Three prayer booklets printed in Amsterdam following an earthquake that devastated Lisbon in 1755:
• Zeh Seder HaYom, prayer booklet of Ashkenazic community. Amsterdam, [1756].
[2] leaves. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Without binding.
• Seder VeTikun Techinot UBakashot, prayers for earthquake, edited in Portuguese community of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, [1756].
4 leaves. Lacking last 2 leaves. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Colored paper binding, partially detached.
• Orden de las oraciones para el dia solemne de Ajuno... miercoles 18 febrero 1756, order of prayers and thanks, translated from Hebrew by R. David son of Refael Meldola and R. Avraham Yeshayah Bassan. Amsterdam, 1756. Spanish.
16 pages. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Small marginal tears to first leaves. Original paper binding, torn and detached.
The present booklets were printed after the Lisbon earthquake of November 1, 1755, one of the most destructive earthquakes in history, which completely devastated Lisbon and caused a tsunami and heavy damage even to faraway European cities. The official day of thanksgiving, 17th Adar I 1756, was participated in by both Christians and Jews.
