Reformaçaö das Escamoth, Reglamentos, e ordenaçoens para o bom governo da Santa Irmandade Misheneth Zequenim, Borda`o dos Velhos.

AUCTION 55 | Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at 1:00
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Lot 336
(SEPHARDICA).

Reformaçaö das Escamoth, Reglamentos, e ordenaçoens para o bom governo da Santa Irmandade Misheneth Zequenim, Borda`o dos Velhos.

Portuguese with smattering of Hebrew. pp. 32. Light wear. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Sm. 4to. Kayserling, p.13.

Amsterdam: n.p. 1753

Est: $800 - $1,200
“Reformation of the laws for the governing of the Old Age Home Mishkeneth Zequenim, instituted in the city of Amsterdam… Revised and approved by the very illustrious Senhores of the Mahamad.” (The Mahamad was a council of laymen that governed the affairs of the Portuguese community of Amsterdam.). The Mishkeneth Zequenim Home for the Elderly was one of the earliest Jewish institutions of its kind. Includes here a prayer in Hebrew and Portuguese (p. 26) on behalf of the founders and administrators of the society.