Ritual da Ceia Pascal
AUCTION 57 |
Thursday, January 31st,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 94
(HAGADAH)
Ritual da Ceia Pascal
Porto: Diario do Porto 1928
Est: $500 - $700
A most unusual Hagadah edition. Long believed extinct, the remnant of a Marrano, or crypto-Jewish presence in Northern Portugal, experienced a short-lived revival in the first half of the 20th-century primarily due to the indefatigable efforts of Captain Arturo Carlos de Barros Basto, a decorated military officer and hero of Portugal’s 1910 Revolution, who led the open return to Judaism of the Marranos of Portugal. The present Hagadah was produced expressly for the benefit of this community.