Hagadah shel Pesach. Woodcut illustrations by Jakob Steinhardt. Hebrew font designed by Franziska Baruch

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 129

(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesach. Woodcut illustrations by Jakob Steinhardt. Hebrew font designed by Franziska Baruch

COPY NUMBERED “2” OF A LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 200 NUMBERED COPIES on handmade paper and signed by Steinhardt in Hebrew. Each illustration further signed by the artist in Hebrew below each image ff. (2 blank), 24, (2 blank). Original blind-tooled calf, upper portion of rear cover starting, extreme foot of spine chipped. Folio Yudlov 2813 (unseen); not in Yaari

Berlin: 1921

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,000

A deluxe, large-paper-copy of Steinhardt’s dramatic effort, “One of the most truly distinguished Haggadahs published in modern times, a milestone of Hebrew book production.” Yerushalmi 134-136