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Auction 8 · Lot 466
Thesouro dos Dinim
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $2,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL
printer
n.p
Place
Amsterdam
Publication
1710
Description
Five parts in one volume. Divisional titles. Text in Portuguese
references
Catalogue Ets Haim 412; not in Kayserling or Silva Rosa
summary
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 Curacao 5th February, 1829. Regarding the settlement of Jews in this island of the West Indies and the relationship between the communities of St. Thomas and Curacao see M.A. Cohen, Sephardim in the Americas, American Jewish Archives vol. XLIV (1992) pp.153-5 and 190-1
Ex-library, wormed, occasionally taped. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, heavily rubbed. 8vo
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