Fifty precious sermons – Givat Shaul. Fifty sermons, one sermon for each of the weekly Torah portions, by Rabbi Shaul Levi Morteira.
Specifications: 116 leaves, 19 cm. First edition. Ownership signature. Handwritten comment on page 66.
Background: The author was the Rabbi of the Sephardi community of Amsterdam. At the end of the book is a detailed list of five hundred sermons, out of which fifty were chosen to be printed. In the subsequent edition [Warsaw, 1902], two sermons were omitted due to the censor.
Condition: Fine-very fine. A few aging stains. Very few worming holes. Slight professional restoration in the margins of the title page. Nice, old semi-parchment and marbled paper binding.