The Form of Prayers...

£2,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

festival prayers (Machzor) Set of Festival Prayers (Machzor) by one of the pioneers of Hebrew printing in London with superb provenance: from the library of Baron Lionel de Rothschild at Exbury House. Volume IV contains a prayer for King George IV and the Royal Family (p.92), whilst the sixth volume contains a list of subscribers, which includes Mr Mrs. Nathan Mayer Rothschild. This set was removed from the de Rothschild library at Exbury House, Hampshire. The house was acquired in 1919 by Major Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942), the grandson of Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1808-1879), British Jewish banker, politician and philanthropist and the first Jewish MP. The volumes are divided according to the five most important holidays in the Jewish calendar: Vol. I. New Year (Rosh HaShanah); Vol. II. III. Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur); Vol. IV. Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot); Vol. V. Feast of Passover (Pesach); Vol. VI. Feast of Pentecost (Shavuot). David Levi (1742-1801), was an erudite Whitechapel cobbler and one of the most remarkable characters of 18th-century English Jewry. He was born in London and after failing to make a living as a shoemaker, went to the opposite extreme and became a hatter, meanwhile continuing his studies at the Great Synagogue of London. In 1783 he produced a succinct account of the 'Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews, in which their religious principles and tenets are explained'. From that date onwards, he was constantly engaged in literary w

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