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Seder Meah Berachot – Amsterdam, 1687 – Early Leather Binding - Seder Meah Berachot – blessings, prayers and piyyutim, including the Passover Haggadah, with Spanish translation. Amsterdam: Albertus Magnus, 1687. Approbations by R. Yitzchak Aboab, R. Yaakov Sasportas and R. Shlomo de Oliveira. Pocket format. Early leather binding (repaired), with gilt decorations and clasp. Includes a prayers for various occasions, among them unique prayers reflecting the lives of Amsterdam’s Jews at the time: descendants of Marranos who had returned to Judaism and underwent stringent conversion; trade and ownership of slaves by Jews, such as in the section “Circumcision and Immersion of Converts and Slaves” and the “Blessing upon the Purchase of a Slave”; and a special prayer for Marranos who were burnt at the stake in Spain and Portugal. Also includes: redemption of a vineyard, the order of flogging, laws of shechitah in rhyme, tables and charts for calculating tekufot and festivals, a chronological list of events in the history of the Jewish People until the Chmielnicki massacres (1648–1649) [in Spanish], and more. Hebrew text and Spanish translation on facing pages (with corresponding pagination). The editor of the book, Binyamin Senior Godines, writes in his introduction that he found the manuscript of the book in the library of R. Yitzchak son of Matityahu Aboab (mentioned in the Spanish preface as the translator of the book). Does not include extra illustrated title page. [10] leaves, [1], 303, 304; 54, [11], 7, [20] pages. Pages 205-254 bound out of place after p. 180 (including facing pages with corresponding numbers). Approx. 13 cm. Gilt edges (somewhat faded). Good-fair condition. Stains, including light dampstains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Early leather binding (repaired), with gilt decorations and clasp (detached). Defects to binding. According to Fuks, the printer Albertus Magnus did not have his own press (although his name is mentioned on the title page of this book and several others), and the book was likely printed at the press of David de Castro Tartas, due to his experience printing bilingual books. See further: L. Fuks and R.G. Fuks-Mansfeld, Hebrew Typography in the Northern Netherlands, Leiden 1987, Nos. 606-607. Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.