Quality Silver Binding – Esther Orvieto / Roman Rite Machzor – Venice, 1626

Roman rite machzor (Part II), in elaborate silver binding. Italy, 17th and 18th centuries.

Wood; silver, repoussé and engraved (two assayer's marks of Zanobi Biagioni, active in Florence in the second half of the 18th century, assayer 1776-1777); print on paper.

Elaborate binding made of wood, overlaid with silver, decorated on both sides with a symmetrical vegetal pattern. Convex medallion at center of front binding inscribed "Mrs. Esther Orvieto"; convex medallion on back binding decorated with a coat of arms – three stars above a tower (apparently the Orvieto family coat of arms).

The book: Roman rite machzor, Part II, for Elul, Tishrei and fast days. Venice: Giovanni Calleoni for Pietro, Aluise and Lorenzo Bragadini, 1626.

344 leaves. 14.5 cm. Overall good condition. Margins slightly trimmed. Original green silk bookmark. Gilt edges. Binding: 11X16 cm. Good condition.

For silver marks, see: Donaver-Dabbene, Argenti italiani del Settecento (2000), Nos. 1474-1475.