Bidspirit auction | (LITURGY). Machzor. According to Roman

(LITURGY). Machzor. According to Roman rite. With Kimcha De’Avishona by Yochanan Treves and commentaries by Ovadiah Sforno and the Ramba’m. Two volumes (mixed set). Titles within elaborate frames, many initial letters within cartouches. Marginal notes. Opening titles laid down, variously stained in places, paper repairs. Uniform modern full vellum. Folio (one vol. shorter). Vinograd, Bologna 16; Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod 434. Bologna, Menachem ben Abraham of Modena & Partners, 1540. The first Machzor printed with a commentary. Comprises prayers for the entire year, including Passover Hagadah, Ethics of the Fathers; along with the Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Jonah and Ecclesiastes and various laws relating to birth, family purity, marriage, burial, etc. First edition of the Kimcha De’Avishona commentary, elucidating the subject matter of the prayers and the meaning and derivation of particular texts. With the first appearance of the the Sforno’s commentary to Pirkei Avoth. For a thorough, scholarly discussion of this Roman rite, see Shada’l, Mavo LeMachzor Bnei Roma, with notes and additional material by Daniel Goldschmidt and a bibliography by Y.Y. Cohen (Tel-Aviv, 1966).