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Collection of Broadsides and Printed Leaves - Prayers Against Epidemics and for Various Events - Mantua, 18th Century - Collection of prayer broadsides and leaves, against epidemics and disasters, and for various events, printed in Mantua, Italy, 18th century. • Prayer against an increase in rainfall, to save the crops. [Mantua, 1729]. • Prayer against the outbreak of a disease in Mantua, which caused the death of young children. [Mantua, ca. 1730]. • Order of selichot to be recited in the morning of a fast, Italian rite. [Mantua, ca. 1730]. Two copies. • Prayer due to the increase of ill people. [Mantua, ca. 1730-1740]. • Prayer against a drought [by R. Yehuda Moscato]. [Mantua, ca. 1740]. Two copies, one worn and one in good condition with wide margins. • Prayer for peace. [Mantua, 1757]. • Order of verses to be recited at Ne'ila on Yom Kippur in Mantua. [Mantua, 1782]. • Prayer against an epidemic which broke out in Split (Spalato). [Mantua, 1783]. • Prayer for the Shofar blower. [Mantua, ca. 1790]. At the foot of the leaf: ”Custom in Safed… when he is about to begin blowing, he should recite these verses…”. Two copies. • Prayer on behalf of their brethren who are in trouble. [Mantua, 1793]. 13 printed leaves. Size and condition vary. From the estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.