Bidspirit auction | (AMERICA). (Liturgy).  *  Machzor -

(AMERICA). (Liturgy).  *  Machzor - Form of Prayers for the New Year. pp. 234, 144, 20. *  Machzor - Form of Prayers for the Day of Atonement. pp. 71, 419, 20. *  Machzor - Form of Prayers for the Feast of Tabernacles. pp. 11, 48, 180, 20. *  Machzor - Form of Prayers for the Feast of Passover. pp. 12, 300, 20. *  Machzor - Form of Prayers for the Feast of Pentecost. pp. 11, 168, 20. According to the Custom of the German Jews. Hebrew with English translation on facing pages. A complete set, in five volumes, of the first Festival Prayers books printed in America for Ashkenazi Jews. Foxed and browned in places. First two volumes: original straight-grain morocco gilt extra; successive three volumes expertly matched to complete the uniform set. 8vo Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America 40 and 43. New York, Henry Frank, 1854-56. Remarkably rare complete set of  the first Aschkenazi Machzorim printed in America.  Based upon the celebrated Wolf Heidenheim edition, these prayer-books for the Days of Awe were issued by the Jewish printing establishment of Henry (Chaim) Frank of New York. This enabled the newly rising community of Aschkenazi American Jews to conduct services according to their own custom, as opposed to that of the Sephardic rite. No complete set has ever before appeared for auction sale.