Hagadah, oder Erzaehlung von Israels Auszug aus Egypten.

AUCTION 62 | Thursday, June 26th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 93

(HAGADAH)

Hagadah, oder Erzaehlung von Israels Auszug aus Egypten.

Letterpress title, with fine additional lithographed title by D. Levy Elkan. Hebrew and German on facing pages. Musical appendix by Isaac Offenbach. Ex-library, foxed and stained, neat repairs to opening title and upper corner of final leaf. Modern boards. 8vo. Yudlov 799; Yaari 578; Yerushalmi 94.

Cologne: Clouth & Comp. 1838

Est: $600 - $900

The supplement contains the musical notations of selected Passover Seder melodies, scored by the father of Jacques Offenbach. An intriguing insight into the musical milieu in which the famed composer of operetta grew up.