Seder ha-Tephiloth [prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazi rite. With translation into Judeo-German

(BINDING).

Moses Mendes Coutinho

Amsterdam

1705

Engraved title page depicting traditional commandments of the Jewish woman; husband and wife wear contemporary Dutch-Jewish attire. With additional divisional titles within typographic borders for Psalms and Techinoth. Headpieces and tailpieces. Binding: Attractive contemporary lacquered calf, two handsome engraved silver clasps and hinges, and four silver corner pieces, all engraved with floral motifs. Front centerpiece, also silver, bears a family crest consisting of a diadem over a lion (right) and fish (left). (This coat of arms is not found in JE, Vol. IV, pp. 125-132, s.v. Coat of Arms; nor in Yaari and Yudlov Hebrew Printers' Marks.)

Vinograd, Amsterdam 801; Fuks, Amsterdam 582.

A “Weibertefille” or prayerbook intended specially for women. The striking original engraved title depicts the three duties of the Jewish Married Woman: the taking of Challah; kindling the Sabbath candles and observance of Family Purity (see Mishnah, Shabbath, Chap. II). See M.H.Gans, Memorbook: History of Dutch Jewry (1971), p. 185, no. 7; and A.M. Habermann, Title Pages of Hebrew Books (1969), pl. 83