Auction 74 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Sep 15, 2020
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel

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Kavanat HaPaytan Machzor – Complete Six-Volume Set – Amsterdam, 1793 – Original Gilt-Decorated Leather Bindings

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Kavanat HaPaytan Machzor – Complete Six-Volume Set – Amsterdam, 1793 – Original Gilt-Decorated Leather Bindings
Machzor with Kavanat HaPaytan, Western-Ashkenazi rite, with Yiddish translation and commentary. Amsterdam, [1793]. Six volumes.
Original gilt-decorated leather bindings. Name of owner, "Reuven Binyamin son of Yosef Forst" gilt-embossed on the front boards. This name is also handwritten, in red and blue, on a piece of paper glued to the front endpaper of Vol. II.
Nine parts in six volumes. Vol. I (both days of Rosh Hashanah): [2], 32, 2, 74; [1], 2, 65 leaves. Vol. II (Arvit and Shacharit of Yom Kippur): [2], 32, 114 leaves. Vol. III (Mussaf, Minchah and Neilah of Yom Kippur): [1], 106 leaves. Vol. IV (Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret): [2], 32, 81; [1], 51 leaves. Vol. V (first and last days of Pesach): [2], 32, 70; [1], 80 leaves. Vol. VI (Shavuot): [2], 32, 91 leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Overall good condition. Thick high-quality paper. Stains. Dampstains to Vol. IV, with traces of mildew. Gilt edges. Original gilt-decorated leather bindings (owner's name and year embossed). Wear and damage to bindings (three bindings restored, with new spines and corners).
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book lists an engraved frontispiece in the following parts: Yom Kippur – Parts I and II, Sukkot, Pesach – Parts I and II, and Shavuot. This set features an engraved frontispiece in the Rosh Hashanah volume (not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book), but does not include the engraved frontispieces of the second parts of Yom Kippur and Pesach.