Bidspirit auction | Machzor in Silver Binding Decorated

Machzor in Silver Binding Decorated with Family Coats of Arms – Venice, 19th Century - Machzor in elaborate silver binding. Venice, [second half of 19th century]. Silver, repoussé and embossed (Venice hallmark and ”800” standard mark, in use in Italy, second half of 19th century); print on paper. Large binding, decorated with symmetric vegetal patterns in high relief. The cartouche at the center of the front binding features the Levi family coat of arms – a hand holding a jug, pouring water into a basin; while the cartouche on the back binding features another family coat of arms (unidentified) – a lion rampant holding the Tablets of the Law in its front paws. The present binding is featured as the cover illustration of the Hebrew edition The book: Italian-Ashkenazic-rite machzor for Pesach and Shavuot. Vienna: Anton Schmid, 1823. Part I only. Hand-colored watercolor illustrations on title page: a pair of lions holding red flags featuring the Star of David in the center; on verso of title page, another full-page illustration: the Tablets of the Law (with the Ten Commandments), decorated with vegetal patterns around them, below which is a cartouche with a family coat of arms (perhaps that of the Milano family). 248; 72 leaves. 18.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Creases and wear to margins of first and last leaves. Book detached from binding. Gilt edges. Binding:  Height: 19.5 cm. Width: 12 cm. Thickness: 5.5 cm. Good condition. Provenance: Dr. Attilio Milano (b. 1907, Rome; immigrated to Palestine in 1939; d. 1969, Hod HaSharon). of Attilio Milano's work on the Roman ghetto – Ghetto Roma: Temunot Min HeAvar (Tel Aviv: Maariv, 1992).