(NETHERLANDS).

AUCTION 58 | Thursday, May 02nd, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Lot 250

(NETHERLANDS).

David Cohen d’Azvedo. Triumphos da virtude: Sermaõ pregado, a occasiaõ do natalicio de sua altesa serenissima Guillermo V°, Principe de Orange e Nassau, Stadhouder Hereditario… Celebrado na Synagoga dos Judeos Portugueses de Amsterdam em dia 8 de Março do Anno 1788. [“Triumph of Virtue: Sermon Delivered on the Occasion of the Birthday of His Majesty William V.”] pp. (4), 26. Dampstained. Modern calf with rear contemporary marbled wrapper bound in. 4to. Kayserling, p. 15.

(Amsterdam): David de H.H.R. Rephael Meldola (1788)

Est: $1,000 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,050

David Cohen d’Azevedo (d. 1792) was Haham of the Spanish-Portuguese community of Amsterdam. During his tenure, the Netherlands was witness to clashes between Patriots and Orangists. In 1788, the Jews of the realm swore their allegiance to Prince William V in a ceremony conducted in Amsterdam’s Town Hall and led by Haham D’Azevedo. Later in the year, Prince William V and his wife Princess Wilhelmina, thanked the community by participating in a synagogue service. Following a prayer by Chief Rabbi d’Azevedo blessing the Royal couple, Prince William responded with greetings spoken in the Hebrew language. See Gans, Memorbook (1977) p. 197.