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Five Books of the Torah and Haftarot – Spanish – Amsterdam, 1643 – Edition for Descendants of Marranos – Early Wood ...
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Five Books of the Torah and Haftarot – Spanish – Amsterdam, 1643 – Edition for Descendants of Marranos – Early Wood and Leather Binding with Clasps
Humas de Parasioth y Aftharoth / traduzido palabra por palabra de la verdad hebraica en español (Five Books of the Torah and Haftarot, translated to Spanish). Amsterdam: Immanuel Benveniste, 1643. Spanish.
Seventeenth-century Amsterdam was home to a large Sephardi community. Many of its members were descendants of Marranos who emigrated from Spain and Portugal a century after the expulsion. The present book was printed for the members of this community who had lost familiarity with the Hebrew language.
Separate title page for the Sephardi-rite Haftarot.
Some corrections and glosses in Latin characters.
249, [2], [1] blank leaf; 82 leaves. Significant misfoliation. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains. Marginal tear to title page, and minor tears to several leaves, slightly affecting text, without loss. Title page trimmed with slight damage to lower part of border. Early wood and leather binding, with clasps. Blemishes to binding. Placed in a clamshell box.
The book is documented in the Center for Jewish Art (CJA), item 40322.
Provenance:
1. Christie's, 6 December 1995 (The Warner Prins Collection of Hebrew and Judaic Books), lot 31.
2. The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.105.
