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Lot 298

Tikkun Sofrim with Haftarot – Amsterdam, 1726 – Familial Inscriptions of a Jewish Family from Jamaica – Engraved Title Pages by Bernard Picart – Original Binding

Tikkun Sofrim, year-round Parashiot and Haftarot. Amsterdam: for Samuel Rodrigues Mendes, Moses Sarfati and David Gomes da Silva, 1726.
Birth and death records (in English) on back endpaper from 1795-1806, of the Henriques family in Jamaica. Signature of a family member dated 1857 at top of first title page.
Title pages with copper engravings by Bernard Picart. Divisional title page for Haftarot. Includes table of Torah readings for the festivals, and tables in Spanish (folding plates). Additional title page in Hebrew and Spanish.
[1], 329, [1], 330-445, [2] leaves, leaf 446, [8] leaves; [3] folding plates; 9-16 pages; [2] leaves (leaf 446 bound out of sequence). Approx. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Gilt edges. Back endpaper with familial inscriptions partially torn, with damage to inscriptions. Original leather binding, with fine gilt decorations. Damage and worming to binding.


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