Seder Ta'aniyot - Amsterdam, 1771 - Signature of the Publisher, the Cantor Reb Ya'akov Mendez

Seder Ta’aniyot - Prayers and elegies for the four fast days, according to the Sephardi custom. Amsterdam, 1771. The haphtarah for Tisha B’Av appears with a Portuguese translation, for Spanish marranos who emigrated to Amsterdam.

On the first two leaves are the elegies “Yom Ze Kahalti Misped Higdili” and “Al Naharot Bavel Eretz Shivyeinu” by “Chapes” - the literary name of Rabbi David Franco Mendes, one of the Spanish scholars in Amsterdam and one of the heads of the “Etz Chaim” study hall.

On page 128 is a confirmatory signature in the handwriting of the cantor Yaakov di Silua Mendes, the book’s publisher, who was one of the leaders of the Portuguese community of Amsterdam.

[1], 2, [2], 3-132 leaves. 17.5 cm.
Condition: Good. Stains. Original leather bindings.