MANUSCRIPT—SEFIRAT HA'OMER.
Manuscript in Hebrew, Sefirat Ha'Omer (codex), 28 leaves, 90 x 65 mm, Italian, [1797], with decorative title-page. Bound in period red morocco gilt with flowers, acorns and oak leaf stamps, initials "SMP" with interpuncts between each letter. Boards slightly bowed, light wear, very good.
In a rare example of an illuminated manuscript showing the counting of the Omer, the title page shows an attention to floral elements which is not common. The book further functioned as a travel book so that one could count the days of Omer leading up to Shavuoth since that was the time during which business commenced after Passover. EJ Vol XII, 436-437.