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Tuesday, May 12, 5:00 PM
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LOT 49:

Festival Machzor – Amsterdam, 1740 – Miniature Format – Poem by Ramchal – Original Leather Binding

Festival Machzor – Amsterdam, 1740 – Miniature Format – Poem by Ramchal – Original Leather Binding.
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Festival Machzor – Amsterdam, 1740 – Miniature Format – Poem by Ramchal – Original Leather Binding
Siddur for festivals, according to the Sephardic rite. Amsterdam: Avraham son of Refael Chizkiyahu Athias, [1740]. Miniature format.
Original leather bindings, with gilt decorations (slightly faded).
Prayers for three festivals, including Passover Haggadah and Pirkei Avot.
At pp. 180b-181a, in the Tikun Simchat Torah, appears a poem for Chatan Torah and Chatan Bereshit composed by R. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (the Ramchal). The Ramchal authored this poem for the Chatan Torah Yitzchak son of Avraham Nunes Enriques, and Chatan Bereshit Aharon de Yosef de Pinto, although they are not mentioned in this printing.

300 leaves. 8.5 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Minor marginal tears to several leaves. Original leather binding. Defects to binding (leather piece lacking from front of binding).

Provenance: Collection of Mozes Heiman Gans.

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