Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Sephardic-Rite Selichot and Machzor for High Holidays – Amsterdam, 1642 – Fine Original Leather Binding – Pocket Format
Opening: $800
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,200
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Selichot and Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur according to Sephardic rite. Amsterdam: Immanuel Benveniste, 1642.
Small volume in pocket format, with fine original leather binding and gilt decorations. Gilt inscription on front of binding: "J.E.".
Divisional title page on p. 264: "Seder Arba Taaniot".
252 leaves. 9.5 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Original leather binding. Wear and damage to binding. Placed in cardboard case (new).
A Sephardic-rite year-round siddur with several parts was printed concurrently. The present book is one of those parts (the title at the beginning of Part I: "Seder Tefillot UPizmonim UTechinot VeKinot VeHaftarot Lechol Yemot HaShanah").
Rare edition.
CB, no. 2137; Zedner, p. 485; Roest, p. 735.
Prayer Books and Classic Books – Amsterdam Presses
Prayer Books and Classic Books – Amsterdam Presses