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Lot 174

Order of Study for Nights of Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba – Spanish – Amsterdam, 1714 – Printed for Descendants of Marranos

Orden de leccion de Tora, Nebihim y Quetubim [Order of Study of Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim for the nights of Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba]. Amsterdam: Shlomo Proops, 1714. Spanish.
Amsterdam had a large Sephardic community in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most of its members were descendants of Marranos who came from Spain and Portugal about a century after the expulsion. The present book was printed for the use of the descendants of those Marranos, who were not fluent in Hebrew.

104 pages. Approx. 15 cm. Some browning to paper. Fair condition. Stains. Wear. Marginal tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, slightly affecting text. Early parchment binding, with defects.