Auction 102 Part 2
Rare and Important Items
By Kedem
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LOT 138:
Splendid Binding with Ornaments and Buckles for Spanish-Language Siddur, Pentateuch, and Calendar – Amsterdam, 1705-1706
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Splendid Binding with Ornaments and Buckles for Spanish-Language Siddur, Pentateuch, and Calendar – Amsterdam, 1705-1706
"Orden de las oraciones cotidianas, por estilo seguido y corriente, con las de Hanucah y Purim, y ayuno del solo"[siddur for the entire year, including holidays and special occasions], along with a calendar indicating new months and holidays, for the years 1705-1710. Amsterdam: Yshak de Cordova y a costa de Aharon Hisquiyah Querido, [1705]. Bound together with "Los cinco libros de la ley divina" [the Five Books of the Torah, along with Haftarot for the entire year], with a separate title page for the Haftarot. Amsterdam: Yshak de Cordova, [1705].
Siddur and Chumash with elegantly decorated title pages. Both were printed entirely in Spanish and were specifically intended for Marranos (conversos) and other members of Amsterdam’s Spanish-Portuguese Jewish communities. In the present copy, the calendar is attached to the end of the siddur, along with the table of contents for the siddur.
The two works are bound together in an elegant binding with four silver corner ornaments and a splendid pair of decorative silver buckles. Two matching silver ornaments serve as hinges connecting the front and back binding boards to the spine.
This binding is representative of a European bookbinding tradition – typically applied to bibles and prayer books – particularly prevalent in the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries. This style of binding was not commonly applied to Jewish sacred books; where such examples do appear, they are mostly associated with communities of Spanish-Portuguese extraction in Amsterdam.
Siddur: [4], 9-464, 469-484; 32, [8] pages. Chumash: [2], 528 pages. Calendar: [8] pages. Approx. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears to edges of several leaves, and small open tear, affecting text, to one leaf. Minor blemishes to binding, fracture to spine. Book block with gilt edges, and gauffering. Bookplate: “Ex Musaeo Hans Fürstenberg". Underneath this, a handwritten label bearing the title of the volume.
