Seder Hahagadah Leleil Shimurim. Prepared by Wolf Heidenheim

AUCTION 7 | Tuesday, June 22nd, 1999 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 670
(HAGADAH)

Seder Hahagadah Leleil Shimurim. Prepared by Wolf Heidenheim

ff.52. Few light stains. Contemporary salmon boards, some wear, lacking backstrip. Rectangular 16mo

Rödelheim: Wolf Heidenheim 1822

Est: $600 - $800
PRICE REALIZED $750
The first of a long and celebrated series of Hagadahs printed in Rödelheim. Heidenheim printed two other issues of the Hagadah in this nascent year. From a perusal through the relevant bibliographies, it would appear this Rödelheim edition is the first Hagadah printed in a rectangular format. Indeed, it might very well be the first Hebrew book entirely, to be printed in such a fashion. The innovation of a rectangular Hagadah served to aid the reader whilst seated at the lavishly set table during the course of the Seder