(NETHERLANDS).
AUCTION 58 |
Thursday, May 02nd,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters
Lot 250
(NETHERLANDS).
(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.