Marriage Contract. Copper-engraving on vellum. The text in brown ink, Sephardi cursive Hebrew script. Uniting Moses ben David Senior Coronel and Rebecca bat Joseph Benveniste. Signed (twice) by Shlomo Shalem

AUCTION 16 | Tuesday, June 25th, 2002 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Marriage Contract. Copper-engraving on vellum. The text in brown ink, Sephardi cursive Hebrew script. Uniting Moses ben David Senior Coronel and Rebecca bat Joseph Benveniste. Signed (twice) by Shlomo Shalem

Engraved within the famed “Sephardi Borders”, an arch enclosing two cherubs holding a banner inscribed with the formula “Be’siman Tov”, flanked by pillars entwined with flora and decorated with urns of flowers with birds and insects. With couple at top right clasping hands and allegory of the virtue “Charity” top left 325x415 mm

Amsterdam: 12th Adar II 1775

Est: $7,000 - $9,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,500

This elegant engraving has been attributed to the famed Shalom d’Italia, although it is unsigned