Hagadah shel Pesach. Plugah Eretz-Yisraelit LeHovalah Kelalith

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00

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

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(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesach. Plugah Eretz-Yisraelit LeHovalah Kelalith

Lettering of title embellished with kaleidoscopic imagery containing emblems of Zionist ideology, sickle and hammer, and guns and bayonets. Replete with most creative artwork and calligraphy pp. 31, (1). Crisp, clean copy. Original pictorial wrappers, staples corroded. 8vo (landscape) Unlisted in all relevant bibliographies

Capua, Italy: 1946

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

Rare post-War Hagadah. Issued for the Palestinian Transport Corps, i.e. Jewish servicemen in the British army, stationed in Italy. The traditional text of this Hagadah notes with due solemnity the dimensions of the tragedy of Jewish suffering recently revealed in Bergen-Belsen, Dachau and Majdanek and expresses the fervent hope to return to the homeland - Eretz Israel