Hagadah shel Pesah. Service for the Two First Nights of Passover. According to the Custom of the Spanish, Portuguese, and German Jews. With Notes. Translated by D. Levi.

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

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(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesah. Service for the Two First Nights of Passover. According to the Custom of the Spanish, Portuguese, and German Jews. With Notes. Translated by D. Levi.

Hebrew and English on facing pages. With occasional instructions and translations in both Ladino and / or Yiddish ff. 39, pp. 7. Stained, title-page tipped with previous owner’s morocco strip (“G.I. Behrisch.”) Recased in contempomporary mottled calf, skillfully rebacked. 8vo Yudlov 371; Yaari 254

London: D. Levi 1794

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,000

A scarce copy of the first separate printing of the Levi Hagadah. David Levi of London (1742-1801), produced a six-volume English translation of the Hebrew prayers, which served as the foundation for numerous later editions published both in England and in America