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Impt. Books,Manuscripts,Literature,Americana
11:00 AM PT - Dec 10th, 2008

 

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Bloomsbury Auctions

 

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New York, NY 10036-1902
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Lot 38E save

[HAGGADAH]. Haggadah Seder shel Pesach. 1762.

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[HAGGADAH]. Haggadah Seder shel Pesach.
Fuerth: Itzik Buchbinder, 1762. Folio (292 x 185 mm). Printed in Hebrew. Woodcut title and 13 half-page illustrations. Modern full brown sheep panelled and lettered in blind with large central blind-stamped arabesques. Condition: minor restorations to some edges, browning and light soiling, short closed tear to lower margin of final (front) leaf. an attractive 18th century haggadah. This Haggadah, which follows the Roman rite, is decorated with woodcut illustrations set below the text depicting scenes from the Passover story including the parting of the Red Sea. It presents a Hebrew text with translation into Judeo-Italian, and an abbreviated version of the commentary by Isaac Abrabanel.

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