[Hebraica] Seder la-Yamim Nora'im ke-minhag q'' q ha-Sefardim lesia (?)
(Gebedenboek voor de hoge feestdagen [Yom Kippur en Rosh Hashana] volgens de rite van de Sefardisch-joodse gemeenschap van (qehilla qedosha) van "Lezia"). Met de grootste zorg opgesteld, gecorrigeerd naar de beste handschriften door Samuel Rodriguez Mendes, te Amsterdam, in het jaar (chronogram:) (5)486 (= 1726). Gepubliceerd in de nieuw opgerichte uitgeverij van Naftali Herz (Levi), 81 leaves, title with woodcut frame, finely bound in rich gilt contemporary sheepskin, with scattered on the front and back cover the name of the original owner "Isaac de David Henriques de Catro", all edges gilt.
The letter "H" of Henriques on the front cover is failed and only vaguely visible. Outer corners of boards bumped, hinges trifle torn and slightly dry.
Extremely rare edition in a special binding, probably part of a 4-volume Sidur edition from 1726. We were unable to find this volume, although we found other volumes in libraries. The name Lesia is probably the name of a town (in Italy?). We also found in PiCarta an edition published by Jeuda Leaõ Templo te Amsterdam, also in 1726. On the Sefardi Jewish De Castro family, originally from Portugal, a Wikipedia page exists. We could not find a descendant with the exact name as on our binding, although we did find several named Isaac de Castro as well as the famous 19th-century David de Castro. The lettering on our binding, however, appears contemporaneous.