Meah Berachoth [collected prayers and instructions issued for Marrano refugees]

AUCTION 2 | Tuesday, June 03rd, 1997 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal

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Lot 313

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Meah Berachoth [collected prayers and instructions issued for Marrano refugees]

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 Shelf-mark on half-title, contemporary roan, extremeties worn, a.e.g., 12mo Vinograd, Amsterdam 550; Gans, Memorbook p. 138; Roth, Jewish Art col. 474

Amsterdam: Albertus Magnus 1687 (i.e. 1688?)

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

Two issues were published of this compendium of prayers: with and without Spanish translation. The Hebrew only issue is far less common. This copy appears to be an unrecorded variant. The collation follows the Bodleian and British Library copies (cf. Fuks, Amsterdam 606) however the present copy includes a half-title and the engraved frontispiece by Godines. Additionally, no colophon appears on p.303, and p.304 is a blank