Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Tikun Sofrim with Haftarot, and Kibbutz Tefillot for the Eve of Hoshana Rabba - Amsterdam, 1726-1733 - A Complete Set of Four Volumes with Original Elaborate Covers

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Tikkun Sofrim – Seder Parshiot Ve'Haftarot, Amsterdam, 1726. Printed at the order of the influential Chazan Shmuel Rodriguez Mindiz, Moshe Tzarfati di Girona and David Gomis da Silva. With approbations, various Piyutim and poems. Title pages with copper-etching illustrations.
Volume 3 – Devarim, bound together with two other works:
• Kibbutz Tefillot, Seder HaTikun for the eve of Hoshana Raba. Amsterdam, 1733. Printed by Avraham Atiash. According to the approbations and the introduction, this composition was "printed this first time" according to the special arrangement of prayers traditionally recited on the eve of Hoshana Raba in the “Honen Dal” society in the capital city, Hague (abbreviated different version, with the addition of Techinot-Piyutim).
• Composition of a chart showing the reading of the Torah on Festivals, and some charts in Spanish with folded leaves. With special title page. Amsterdam, 1726.
Volume 1, Bereshit-Shemot: [with two title pages; the first “Tikun Sofrim” is illustrated, and the second is "Seder Parshiot Ve'Haftarot”]. [10], 149 leaves. Volume 2, Vayikra-Bamidbar: [150]-267. Volume 3, Kibbutz Tefillot, Devarim and the chart of the parshiot: 9; [268]-327; [10]-36, [5] leaves; 16, [1] pages. [Pages 3-8 folded plates]. Volume 4, Haftarot: [1 illustrated title page], [328]-446 leaves.
4 volumes, approximately 15 cm. High-quality paper. Overall good condition. Wear and few stains. Worm holes on the text of Vol. 4. On one of the plates in volume 3 there is a tear, however- without harming the text. Gilt edges. Original leather binding (worn), with many embossed gilt adornments. Binding produced in 18th century Dutch style.
Bibles and Tehilim
Bibles and Tehilim