Machzor for the Three Festivals with Yiddish Translation and Commentary - Wax Press, Józefów | Rare Slavuta-type Edition - 1859

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A rare and important Machzor (festival prayer book) for the Three Pilgrimage Festivals — Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot — printed by R. David Saadia Isaiah Wax in Józefów in 1859, in the traditional Slavuta Hebrew type typical of 19th-century Eastern European Ashkenazi liturgical books.

Features:
• Full Hebrew text with parallel Yiddish translation and commentary.
• Includes Musaf prayers, Tefillat Tal (prayer for dew), Tefillat Geshem (prayer for rain), Kiddush, and holiday liturgies.
• Richly decorated with small woodcut ornaments.
• With official censorship approval from Warsaw (1853) signed by Tugendhold.
• Bound in late red hardcover binding.

Condition:
Crisp printing, some natural foxing and toning, pages complete. Binding in good vintage condition with light wear. An important and desirable piece for collectors and researchers of Jewish liturgy, Eastern European printing, and Yiddish heritage.

Technical Details:
• Place of printing: Józefów
• Printer: R. David Saadia Isaiah Wax
• Year: 1859
• Language: Hebrew & Yiddish
• Censorship approval: Warsaw 1853
• Condition: Very good for its age

A beautiful and rare example of a 19th-century Ashkenazi festival prayer book, ideal for Judaica collectors and libraries.

A rare and important Machzor (festival prayer book) for the Three Pilgrimage Festivals — Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot — printed by R. David Saadia Isaiah Wax in Józefów in 1859, in the traditional Slavuta Hebrew type typical of 19th-century Eastern European Ashkenazi liturgical books.

Features:
• Full Hebrew text with parallel Yiddish translation and commentary.
• Includes Musaf prayers, Tefillat Tal (prayer for dew), Tefillat Geshem (prayer for rain), Kiddush, and holiday liturgies.
• Richly decorated with small woodcut ornaments.
• With official censorship approval from Warsaw (1853) signed by Tugendhold.
• Bound in late red hardcover binding.

Condition:
Crisp printing, some natural foxing and toning, pages complete. Binding in good vintage condition with light wear. An important and desirable piece for collectors and researchers of Jewish liturgy, Eastern European printing, and Yiddish heritage.

Technical Details:
• Place of printing: Józefów
• Printer: R. David Saadia Isaiah Wax
• Year: 1859
• Language: Hebrew & Yiddish
• Censorship approval: Warsaw 1853
• Condition: Very good for its age

A beautiful and rare example of a 19th-century Ashkenazi festival prayer book, ideal for Judaica collectors and libraries.

Details

Number of Books
1
Subject
Judaica, Religion
Book Title
Wax Press, Józefów | Rare Slavuta-type Edition
Author/ Illustrator
Machzor for the Three Festivals with Yiddish Translation and Commentary
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1859
Height
27 cm
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Width
21 cm
Language
Hebrew
Original language
Yes
Publisher
R. David Saadia Isaiah Wax
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
272
IsraelVerified
1419
Objects sold
100%
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