Hagadah shel Pesach. With Judeo-Arabic translation.

AUCTION 55 | Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at 1:00

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

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(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesach. With Judeo-Arabic translation.

Hebrew manuscript in bold square Moroccan script, black ink on paper. Title within geometric border. pp. 82. Annotations in places, with doodles at end. Contemporary tooled calf, rubbed. 8vo.

Fez, Morocco: 1920

Est: $500 - $700

Fez, the former capital, is one of Morocco’s four “imperial cities,” the others being Rabat, Marrakech and Meknes. Jews have had a presence in Fez for more than a millennia.