Hagadah shel Pesach. Service for the Two First Nights of Passover. Prepared and translated by A. Alexander.

AUCTION 54 | Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 1:00

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

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Lot 137

(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesach. Service for the Two First Nights of Passover. Prepared and translated by A. Alexander.

Hebrew and English on facing pages. Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yode’ah and Chad Gadya translated into Yiddish (wayber-taytsch). 10 (of 15?) fine engraved copper-plate and steel illustrations. Ownership inscription of Emma Bensabat, dated November 1839. pp. 7, (1); ff. 38, (4). Stained in usual places. Later boards with endapers advertising the Lisbon binder and bookseller A. M. Verol Senior. Taped spine. 4to. Yudlov 515; Yaari 361.

London: L. Alexander 1808

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

Yudlov notes that illustrations are lacking in almost all copies. Indeed, he locates only one complete copy, in a private collectio.