Auction 104 Part 1 Rare and Important Items

Shabbat Sermon by Rabbi Shlomo Ayllon – Amsterdam, 1723 – Rare

Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Sermon que predicó el Doctíssimo Señor Haham Moreno A-Rab R. Selomoh Ailion... en dia de Sabath Echá año 5483, Shabbat sermon delivered by R. Shlomo Ayllon. Amsterdam: Semuel Teyxeyra Tartaz, [1723]. Spanish and some Hebrew.
A sermon delivered on a Shabbat of that year by R. Shlomo Ayllon, rabbi of the Sephardic-Portuguese Talmud Torah community in Amsterdam.
R. Shlomo son of Yaakov Ayllon (ca. 1655-1728), a native of the Ottoman Empire, rabbi of the Sephardic-Portuguese communities in London and Amsterdam. He was associated with Sabbatean circles, supporting Nechemiah Hayyun and opposing the Chacham Tzvi, then the Ashkenazic Rabbi of Amsterdam, who had accused Hayyun of Sabbateanism.

27 pages. Approx. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and light wear. New binding.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.

Exceptionally rare. Not in NLI. A single copy is documented in OCLC (in the Etz Chaim library in Amsterdam). The book was last auctioned by Sotheby's, London, May 9-10, 1932, Lot 537.


The Portuguese Community in the Netherlands and Its Diaspora – Books and Manuscripts
The Portuguese Community in the Netherlands and Its Diaspora – Books and Manuscripts