Hagadah shel Pesach - L’Haggadà Illustrata.
AUCTION 63 |
Thursday, November 13th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 109
(HAGADAH).
Hagadah shel Pesach - L’Haggadà Illustrata.
Trieste: Colombo Coen (Jonah Cohen) 1864
Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $800
“The Trieste Hagadah is undoubtedly the most distinguished illustrated edition produced in Europe during the nineteenth century.” (Yerushalmi 102-105).
Different in format and design from any edition that preceded it, the Trieste Hagadah’s engraved illustrations, though inspired by the iconographic themes of the past, display a welcome freshness of design. Two issues were published simultaneously, one entirely in Hebrew and the other accompanied by an Italian translation.
A direct depiction of God appears on p. 52, a most unusual occurence in Jewish art: Moses kneels before the Burning Bush in which God’s bearded face is clearly discernible. See C. Roth, Printed Illuminated Haggadoth, in: Aresheth, Vol. III, pp. 27-8; British Library Exhibition Catalogue, Sacred (2007) p. 160.