Poesias Sacras
Rhymed ethical paraphrase of the Pentateuch by Solomon Saruco. Holland, 1748.
Poesias / sacras / para manifestar / la Grandeza del / Soberano desde la / criacion del mundo / la Eternidad de Israel / y su Redencion / Compuesto / por … / escrito / Por Selomoh Saruco. / Año 1748.
Contents:
p. [1]: Title page.
p. [3-4]: “Al lector” (To the reader).
p. 1- 522: Poems.
p. 250: “Fin de la primera parte” (End of part one).
In the catalogue of the library of the author which reposes in this collection (EH 48 D 33) this manucript is listed as ‘Poesias sacras escrito de m[inh]a mão sobre a criação do mundo a Firmeza de Israel e sua redenção’.
For the author cf. EH 48 B 10.
Presented by Moses Henriques Pimentel of The Hague in 1902.
Spanish / Paper / 20,4 x 12,8 cm. / [4] + 522 pp. (last 2 ll. blank) / 18 lines to a page / Current writing (autograph) / Title written in engraved frame, cut out and pasted upon the page / Contemporary gold-tooled leather binding.
Fuks 13. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.