Thesouro dos Dinim

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 288

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL.

Thesouro dos Dinim

Text in Portuguese. Five parts in one volume, all complete. Divisional titles. With Curaçao inscription at end (see below). ff. (4), 201, (2). Ex-library, wormed, occasionally taped. Modern calf. 8vo. Catalogue Ets Haim 412; not in Kayserling or Silva Rosa.

Amsterdam: n.p 1710

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

A ‘Thesaurus of Laws’ which first appeared in parts between 1645 and 1647. This religious guide intended for Marranos rejoining the Jewish faith sets out all the daily, weekly and seasonal precepts required of Judaism. This copy with striking inscription on rear free-endpaper relating to Abraham de Mordechai Levy Maduro, Hazan of the Congregation de Los Israelitas, St. Thomas, dated in Curaçao, see M.A. Cohen, Sephardim in the Americas in: American Jewish Archives vol. XLIV (1992) pp. 153-5 and 190-1.