Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Siddur, Chumash and Calendar in Spanish – Amsterdam, 1717-1718
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Orden de las oraciones cotidianas: por estilo seguido con Hanucà, Purim, Ayuno del solo, y las tres Pascuas [Siddur for year-round and festival prayers], followed by a calendar of Rosh Chodesh and holidays for the years 1717-1733 (with a divisional title page). Amsterdam: Shlomo Proops, 1717.
Bound with: Los cinco libros de la ley divina [Chumash with Haftarot for the entire year], with a divisional title page for the Haftarot. Amsterdam: Shlomo Proops, 1718. Spanish.
Title page illustrated with fine engraving (by Joost van Sasse), depicting biblical scenes involving women (featuring Rachel, Deborah, Hannah and others). The top of the title page depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, while the bottom of the title page depicts the Children of Israel leaving Egypt, with the caption (in Spanish): "In the merit of righteous women we left Egypt" (this siddur was evidently printed for women).
Siddur and Chumash with decorated title pages, both printed only in Spanish and meant for Marranos and members of the Spanish and Portuguese communities in Amsterdam.
Siddur: [16], 535, [13] pages. Chumash: 528 pages. 15.5 cm. Gilt and gauffered edges. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. New leather binding.
Provenance: Collection of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Spanish and Portuguese – Sephardic Converso Jewry
Spanish and Portuguese – Sephardic Converso Jewry