Spanish). Godines, Benjamin Senior (Ed.) Me’ah Berachoth / Orden de Bendiciones

AUCTION 41 | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Spanish). Godines, Benjamin Senior (Ed.) Me’ah Berachoth / Orden de Bendiciones

Text in Hebrew and Spanish. Engraved frontispiece by the Jewish artist Benjamin Godines depicting Man’s Five Senses by way of the performance of five ceremonial acts. Crisp, clean copy ff. (12), 303; pp. (1), 54, (15), 7, (1 blank), (20), (1 blank). Frontispiece detached. Marbled boards. Thick 12mo Vinograd, Amsterdam 550; Fuks, Amsterdam 606; Gans, Memorbook p.141; Roth, Jewish Art, col. 474

Amsterdam: Albertus Magnus 1687

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

A FINE COPY “One Hundred Blessings”: A most striking volume of collected prayers and instructions issued for Marrano refugees.Included in the Me’ah Berachoth are: the Hagadah for Passover, an index of blessings for the entire year including relevant laws and commentary according to Sephardic rite, a perpetual liturgical calendar, a recipe for Charoseth, instructions for constructing a Mikveh, prayers for the sick, last rites, and prayers for martyrs burned at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition. Of uncommon interest are the ceremonies celebrating the birth of a daughter, “Zeved HaBath” (Fadas de la hija) and the circumcision ceremony of proselytes and servants