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Tikun Shlomo – Tikunei Shabbat – Amsterdam, 1775 – Dedication to a Child at His Circumcision – Original Leather Binding with Clasps - Tikun Shlomo – order of Tikunei Shabbat, based on the Arizal, with prayers and blessings for various occasions, halachot and customs. Amsterdam: Yosef Proops, 1775. Original leather binding, with gilt decorations (including an inscribed illustration of a bird with prey in its mouth), and silver clasps. On endpaper, notable dedication dated 1786, of a mohel who gave the book as a gift to the child being circumcised. [2], 164 leaves. 16.5 cm. Interior of book in overall good condition, binding in fair condition. Stains. Tears and minor defects to margins of some leaves. Original leather binding, with color endpaper. Much wear and defects to binding (some repaired; back side loose). Provenance: Collection of Mozes Heiman Gans.