Auction 40 · Lot 158

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

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: $2,400

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; Fuks, Amsterdam 606; Gans, Memorbook p. 138; Roth, Jewish Art, col. 474

summary

Two issues were published of this compendium of prayers: With, and without Spanish translation. This Hebrew only issue is far less common. This copy appears to be an unrecorded variant. The collation generally follows the Bodleian and British Library copies (cf. Fuks, Amsterdam 606), however the present copy includes a half-title and the engraved frontispiece by Godiness. Additionally, in this copy the colophon is found on p. 20 before the final index (not on p. 303 as in Fuks), and p.304 is a blank

pp. (10), 303, 20, (10). Lightly browned and trace foxed. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, rubbed. 12mo

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