Benjamin Senior Godines (ed.) Me’ah Berachoth [Orden de Bendiciones].

Auction 98 | Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

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(IBERIAN / SEPHARDIC LITERATURE).

Benjamin Senior Godines (ed.) Me’ah Berachoth [Orden de Bendiciones].

Text in Hebrew only. Engraved frontispiece by the Jewish artist Benjamin Godiness depicting Man’s Five Senses by way of the performance of five ceremonial acts <<finely hand-colored.>> pp. (10), 303, 20, (10); followed by Spanish and Hebrew supplement: pp. 7, 7, (16), 36. Lightly browned. Contemporary mottled calf over wooden boards with twin brass clasps and hinges, rubbed. 12mo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 550; Fuks, Amsterdam 606; Gans, Memorbook p. 138; Roth, Jewish Art, col. 474

Amsterdam: Albertus Magnus 1687-88

Est: $6,000 - $9,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,000

<<A beautiful, compact volume.>> This compendium of ritual laws and prayers was published for the benefit of Marrano refugees. It appeared in two issues - with, and without Spanish translation. This Hebrew only issue is far less common. <<Provenance:>> Sotheby's 84th Street Galleries, Sale 5209, Lot 27.