Declaracaõ das 613. encomendancas de nossa sancta ley, composition on Taryag Mitzvot by Rabbi Avraham Farrar. Amsterdam: Paulus Aertsen de Ravesteyn, [1627]. Portuguese.
Rabbi Farrar's comprehensive composition on the Jewish commanments, based on the Sefer Hamitzvot by Maimonides; compiled with the assistance of Rabbi (Saul Levi Mortera, 1596–1660?), who was Rabbi Farrar's study partner.
This book as an extraordinary example of Jewish–Portuguese print in the Netherlands; particularly beautiful are the illustrated title page, engraved with flowers and a quote from Psalms, and the historiated initial in the form of Abraham holding a knife – a reference to the author's name.

Rabbi Avraham Farrar (also: Pharar or Ferrar; b. 1663), also known as Francisco Lopes d'Azevedo'. Born to a family of Portuguese Marranos, Rabbi Farrar practiced as a physician, and was among the community leaders of the Jewish–Portuguese community in Amsterdam; on the the book's title page he refers to himself as "Judeo do desterro de Portugal" [Jewish exile from Portugal). Nephew of Rabbi David Farrar, one of the founders of the Jewish–Portuguese community in Amsterdam, and Rabbi Yaakov Tirado, founder of the "Beit Ya'akov" community in the city. Rabbi Farrar stood in close relations with Rabbi Menasseh Ben Israel, who dedicated to him his important composition "Thesouro dos Dinim (1645).

[1] leaf, 310 pages. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Marginal open tears and worming to some leaves, restored with paper (minor damage to text). Some ink inscriptions (old; in Hebrew letters). Leaves trimmed close to text. New fine Leather binding, gilt.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB. 112.