The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth

AUCTION 1 | Thursday, November 14th, 1996 at 1:00

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(HAGADAH).

The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth

ONE OF 125 COPIES (this copy out-of-series). Printed on Japanese vellum. Full- and half-page color halftone reproductions of compositions by Szyk, including numerous decorative initials, text ornaments and numerous small vignettes, text in Hebrew and English printed in black and sepia Fore-edges slightly foxed, original blue levant morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, covers richly gilt, spine in seven gilt compartments, turn-ins gilt, doublures printed with an illustration by Szyk, 4to Yaari 2285

London: Beaconsfield Press 1939

Est: $2,500 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,200

Apparently a library subscription copy. Both the British Library and Bodleian Library copies are similarly printed on Japanese vellum, unsigned, unnumbered and without the usual solander case szyk