Meah Berachoth [collected prayers and instructions issued for Marrano refugees]

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $3,400

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

author

(LITURGY)

printer

Albertus Magnus

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1687 (i.e. 1688?)

Description

Text in Hebrew only. Engraved frontispiece by the Jewish artist Benjamin Godiness depicting Man’s Five Senses by way of the performance of five ceremonial acts.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 550; Gans, Memorbook p. 138; Roth, Jewish Art col. 474

summary

Two issues were published of this compendium of prayers: with and without Spanish translation. The Hebrew only issue is far less common. This copy appears to be an unrecorded variant. The collation follows the Bodleian and British Library copies (cf. Fuks, Amsterdam 606) however the present copy includes a half-title and the engraved frontispiece by Godines. Additionally, no colophon appears on p.303, and p.304 is a blank.

pp. (10),303, 20, (10). Possibly lacking one introductory (probably a blank). Lightly browned, trace foxed on a few leaves, otherwise a clean copy. Contemporary vellum. 12mo

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