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Tikkun Sofrim with Haftarot – Amsterdam, 1726 – Illustrated Title Pages, with Engravings by Bernard Picart – Fine Copy with Original Elegant Binding, Decorated with Silver Clasps
Tikkun Sofrim, year-round Torah portions and Haftarot. Amsterdam: for Samuel Rodrigues Mendes, Moses Sarfati and David Gomes da Silva, 1726.
Elegant copy in original leather binding, with fine gilt ornamentation and silver clasps (one of them marked with the initials SE, apparently the silversmith's mark).
Title pages illustrated with copper engravings by Bernard Picart. Divisional title page for Haftarot. Includes table of Torah readings for the festivals, and tables in Spanish (folding leaves), with divisional title page in Hebrew and Spanish.
On the leaves at the beginning of the volume appear poems in praise of the edition, approbations, cantillation, a chart for the festival readings, corrections by the proofreader, and more.
Signature on the bottom part of the illustrated title page: "Jacob Baruch Lousada, 18 may [18]92".
[11], 3-327, [2], 329-446, [4] leaves; 9-16 pages; [3] folding leaves with charts, [2] leaves. Wide margins. Approx. 17 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Light stains. Tear affecting text to one leaf, without loss. Original leather binding. Damage to binding (tears and repairs to spine and its margins). Placed in a fine new slipcase, with leather spine.
Provenance: Valmadonna Trust Library.
