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MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL. Thesovro dos Dinim [thesaurus of laws].
Amsterdam: Elijahu Aboab, 1645.
328 leaves. Woodcut architectural title-border and 3 similarly embellished divisonal titles.
4 parts (of 5) bound in one, small 8vo, 144 x 90 mm. (5 5/8 x 3½ in.), later vellum; title-page laid down, some minor soiling and pale stains, some margins shaved uneven, title-borders shaved along lower edges, early handwritten Indices tipped-in.
This copy lacking the fifth part, which was printed two years later.
H. den Boer, "Spanish and Portuguese Editions from the Northern Netherlands...II,2." In: Studia Rosenthaliana 23,2 (1989) no. 265, pp. 148-49; Kayserling, p. 69; Palau 162811; Cat. Menasseh 46; Treasures from the Library Ets Haim/Livraria Montezinos... (Jerusalem, 1980), no. 92, pp. 54-55.
This Code of Jewish law in Portuguese contains all the precepts the Jews "are required to know and obey." It was intended for the Marranos who were returning to Judaism and was reprinted in Amsterdam in 1710.
Amsterdam: Elijahu Aboab, 1645.
328 leaves. Woodcut architectural title-border and 3 similarly embellished divisonal titles.
4 parts (of 5) bound in one, small 8vo, 144 x 90 mm. (5 5/8 x 3½ in.), later vellum; title-page laid down, some minor soiling and pale stains, some margins shaved uneven, title-borders shaved along lower edges, early handwritten Indices tipped-in.
This copy lacking the fifth part, which was printed two years later.
H. den Boer, "Spanish and Portuguese Editions from the Northern Netherlands...II,2." In: Studia Rosenthaliana 23,2 (1989) no. 265, pp. 148-49; Kayserling, p. 69; Palau 162811; Cat. Menasseh 46; Treasures from the Library Ets Haim/Livraria Montezinos... (Jerusalem, 1980), no. 92, pp. 54-55.
This Code of Jewish law in Portuguese contains all the precepts the Jews "are required to know and obey." It was intended for the Marranos who were returning to Judaism and was reprinted in Amsterdam in 1710.
Provenance
Bibliotheca D.H. De Castro, bookplate.