Die Haggadah von Sarajevo. Eine Spanisch-Juedische Bilderhandschrift des Mittelalters

AUCTION 41 | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Lot 132
(HAGADAH)

Die Haggadah von Sarajevo. Eine Spanisch-Juedische Bilderhandschrift des Mittelalters

One of 250 Copies. Edited by David Heinrich Mueller and Julius von Schlosser. Facsimile Edition. Two volumes: Text Vol. pp. 316. 39 plates and 18 figures in color and black-and-white. * And: Plate Vol. With 35 plates First volume: Contemporary half-morocco, gilt. * Second volume: Contemporary vellum, front cover dampstained and spine cracked. Lg. 4to Yudlov 2053; L.A. Mayer, A Bibliography of Jewish Art (1967) no.1792

Vienna: A. Holzhausen 1898

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $900
The Sarajevo Hagadah is the oldest surviving Sephardic Haggadah extant, originating in Barcelona circa 1350. This facsimile contains considerable information on illuminated Hagadah manuscripts. Indeed, the publication of Mueller and Schlosser’s outstanding study of this extraordinarily rich manuscript “for the first time focused attention on this expression of art among the Jews.” (See A. Marx, Jewish Quarterly Review - New Series (1928) Vol. XIX). Also contains an important article by Prof. David Kaufmann, "Zur Geschichteder Judischen Handschriftenillustration" (On the History of Jewish Manuscript Illustration)