Ritual da Ceia Pascal

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 94
(HAGADAH)

Ritual da Ceia Pascal

Portuguese text only. Translation by Arturo Carlos de Barros Basto (Ben-Rosh) pp. 40. Browned. Front wrapper semi-detached. Original printed wrappers, light wear. 8vo. Yaari 2106; Yerushalmi 151; Unlisted by Yudlov (by design)

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.