Bidspirit auction | Rare Machzor for the Yamim

Rare Machzor for the Yamim Nora’im – Zhitomir 1850. - Machzor vol.1, for Rosh Ha-Shana and Yom Ha-Kipurim. Zhitomir, 1850. Printed at the Holy press by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the Slavita Rebbe. “As customary in Russia, Lithuania, Poland...”, with a commentary & Yiddish. A Rare Machzor! One of the first editions printed at the Shapira brothers’ printing press in Zhitomir, which was active between 1847 and 1864. Bibliographically unknown (only vol. 2 of that edition appears on the Bibliography Institute CD, record 0317038). [2], 164 leaves.  25 Cm. Overall Fair condition. stains, worming affecting text, first 50 pages have torn corners sometimes affecting text, last five pages have heavy repairs and tears affecting/missing text, original cloth binding damaged, front cover detached from text block.