Sepher Haminhagim al Seder Ma’aseh Bereishith

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: $4,250

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

author

(CEREMONIES)

printer

Loeb Soesmans

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1768

Description

Sephardic rite. Hebrew text with instructions and brief comments in Spanish. Prepared by Solomon Levi Maduro. 15 woodcut illustrations of observances and customs of ritual Jewish life, last page with emblem of the editor

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1954 (recording only one copy in JNUL); not located in Roest, Zedner, Cowley or Steinschneider

summary

RARE SPANISH MINHAGIM BOOK - WITH FESTIVAL AND CEREMONIAL SCENES. Small hand-book of prayers and ceremonies through the religious year. Includes blessings before and after eating, Festival Kiddush prayers, upon retiring, circumcision, naming ceremony for a girl (uncommon), annulment of oaths and an Hagadah for Passover. See N. Feuchtwanger-Sarig, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana-Treasures of Jewish Booklore (1994) p.36

ff.52. Stained. contemporary vellum, gently rubbed. Sm. 8vo

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