Auction 103 Part 2 Early Printed Books | Sabbateanism and Crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal | Chassidut and Kabbalah | Books Printed in Slavita and Jerusalem | Letters and Manuscripts
Sod Hashem – Amsterdam, 1709 – With Handwritten Mohel Ledger – Amsterdam, 1722-1725
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Sod Hashem with Sharvit HaZahav, prayers, halachot and customs of circumcision, by R. David of Lida, with halachot in Yiddish. Amsterdam: Shlomo Proops, 1709.
After the printed book appears a handwritten mohel ledger (on the blank leaves originally bound with the book to that end). The ledger begins with prayers, in neat handwriting (square and vocalized), with colophon at end of prayers, dated 1722, "[Shmuel] HaLevi son of the official R. Shimshon Segal, written by Yisrael the Sofer Stam". Next are inscriptions of 40 circumcisions performed by the mohel, from 1722 to 1725, evidently in the Ashkenazic community of Amsterdam.
On blank leaf after printed book (before mohel ledger), family inscriptions of birth and death dates, dated 1797-1803.
Sod Hashem: 32 leaves. Mohel ledger: [13] leaves. Approx. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original parchment binding, with stains and light defects.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Mohel Ledgers
Mohel Ledgers