Auction 74 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Sep 15, 2020
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Machzor with the Kimcha DeAvishona Commentary, Part I – Bologna, 1540

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Machzor with the Kimcha DeAvishona Commentary, Part I – Bologna, 1540
Roman-rite machzor, with the Kimcha DeAvishona commentary. Part I – prayers for weekdays, Shabbat and festivals, Passover Haggadah, Tractate Avot with the commentaries of the Rambam and "the leading physician Rabbenu Ovadia of Sforno". Bologna: [Menachem son of Abraham of Modena, Yechiel son of Solomon of Ravenna and Dan Aryeh son of Solomon Chaim of Monselice], [1540].
One of the most prominent machzorim printed in Italy. Only edition of Kimcha DeAvishona, comprehensive commentary to prayers and piyyutim, by R. Yochanan son of R. Yosef Treves (the commentary was published anonymously; regarding different copies of this machzor, some featuring the name of the author, see: Alexander Marx, R. Joseph Arli and R. Yochanan Treves, Kovetz Mada'i LeZecher Moshe Schorr, New York 1945, pp. 193-194; Yitzchak Rivkind, Dikdukei Soferim, Kiryat Sefer, IV, 1927-1928, pp. 274-275).
Ownership inscription on first leaf (partly lacking). Several glosses in Italian script.
Part I only. [199] leaves. Lacking title page. 28.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains (some dark). Open tears to many leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Wear (extensive wear to some leaves). Worming. Censorship deletions. Early binding, worn, with damage and worming.
Less than twenty Hebrew titles were printed in Bologna, and this machzor was one of the last books printed there.

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