Machzor KeMinhag Roma [festival prayers for the entire year], 2 parts in 1, 210ff., printed on blue paper, double column, title within architectural border, 2 woodcut illustrations in Passover Haggadah of cuffed hands pointing to Matzah and Bitter Herb, censors' signatures on final leaf, title and following f. silked, first 6 leaves (including title) with loss to extremities and portions of text supplied in facsimile, f.127 and final f. also with small portion of text in facsimile, the occasional other small marginal loss and repair, sometimes affecting a few letters, 3 gatherings on slightly lighter paper (ff.7-14, 45-60), the first also with some small wormholes only to that gathering, thus possibly supplied from another copy, trimmed at head, at points affecting text, some light browning, occasional staining, a couple very small wormholes within text to final few leaves, modern blind-stamped morocco, spine lettered in gilt, morocco-edged slip-case, small folio, Mantua, Jacob Cohen of Gazolo, 1557-60.*** Sixteenth century Hebrew books printed on blue paper are extremely rare. The text is according to the Italian rite, including the Passover Haggadah, Ethics of the Fathers, Five Scrolls and laws relating to Festivals.Provenance: Salman Schocken (1877-1959), German Jewish publisher and businessman. Sold his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 6th Dec 1993; The Valmadonna Trust Library, Kestenbaum, New York, 9th Nov 2017, lot 145.