Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Triumph of Virtue – Amsterdam, 1788 – Sermon by Rabbi David HaKohen D'Azevedo, For Birthday of Dutch Prince
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Triumphos da Virtude, sermaõ pregado, a occasiaõ do natalicio de sua altesa serenissima Guillermo V° – Triumph of Virtue, a sermon delivered by R. David HaKohen D'Azevedo, rabbi of the Portuguese community in Amsterdam, in honor of the birthday of William V, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic and Prince of Orange-Nassau, on March 8, 1788. Portuguese and some Hebrew.
That year, during the struggle between the Patriots fighting for a democratic rule in the Netherlands and the Orangists who supported the prince's rule, the Talmud Torah community of Amsterdam declared its loyalty to the House of Orange. The prince repaid them with a visit to the Esnoga, the community's synagogue (on which occasion the present sermon was presumably delivered), and with his greetings, extended in part in Hebrew.
[2] leaves, 26 pages. Approx. 25 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including light dampstains. Marginal tears to several leaves, repaired with tape. Several leaves detached. Old paper binding, partially detached, with tears across spine.
Dutch Jewry – Documents, Manuscripts and Printed Works
Dutch Jewry – Documents, Manuscripts and Printed Works 