Hagadah. Commentary by Abrabanel and the printer, Jacob Marcaria. With laws and customs of both Sephardim and Aschkenazim

AUCTION 44 | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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Lot 126

(HAGADAH)

Hagadah. Commentary by Abrabanel and the printer, Jacob Marcaria. With laws and customs of both Sephardim and Aschkenazim

FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of commentary by Jacob Marcaria ff. (34). Previous owners' marks on the title, a handsome copy with only one slight marginal repair. Modern elegant tooled morocco within slip-case. Folio Yudlov 22; Yaari 19; Yerushalmi pl. 27

Riva di Trento: Jacob Marcaria 1561

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,500

A FINE CRISP COPY OF A RARE EDITION. THE ONLY HAGADAH PUBLISHED IN RIVA DI TRENTO AND THE ONLY HAGADAH PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1561. Jacob Marcaria was a physician-scholar who printed a series of books covering all branches of Jewish scholarship, including Halacha and philosophic works. Marcaria added lucid and erudite prefaces of his own to all the Hebrew books he printed. This Hagadah contains not only a short preface by Marcaria, but also seven pages of commentary to the Seder. According to Yudlov, Marcaria's additional commentary has never been republished