Hagadah shel Pessach. Instructions in Judeo-German printed in Wayber-taytsch type

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 196

(HAGADAH)

Hagadah shel Pessach. Instructions in Judeo-German printed in Wayber-taytsch type

Woodcut illustrations. Each page within woodcut ornamental floral border ff. (8, of 13), lacking title, f.3 and 11-2. Browned, stained in places, neat marginal repairs, affecting a few letters on f.2. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Folio cf. Vinograd, Prague 708; Yaari 68; Yudlov 108 recording only one copy in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

(Prague: Moses Katz, c. 1706)?

Est: $2,500 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,000

A rare and possibly unrecorded Hagadah with distinctive Prague-style typography. The woodcut illustrations bring together traditional Prague and Venetian Hagadah cuts, as well as Frankfurt “Minhagim-style” illustrations