Tephilah Nechonah Le’She’elath Shalom...[“Prayer for the Welfare of the Rulers of Holland & West Vriesland…and of the City of Amsterdam.”]

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 183

(NETHERLANDS)

Tephilah Nechonah Le’She’elath Shalom...[“Prayer for the Welfare of the Rulers of Holland & West Vriesland…and of the City of Amsterdam.”]

Hebrew and Spanish. On vellum upper-cover: “Honen Dal, 5504 [1744].” (“Honen Dal” was the name of the congregation in The Hague.) ff. (1), 9. Vellum wrappers.12mo Vinograd, Amsterdam 1476 - (No copy in the JNUL)

Amsterdam: Abraham Atthias 1737

Est: $2,500 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

The fact that the relevant geopolitical information occurs only in Spanish, indicates that this prayer was designated for the Sephardic, rather than Aschkenazic, community of Amsterdam. RARE