Hagadah shel Pesach- L’Haggadà Illustrata

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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Lot 109

(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesach- L’Haggadà Illustrata

Finely illustrated by C. Kirchmayr with 58 copper-plates. Edited by Abraham VIta Morpurgo. Hebrew text with Italian translation. Musical arrangements on final leaf pp.(4),64,(2). Marbled boards. Sm.folio Yudlov 1217; Yaari 899; Yerushalmi 102-105

Trieste: Colombo Coen (Jonah Cohen) 1864

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,700

“The Trieste Hagadah is undoubtedly the most distinguished illustrated edition produced in Europe during the nineteenth century.” (Yerushalmi). Different in format and design from any Hagadah that preceded it, the Trieste Hagadah’s engraved illustrations, though inspired by the iconographic themes of the past, display a welcome freshness of design. Two issues were published simultaneously, one entirely in Hebrew and the other accompanied by an Italian translation. See Yerushalmi 102-105