Agadath Mordechai [Passover Hagadah]. With commentary by Mordechai ben Joseph Hanau of Hamburg. This copy with the additional unnumbered leaf of approbations, Including on by R. Jonathan Eybeschuetz, lacking in most copies

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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(ADLER, NATHAN OF FRANKFURT).

Agadath Mordechai [Passover Hagadah]. With commentary by Mordechai ben Joseph Hanau of Hamburg. This copy with the additional unnumbered leaf of approbations, Including on by R. Jonathan Eybeschuetz, lacking in most copies

THE R. NATHAN ADLER COPY, with signature on the title "Nathan ben HaManoach Shimon Adler Katz." With a further signature on the front flyleaf "Ha-Aluf Ve-ha-Katzin Nathan Adler," as well as a German signature, Zagajski book-plate ff. (3), 32. Lightly browned, stained in places. Marbled boards. Sm. folio Yudlov 239; Yaari 151

Amsterdam: Leib Sussmans 1764

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,000

Born to a distinguished Frankfurt family, R. Nathan Ha-Kohen Adler (1741-1800) achieved at a young age a sterling reputation for his scholarship, piety and character. In the Yeshiva that he founded, studied his most devoted disciple, R. Moshe Sofer, author "Chatham Sofer." R. Nathan Adler's leanings toward Kabbalah and his deviation from local custom, aroused controversy, forcing him ultimately to leave Frankfurt and settle in Boskowitz. Known as Ha-Nesher Ha-Gadol, "the Great Eagle" (Adler is German for eagle), R. Nathan Adler's impact upon German-Jewry lasted generations. For more information, see L. Jung (ed.), Guardians of Our Heritage (1958), pp.165-85