Espejo fiel de Vidas que contiene los psalmos de David en verso. Paraphrases of Sefer Tehillim Spanish translation by Rabbi Daniel Israel Lopez Laguna. London [1720].
Prior to the title page an engraved page with illustrations of a grapevine, a crown, a dolphin as well as other illustrations appear. Upon the title page an engraving (7X7cm.) which outlines King David strumming the harp appears (adorned with the image of a person).
Approbation by Rabbi David Neito [Ozar Ha’Rabbanim 4926, born in 1653, passed away in 1728. Served as Dayan, Darshan (sermonizer) and doctor in Livorno as well as rabbi of the Sephardic holy congregation in London, author of “Kuzari Ha’Sheini, Mateh Dan and others]. Upon the pages of the introduction numerical value calculations as well as a poem by Rabbi Yosef Ibn Danun appear.
Rabbi Daniel Israel Lopez Laguna (approximately 1653-1730), was a Portuguese poet and son of a Marrano. He studied in Spain, was imprisoned during the Inquisition and released after being coerced to vow "loyalty to the Church". After escaping the perpetrators of the Inquisition he resided in Jamaica, where he observed his Judaism openly and even served in the Rabbinate.
The following book is paraphrases of Tehillim, which Laguna spent 23 years composing while serving as Rabbi in Jamaica. In some of the Tehillim Laguna hints to the days of the Inquisition and the tortures. The book was published in London with the assistance of Mordechai Nunis Almida, a friend of the Laguna family. Spanish, Hebrew and additional languages.
[50], 286, [2] pages. 23.5cm. Good condition. Stains, slight tears