Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections

Manuscript, Chedvah VeDitzah – Poems in Honor of the Groom and Bride – The Netherlands, 1778

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Manuscript, Chedvah DeDitzah – poems for wedding festivities. [The Netherlands, 1778].
The poems were composed in honor of the groom Avraham son of the community leader R. Eli. Nijmegen, and the bride Rivka daughter of the late R. Leizer Scheuer. Title page border comprises Psalms verses.
The poems were composed by two authors – Asher son of Leib Fass of The Hague, and Chaim son of Mordechai Binger of Amsterdam, who are both known to have composed poems for other occasions.
R. Avraham Nijmegen was amongst the philanthropists who donated to the library of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash in Amsterdam, and one can surmise that he is the groom for whom these poems were composed.


[9] leaves. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Some wear. New binding.


Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, HO.011.004.

European Jewry – Manuscripts
European Jewry – Manuscripts