Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Order of Year–Round Prayers, Five Books of the Torah and Haftarot, and Calendar of Rosh Chodesh and Festivals – Spanish – Amsterdam, 1732–1733 – Printed for Descendants of Marranos
Volume comprising a year–round siddur, Five Books of the Torah and Haftarot, and a calendar for Rosh Chodesh and festivals, in Spanish. The books were presumably printed together (appear so in other copies as well), in 1732–1733. Divisional title pages:
• Orden de Las Oraciones Cotidianas [order of prayers for weekdays, Shabbat and festivals]. Amsterdam: David de Elisa Pereyra, 1733. Spanish.
• Calendario De Ros–Hodes Fiestas y Ayunos [calendar for Rosh Chodesh, festivals and fast days, for 5493–5509]. Amsterdam, [1732]. Spanish.
• Los cinco libros de la ley divina [Five Books of the Torah and Haftarot translated to Spanish]. Amsterdam, 1733. Spanish. With divisional title page for Haftarot (dated 5492).
17th and 18th century Amsterdam was home to a large Sephardi community. Most of its members were descendants of Marranos who emigrated from Spain and Portugal a century after the expulsion. The present book was printed for the members of this community who had lost familiarity with the Hebrew language.
[16], 9–543, [3]; [10]; [8], 370; 371–476 pages. 15 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Minor marginal tears to several leaves. Old leather binding.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.106; NHB.107; NHB.220.