Bidspirit auction | Selichot for Ashmoret HaBoker, Nusach

Selichot for Ashmoret HaBoker, Nusach Sefarad, with the Piyyutim of Rabbi Moshe Zacuto – Venice, 1735 Selichot for the early morning service, for the month of Elul and the Yamim Nora’im, according to the custom of the Sephardic community, with the Piyyutim of Rabbi Moshe Zacuto, including Nedarim, Mesirat Moda’ah, and Vidui. Printed “out of the desire of the Talmud, HaBachur Gad son of the distinguished physician Yitzchak Pua.” Bragadini Press, Venice, 1735. 39, 41–72, [2] leaves. Leaf 40 missing. The last [2] leaves, containing the Vidui, do not appear in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. With glosses and additions in manuscript, some vocalized. Decorated title page, and following it, information about the young Gad Pua and the publication of the Selichot in his merit. Two additional editions were printed that same year in this press. Illustrations appear below the colophon and at the end of the Vidui. On the books printed by the physician Yitzchak Pua in honor of his young son Gad, as part of his education in Mitzvot, see: Avraham Yaari, Mechkarai Sefer, pp. 376–377. Rebound. [1] leaf missing. Stains and worming. Outer edges of some manuscript notes cut during rebinding. Overall good–fair condition.