Pesach Lashem. With Kabbalistic commentary by Chaim ibn Gabbai
AUCTION 47 |
Thursday, December 10th,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 120
(HAGADAH)
Pesach Lashem. With Kabbalistic commentary by Chaim ibn Gabbai
Constantinople: Yoseph Chacham Halevi 1559
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Extremely rare fragment of an aborted Constantinople Hagadah
In 1931, the JNUL obtained a single printer's signature of this previously unrecorded Hagadah, Pesach Lashem (Const. 1559). See Kiryath Sepher, Vol. VIII, p. 7. The book was brought to press by Shneor ben Judah Falcon, the son-in-law of the famous Spanish Kabbalist R. Meir ibn Gabbai. To date only printer's signatures have been located, an indication that the project was likely never completed.
Yitzchak Rivkind reported that JTSA possesses two similar fragments of the Hagadah Pesah Lashem (i.e., the first printer's signature of 4 leaves), and noted variants between them. See Kiryath Sepher, Vol. X, p. 492.
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