy, by several writers: kabbalistic kavanot, explanations of piyyutim, novellae, citations from manuscripts, and more. Some of the notes provide interesting documentation of the Florence community and its customs, with mention of rabbis who served there. Some notes are slightly trimmed.
Bound at the beginning of vol. II is a list of the cantors and their assistants who led the Yom Kippur prayers in Florence in the years 1738-1783, including some interesting accounts. Among the cantors, rabbis of the community: R. Yehuda Refael Yehoshua Monselice, R. Menachem Azaria Padua, R. Yaakov Chai Boreh Levi.
This list was apparently written by R. Efraim Yosef Rimini of Florence (as is written in several places: "I, Efraim Yosef Rimini"). Presumably, he also wrote many of the glosses. The list was written over many years, starting in 1738 (more than a decade before the printing of this machzor). Interestingly, one of the notes is also dated 1738. It seems that it was copied from a different machzor. In this note, the writer mentions "my grandfather, R. Yochanan Giron" (R. Efraim Yosef Rimini was the son of R. Giron's daughter, see enclosed material).
Two volumes. Vol. I: 281, [2] leaves. Lacking [1] engraved plate. Leaves 73-80 are bound out of order. Vol. II: [1], 323, [1] leaves. Leaves 322-323 are bound after leaf 311. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Many stains to some leaves. Wear. Two detached leaves in vol. I. First leaves of vol. II detached. Some tears, repaired with paper. Original, gilt-decorated leather bindings. Damage to bindings.

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