Siddur for Weekdays and Shabbat – Spanish – Miniature Edition – The Hague, 1734 – First Jewish Prayer Book Printed ...

Siddur for Weekdays and Shabbat – Spanish – Miniature Edition – The Hague, 1734 – First Jewish Prayer Book Printed in The Hague – First Printed Translation of Lecha Dodi – Elegant Leather Binding, with Silver Clasp
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.
Elegant original leather binding, with gilt decorations and original silver clasp
On final leaves, calendar for the years 5495-5530 (1734-1769), noting 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 Lecha Dodi piyyut by R. Shlomo Alkabetz (see: H.P. Salomon, Lekha Dodi, The American Sephardi, vol. V, no. 1-2, pp. 33-42).
[1], 292, [6], [2] (blank), 293-533, [6] pages. Approx. 7 cm. Good condition. Light-colored, high-quality paper. Gilt edges. Minor stains. Original, gilt-decorated, leather binding and original silver clasp closure. Minor defects to binding.