Meah Berachoth [collected prayers and instructions issued for Marrano refugees]

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00

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

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Meah Berachoth [collected prayers and instructions issued for Marrano refugees]

Text in Hebrew only. Engraved frontispiece by the Jewish artist Benjamin Godiness depicting Man’s Five Senses by way of the performance of five ceremonial acts pp. (10), 303, 20, (10). Lightly browned and trace foxed. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, rubbed. 12mo Vinograd, Amsterdam 550; Fuks, Amsterdam 606; Gans, Memorbook p. 138; Roth, Jewish Art, col. 474

Amsterdam: Albertus Magnus 1687 (i.e. 1688?)

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,400

Two issues were published of this compendium of prayers: With, and without Spanish translation. This Hebrew only issue is far less common. This copy appears to be an unrecorded variant. The collation generally follows the Bodleian and British Library copies (cf. Fuks, Amsterdam 606), however the present copy includes a half-title and the engraved frontispiece by Godiness. Additionally, in this copy the colophon is found on p. 20 before the final index (not on p. 303 as in Fuks), and p.304 is a blank