104 214 LERMA, JUDAH. Peleitath Beith Yehudah [responsa]. FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut border. Markings and stamps of previous owners on title, including the celebrated collector and scholar R. Mordechai Friedman of Mezhritch (nr. Brisk) and R. Shlomo Zalman ben Itzik of Posen (see Otzar HaRabbonim no. 18730). ff. 80, (2). Stained, dampwrinkled previous owner’s marks. Later sheep, worn. 8vo.[Vinograd, Venice 1274.] Venice, Antonio Calleoni for Bragadini, 1647. $300-500 ❧ The 17th-century personality R. Judah Lerma served as the rabbi of Belgrade. This work was collected from his writings and published by his student, R. Simcha Ephraim Cohen following his death. The title ‘Remnant of the House of Judah’ was chosen by Cohen to allude to the fact that this was all that remained of Lerma’s impressive mind and towering stature - especially after a fire destroyed the majority of Lerma’s literary legacy before it could all be published. 215 (LITURGY). Godines, Benjamin Senior (Ed.) Me’ah Berachoth / Orden de Bendiciones. Text in Hebrew and Spanish face à face. Editor’s introduction in Portuguese. Engraved frontispiece by the Jewish artist Benjamin Godines depicting Man’s Five Senses by way of the performance of five ceremonial acts. ff. (12), 303, pp. 50, (4), 51-54, (7), 7, (22). Touch discolored in places, otherwise a clean copy. Contemporary gilt-tooled morocco, rubbed, gilt faded. 12mo.[Vinograd, Amsterdam 550; Fuks, Amsterdam 606.] Amsterdam, Albertus Magnus, 1687. $2000-3000 ❧ A most striking volume of collected prayers and instructions issued for Marrano refugees. Included in the Me’ah Berachoth are: A Passover Hagadah; an index of blessings for the entire year including relevant laws and commentary according to Sephardic rite; a perpetual liturgical calendar; a recipe for Charoseth; instructions for constructing a Mikveh; prayers for the sick, last rites, and prayers for martyrs burned at the stake by the Inquisition. Of uncommon interest are the ceremonies celebrating the birth of a daughter “Zeved HaBath” (Fadas de la Hija) and circumcision ceremony for proselytes and servants. 216 (LITURGY). Seder Tephiloth KeMinhag Ashkenaz VePolin. Edited by David b. Menachem HaKohen. ff. 10. Hanau, 1628. * BOUND WITH: Eleazer Ben Judah of Worms. Sepher Haroke’ach [ethics, rabbinic law and custom]. ff. 113. Hanau, 1630. Two works bound in one volume. Each with elaborate historiated title-page. Printed in two columns without Nekudoth. Previous owner’s signature on first title, browned, few light stains, lower corner of few leaves expertly repaired. Modern calf. 8vo.[Vinograd, Hanau 50 and 58.]” Hanau, Hans Jakob Henah, v.d. $3000-5000 ❧ ONLY ONE OTHER COPY RECORDED of these Hanua prayers, found in the Bodleian Library (see Steinschneider no. 2130). According to the poetic title page, the publisher previously issued a pocket Shulchan Aruch (Hanau, 1627) for travelers to study from. He now wishes to perform another public service for the benefit of travelers, providing them with an easily portable pocket prayer-book. Indeed the first prayer that appears after the morning Berachoth is Tephilath HaDerech (the wayfarers prayer). It was apparently published without Nekudoth in order to save space. Lot 214 Lot 215 Lot 216