Sepher HaMinhagim al Seder Ma’aseh Bereishith.

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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(CEREMONIES).

Sepher HaMinhagim al Seder Ma’aseh Bereishith.

Sephardic rite. Hebrew text with instructions and brief comments in Spanish. Prepared by Solomon Levi Maduro. Fifteen woodcut illustrations depicting Jewish ritual life. Final page with crest. ff. 52. Stained in places, few expert marginal repairs, f.24 with flaw sympathetically restored affecting a few letters. Modern vellum-backed boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1954.

Amsterdam: Leib Zussman 1768

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

<<A rare Spanish language Minhagim Book.>> Small handbook of prayers and ceremonies through the. religious year. Includes blessings before and after eating, the Festival Kiddush, prayers upon retiring and circumcision, the rather uncommon naming ceremony for a baby girl, annulment of oaths and an Hagadah for Passover. See N. Feuchtwanger-Sarig, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana: Treasures of Jewish Booklore (1994) p.36.