(LITURGY). The Liturgy According to the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in Hebrew and English, As Publicly Read in the Synagogue, and Used by all their Families. Translated by A. Alexander

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

(LITURGY). The Liturgy According to the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in Hebrew and English, As Publicly Read in the Synagogue, and Used by all their Families. Translated by A. Alexander

Title in red and black (heavily worn). On front fly, 19th-century English family inscription ff.(2), 205 (i.e. 207), (1). Portion of f. 5 missing. Foxed. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, gilt extra, front cover, former owners' name inscribed in gold lettering. Bumped. Sm. 4to Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 304, no. 18

London: Printed for and by the Translator, and sold at Sam’s Coffee-House, near the Great Synagogue 1773

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

Uncommon edition of the Hebrew prayer-book in England. Indicative of the Sephardic legacy of these prayers is that entitled: "Hashkabath ha-Seruphim al Kiddush Hashem" / “A Prayer for a Martydom” (ff. 197v.-198r.) The infamous auto-da-fe of the Inquisition was still a vivid memory for this community