Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Roman rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Italian. Accompanied by Leone Modena’s abridged commentary of Isaac Abrabanel’s “Zevach Pesach.”

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 121
(HAGADAH).

Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Roman rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Italian. Accompanied by Leone Modena’s abridged commentary of Isaac Abrabanel’s “Zevach Pesach.”

Title within arch surrounded by textual border. Each page profusely illustrated including historiated initial letters all within a fine architectural frame. ff. (26). Variously stained, rehinged, several leaves with paper repairs, previous owner’s marks. Recent boards. Folio. Yudlov 55; Yaari 41; Yerushalmi 49-55.

Venice: Giovanni Caleoni for Bragadin 1629

Est: $3,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,000
This Hagadah was published in three editions with varying translations and rites: Italian, German and Spanish (Ladino). Although its magnificent highlights follow the great archetype of the Venice 1609 Hagadah - with its borders, miniature figures, scenes and large woodcuts (see C. Roth, “Printed Illuminated Haggadoth,” Aresheth, Vol. III, pp. 21-22), the addition of a scholarly commentary necessitated a different format, spreading out the illustrations, as opposed to the previous more concentrated form. These modifications resulted in a definitive format serving the future development of the Hagadah in terms of illustrative style and layout. .