Bidspirit auction | Machzor in Decorated Silver Binding

Machzor in Decorated Silver Binding – Italy, 19th Century – Rietti Family Coat of Arms - Machzor in decorated binding. Northern Italy, [perhaps Bologna], 19th century. Silver, repoussé and engraved (unmarked); print on paper. Silver binding decorated with guilloches and vegetal patterns, with a large cartouche in the center. The cartouche on the front binding features a family coat of arms – a lion rampant climbing a ladder – apparently the Rietti family coat of arms. The cartouche on the back binding is blank. The book: Year-round Italian-rite machzor. Part II only, including Part II of Shadal's preface. Livorno: Shlomo Belforte and partner, 1856. 18 pages, 217 leaves. 19 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Front endpapers more recent, with later ownership stamp. Height of binding: 20 cm. Width: 13.5 cm. Thickness: 4.5 cm. Overall good condition. Light warping, cracks and fractures, mainly to edges. Back cartouche flattened. Old soldering repairs to edges and joints of clasps and pull bars, with minor bending to clasp joints.