Mediar Estremos Decada Primera en Roshasana, by Daniel Levi de Barrios. Amsterdam: Iacob van Velsen, 1677. Spanish. Only edition.

Ethical, poetic and philosophical work for Rosh Hashanah. The work begins with a 16-stanza song (Pregon Harmonico), divided into ten "voices" (Vozes), each of which discuss one of the ten Sefirot, incorporating kabbalistic ideas, ethical instruction, poetry and prose.

[2] leaves, 78 pages. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Creases and light wear. Old marginal inscription on one leaf. Bookplate. Original parchment binding, stained and worn.

Rare. Not in NLI; few copies are recorded in OCLC.

Daniel Levi de Barrios (1625-1701), born Miguel de Barrios in Montilla, Spain, was a Spanish-Jewish poet, historian, and playwright, a descendant of Marranos who returned to Judaism in Amsterdam.

Having served as an officer in the Spanish army, he later emerged as a central figure in the Amsterdam Sephardic community. Though for a time aligned with the Sabbatean movement, he was also a close friend of Rabbi Jacob Sasportas. His writings, often controversial, include invaluable historical insight into 17th-century Jewish life in Amsterdam.

Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.