Comedia Famosa de Aman y Mordochay

(THEATRE)

Ishack de Ab. Cohen de Lara

Leyde

1699

Steinschneider 8215; Kayserling(1890) p. 39; Palau 56260; Peeters 309. Not in JNUL, HUCA nor BL

“An excessively rare Purim Comedy of Haman and Mordechai, followed by 48 Spanish riddles and their answers and 25 Dutch riddles, with other poems. The author, son of Abraham Cohen de Lara (the Hasan of the Portuguese Community of Amsterdam, 1682-1694), was, like his father, Hasan of the Portuguese Congregation at Amsterdam.” See Maggs Bros [i.e. Dr. Maurice Ettinghausen] Judaica & Hebraica. Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Illustrative of the History, Martyrdom and Literature of the Jews. Catalogue 419 (1922) p. 82 The work offers an interesting insight into the Purim traditions within the domestic sphere, among the Portuguese Jews at Amsterdam Additional research matter accompanies this Lot