Orden de la oracion que fue hecha en la synagoga de la nacion portuguesa y espanola, en esta ciudad de Londres, en Viernes 13 de Deziembre 1776…Que fue el dia de ayuno que se celebro por orden de su Magestad el Rey Jorge…

(AMERICAN JUDAICA). D’AZEVEDO, MOSES COHEN.

William Gilbert

London

1777

FIRST SPANISH EDITION . Text in Hebrew and Spanish. Title-page with signatures of Mrs. A. Abecassis (1904) and Moses Gaster. Wide-margined copy.

Vinograd, London 91; Roth, London 43; Silva Rosa 9; Den Boer, Catalogue Ets Haim/Livraria Montezinos, 377; not in Kayserling; no copy in the JNUL;

Exceptionally rare and most notable, patriotic sermon preached in the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue Sha’ar Ha’shamayim, Bevis Marks, London, on the public fast day appointed by King George III to mark the revolt of the American Colonies and to pray for the success of the British arms. Moses Cohen d’Azevedo (1720-84) served for a time on the Beth Din of London’s Spanish & Portuguese community and in 1761 was appointed Haham. See: A. M. Hyamson, Sephardim of England (1951) pp. 182-3; M. Gaster, History of the Ancient Synagogue of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1901) pp. 131-141. No copies listed on WorldCat worldwide.