Machzor im Kavanoth HaPaytan [Festival prayer-book for the New Year and Day of Atonement]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

printer

Alexander & Son

Place

London

Publication

1785

Description

Aschkenazic rite with translation and commentary into Judeo-German. Additional engraved title in green and red. The Lidy Cohen copy with her morocco ownership label on upper cover. Wide margins.

references

Vinograd, London 110.

summary

Lydia Cohen (nee Diamantschleifer) was the wife of Levi Barnet Cohen, founder of the distinguished (Waley-) Cohen family - a fixture upon Anglo-Jewish life for more that two centuries. Lydia bore nine children, including Hannah, who became Mrs. Nathan M. Rothschild; and Judith, who became Mrs. Moses Montefiore. See Cohen Family Pedigree in EJ, Vol. V col. 659; and C. Bermant, The Cousinhood (1971) pp. 175-76.

Some staining. Contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked. Lg. 4to.

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