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Auction 87 · Lot 223

Tefilah Nechonah.

Estimate
$150–$250
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

(NETHERLANDS).

printer

Partners Proops

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1793

Description

Text in Hebrew, with some Portuguese.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 2218.

summary

Includes a prayer in Portuguese for William V, Prince of Orange and Nassau, Princess Wilhelmina, and the entire Royal Family. In the struggle between the pro-French Patriots and the Prince’s Party, which went on for several years, the majority of Dutch Jews were in the second camp. The officials of the Jewish community especially, were staunch Orangists. This prayer, issued by the Parnassim to lend spiritual support to the Orangist cause, was published in the final days of William’s rule. In 1795, the Netherlands would be occupied by France and the Batavian Republic founded. See Gans, MemorBooks (1977), p. 254-5, 275-6; EJ XII, cols. 980-1.
ff. 4. Contemporary marbled wrappers, worn. 8vo.
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