Hagadah shel Pesach-The Institution of Passover

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 196

(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesach-The Institution of Passover

Prepared by the Brothers Moses Jacob and Aaron David Talker. Hebrew and Marathi on facing pages. Celebrated illustrations depicting local Bene Israel custom on opening nine pages. This copy apparently with an extended Marathi introduction. ff. (7), (4), 5-50. Seemingly with additional pages than noted by Yaari. Owner's signature on title page with scattered marginalia penciled in Marathi. Title page and last leaf rehinged, lower corners of opening two leaves repaired without loss, browned and lightly stained in places. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 8vo Yudlov 1437; Yaari 1077

Poona: Vital Sakharam Agnihorty 1874

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,500

Unlike the earlier Bombay Hagadah (1846) whose “illustrations were still closely linked to their Amsterdam prototypes, those in the Poona Hagadah have managed to drift into a sphere of their own. Even as they retain the basic pattern, they are now palpably Indian in tone and detail.” Yerushalmi 107-10. See also Israel Museum Catalogue, The Jews of India (1995) p. 25 (illustrated)