Bidspirit auction | (CEREMONIES). Sepher HaMinhagim al Seder

(CEREMONIES). Sepher HaMinhagim al Seder Ma’aseh Bereishith. Sephardic rite. Hebrew text with instructions and brief comments in Spanish. Prepared by Solomon Levi Maduro. Fifteen woodcut illustrations depicting Jewish ritual life. Final page with crest. ff. 52. Lightly stained. Later gilt-tooled mottled calf. Sm. 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1954. Amsterdam, Leib Zussman, 1768. A rare Spanish language Minhagim Book. Small handbook of prayers and ceremonies through the religious year. Includes blessings before and after eating, the Festival Kiddush, prayers upon retiring and circumcision, the rather uncommon naming ceremony for a baby girl, annulment of oaths and an Hagadah for Passover. See N. Feuchtwanger-Sarig, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana: Treasures of Jewish Booklore (1994) p. 36.