Lot : 220

Pocket-Size Siddur for Weekday & Holidays. Florence, 1736 Order of daily, Shabbos

Start price: $1,000

Est. Price: $1,500 - $2,000

Pocket-Size Siddur for Weekday & Holidays. Florence, 1736

Order of daily, Shabbos and holiday prayers.

This pocket-size siddur also includes the Passover Haggadah with Italian instructions written in Hebrew letters, as well as Azharos, Hoshanos, Hakafos, and Pirkei Avos with Italian translation.

The final pages include the Seder Zmanim, a collection of songs and poems by Rabbi Dovid Miledulo, a renowned chazzan in Livorno.

The last page contains a license in Latin granting Francesco Mukei permission to print Hebrew books. The license was awarded by the Duke of Tuscany Gian Gastone de’ Medici. It was during this time period that the Hebrew printing press of Florence, Italy was established .

Approbations by the Rabbis of Livorno and Florence appear at the beginning of the siddur.

Florence, 1736. Pocket-size format: 12 cm. [1], 351, [1] leaves. New half leather binding. Minor tears, text intact. Cropped upper margins, few pages cropped into titles.

[Lunzer Valmadonna Collection]

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