(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 51

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

Ascamot, or Laws and Regulations of the Jewish Congregation Entitled Shaar Ha-Shamayim in London [i.e., the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation]. pp. (2), 3, (1), 147. [Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo Judaica, p. 297, no. 8]. * AND: Ascamot, or Laws and Regulations of the Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Entitled Shaar Ha-Shamayim, London, revised and amended. pp. xi, 102 Original boards, worn. 8vo

London: 1831 and 1850

Est: $600 - $900

Laws governing the internal administration of London’s celebrated Bevis Marks Synagogue. The first edition of the Ascamot was published in 1782, in Portuguese. The 1831 edition in English was "translated by order of the Meeting of the Elders by three Gentlemen from their body" following an earlier edition of 1819. The 1850 "revised and amended" edition is apparently scarce and not listed by Roth. See also Hyamson, The Sephardim of England, pp. 28-32 and 188-190