Auction 104 Part 1 Rare and Important Items
Weekday and Shabbat Siddur – The Hague, 1734 – Spanish – Miniature Edition – First Jewish Prayer Book Printed in The Hague – First Printed Translation of Lechah Dodi
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Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000
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Orden de las Oraciones Quotidianas (order of prayers for weekdays and Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah and Purim). The Hague: C. Hoffeling for Selomoh de Mercado & Jahacob Castello, 1734. Spanish.
Spanish siddur for weekdays, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah and Purim. Miniature format.
Fine engraved title page by D. Coster.
In last pages, calendar for the years 5495-5530 (1734-1769), listing Hebrew and civil dates for beginning praying for rain outside Eretz Israel, for each year.
This siddur is the first Jewish prayer book printed in The Hague. At the time it was printed, The Hague was home to a small Sephardic community numbering only two hundred members.
The present siddur contains the first printed translation of the famous piyyut Lechah Dodi by R. Shlomo Alkabetz (see: H.P. Salomon, Lekha Dodi, The American Sephardi, V, 1-2, pp. 33-42).
[1], 292, [6], 293-533, [6] pages. Approx. 7 cm. Gilt edges. Light, high-quality paper. Good condition. Stains. Old leather binding, with color endpaper. Light wear to binding. Fabric case (with defects).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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