Three festive prayer booklets printed in Amsterdam in the 1760s, for the 18th birthday and wedding of Prince William V of Orange-Nassau, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic.
• Shirot VeTushbachot – prayers to be recited after Minchah on Shabbat, 27th Adar 1766 in the Ashkenazic community of Amsterdam, the eighteenth birthday of Prince William V of Orange-Nassau, ordained by R. Shaul Rabbi of the community. Amsterdam: Yosef Yaakov and Avraham Proops Katz, [1766].
Psalms and thanksgiving poems authored by R. Shaul Lowenstam, Rabbi of the Ashkenazic community in Amsterdam, for the 18th birthday of Prince William V (March 8, 1766) and his accession to stadtholder of the Dutch Republic.
On title page, early handwritten inscriptions (Yiddish), documenting two political events that took place decades after the booklet was printed: the festive entrance of King Louis Bonaparte of Holland to his palace in Amsterdam in 1808, and his deposal by his brother two years later, in July 1810.
[7] pages. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains, creases and wear. Marginal tears, reinforced with tape. New binding.
• Kol Sason VeKol Simchah Kol Rinah ViYeshuah, poems and prayers for the eighteenth birthday of Prince William V, 27th Adar, in the Hague, by Shlomo Saruk, cantor and posek. Amsterdam: Yosef, Yaakov and Avraham Proops Katz, [1766]. Hebrew and Spanish. Additional title page in Spanish. Hebrew and Spanish translation on facing pages.
Psalms and prayer authored by R. Shlomo Saruk for the eighteenth birthday of Prince William V, recited in a festive ceremony in the Chonen Dal Portuguese community in the Hague.
[20] pages. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Original wrapper, somewhat worn, loose.
• Kol Sason VeKol Simchah, for the wedding of Prince William V and Princess Wilhelmina, in the Hague, by Shlomo Saruk, cantor and posek. Amsterdam: Yosef, Yaakov and Avraham Proops Katz, [1767]. Hebrew and Spanish. Additional title page in Spanish. Hebrew and Spanish translation on facing pages.
Psalms and prayer authored by R. Shlomo Saruk for the wedding of Prince William V and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia on October 4, 1767, recited in a festive ceremony in the Chonen Dal Portuguese community in the Hague.
On Spanish title page, date "15th" added to Cheshvan, and year "5527" corrected to "5528", in handwriting.
[28] pages. 20 cm. Good condition. Light stains. New binding.
In all three booklets, bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
