Appropriate prayer service for requesting mercy from destroyers and cruel diseases, per the Sephardic custom … Amsterdam, Thursday, 18 Cheshvan, 1727.
“End the plague and the sword and hunger and bad diseases from our homes and surroundings.” The prayer service includes: Various selichot , the 13 attributes of mercy, shofar-blowing, Parashat HaKetoret and more. The final leaves bear a prayer for the success of the governments in Holland and Amsterdam, with a Dutch introduction preceding them. Several similar compilations were printed in Amsterdam at the time.
2, [2], 4-5, [2], 7-11 leaf, 14 cm. Light-colored high-quality paper.
Fine-very fine condition. Aging stains. Original marbleized paper jacket cover.