Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Roman rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Italian. With commentary Tzeli Esh, R. Judah Modena's abridgment of Don Isaac Abrabanel's commentary Zevach Pesach

AUCTION 38 |
Thursday, November 29th,
2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 113
(HAGADAH)
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Roman rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Italian. With commentary Tzeli Esh, R. Judah Modena's abridgment of Don Isaac Abrabanel's commentary Zevach Pesach
Venice: for Alvise Bragadin 1716
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,900
The Morpurgos were an illustrious Northern Italian Jewish family, hailing originally from Marburg, Germany, as the name indicates. Members of the family were financiers, poets and scholars. See Chosen: Philadelphia's Great Hebraica (2007), p. 49, no. 35