Selichoth Le’ashmoroth Haboker Vetechinoth [Sabbathian penitential prayers]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,700

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(LITURGY)

printer

David de Castro Tartas

Publication

(“Shnath Moshia”)1666

Description

Title within architectural arch

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 330; Fuks, Amsterdam 444

summary

In 1665-66 when Shabthai Tzvi was declared the Messiah, his prophet Nathan of Gaza distributed special Kabbalistic prayers upon the advent of the Messianic age. The majority of these messianic prayer-books were printed by Tartas, who, like so many Amsterdam Jews, was a staunch believer in the pseudo-Messiah. Most copies of these texts are rare, having been destroyed following the conversion to Islam of the fallen Messiah

ff. 40. Lightly stained, ex-library. Recent boards

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