Hagadah shel Pesach. Woodcut illustrations by Jakob Steinhardt, Hebrew characters by Franziska Baruch

AUCTION 6 | Tuesday, November 17th, 1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 117
(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesach. Woodcut illustrations by Jakob Steinhardt, Hebrew characters by Franziska Baruch

ONE OF 200 NUMBERED COPIES on paper signed by Steinhardt in Hebrew and English. Each illustration signed or initialled by the artist in pencil below image ff. (4),48,(4) all printed on one side of each leaf only. Original blind-tooled calf antique, scuffed. Folio Yudlov 2813 (unseen); not in Yaari

(Berlin: 1921)

Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,750
A de-luxe, large-paper-copy of Steinhardt’s dramatic effort, “one of the most truly distinguished Haggadahs published in modern times, a milestone of Hebrew book production.” Yerushalmi 134-6. This most uncommon folio issue, was a precursor to the more familiar quarto version published in 1923