1710 · DIV012 — in 8 ( 18x 12 cm) 201 Fol / pages 5470 (H) 1710 (c) frontispice gravé ,papier en bel état ,tranches dorés reliure sur haies de bois ,fermoirs métalliques présent . Un plat parfaitement séparé du volume En portugais Very rare 2nd second edition of the only treatise on Hebrew laws and customs written in Portuguese language and printed for the Portuguese Sephardic communities in Northern Europe. Treasure of Jewish Laws that the people of Israel must know and observe composed by Rabbi Hacham Menasseh ben Israel in Amsterdam, 1st edition 1647; and this 2nd edition in 1710. In 8. º (18x12 cm) (v) -201 - (iv) folium. Binding (worn out at edges) contemporary full calf gilt at spine. Engraved frontispiece. Contains title page to Third Part (Of feasts and fasts throughout the year, the people of Israel must know and observe) and the Last part (in which contains all the precepts, rites and ceremonies concerning to a perfect economy dedicated to the very noble and magnificent lords Abraham and Ishak Israel Pereyra). MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL was born in Lisbon in 1604. Very young of age he went to Amsterdam with his father, Joseph ben Israel, and became a disciple of Haham Yshac Uziel. In 1622 he was appointed professor of the Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam and, four years later, he founded the first Hebraic typography in Amsterdam; printing small books in Portuguese, Spanish and Hebrew languages. Menasseh had a decisive contribution in reopening England to the Jewish people, closed since the time of King Edward Ist. He went personally to London and had talks with Cromwell who gave him an honorific pension he never profit of. Menasseh died in 1658 after returning from London. He was portrait by Rembrant. Inocêncio VI, 211. 'In a book dealer which trade was new and old books, I found a complete copy of the Treasure. I've never seen another. '
