Sepher Haminhagim al Seder Ma’aseh Bereishith

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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Sepher Haminhagim al Seder Ma’aseh Bereishith

Sephardic rite. Hebrew text with instructions and brief comments in Spanish. Prepared by Solomon Levi Maduro. Fifteen woodcut illustrations depicting Jewish ritual life. Final page with crest ff.52. Stained, various paper repairs, title repaired affecting a few words. Modern calf, gilt. Sm. 8vo Vinograd, Amsterdam 1954 (recording only one copy in JNUL)

Amsterdam: Loeb Soesmans 1768

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,250

RARE SPANISH MINHAGIM BOOK - WITH FESTIVAL AND CEREMONIAL SCENES. Small hand-book of prayers and ceremonies through the religious year. Includes blessings before and after eating, the Festival Kiddush, prayers upon retiring and circumcision, the rathe uncommon naming ceremony for a baby girl, annulment of oaths and an Hagadah for Passover. See N. Feuchtwanger-Sarig, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana: Treasures of Jewish Booklore (1994), p.36