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Brit Yitzchak (Tikun for Eve of Circumcision)

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Brit Yitzchak, Tikun for the eve of the eighth day, before the circumcision, and Tikun for the mohel. Amsterdam: Yisrael Mondovy for Gerard Johann Janson, [1768]. At center of title page, woodcut of circumcision.
Original leather binding.
Includes circumcision for an adult and Marranos.
On last three pages, chronological list of mohels in Amsterdam and other Portuguese communities (including Bayonne, Suriname and Curaçao), with their dates of activity, between 1721 and 1765.

[2], 17, [1] leaves. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original leather binding, with gilt decorations. Defects to binding.

Bookplate of scholar and collector "Sigmund Seeligmann".
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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