Thesouro dos Dinim

AUCTION 8 | Tuesday, November 16th, 1999 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 466

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL

Thesouro dos Dinim

Five parts in one volume. Divisional titles. Text in Portuguese Ex-library, wormed, occasionally taped. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, heavily rubbed. 8vo Catalogue Ets Haim 412; not in Kayserling or Silva Rosa

Amsterdam: n.p 1710

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

A Thesaurus of Laws which first appeared in parts between 1645 and 1647. This religious guide intended for Marranos rejoining the Jewish faith sets out all the daily, weekly and seasonal precepts required of Judaism. This copy with striking inscription on rear free-endpaper relating to Abraham de Mordechai Levy Maduro, Hazan of the Congregation de los Israelitas, St. Thomas, dated in Curacao 5th February, 1829. Regarding the settlement of Jews in this island of the West Indies and the relationship between the communities of St. Thomas and Curacao see M.A. Cohen, Sephardim in the Americas, American Jewish Archives vol. XLIV (1992) pp.153-5 and 190-1