Hagadah shel Pesach- L’Haggadà Illustrata.

AUCTION 64 | Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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

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Lot 113

(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesach- L’Haggadà Illustrata.

Finely illustrated by C. Kirchmayr with 58 copper-plates. Edited by Abraham Vita Morpurgo. Hebrew text with Italian translation. Musical arrangements on final leaf pp. (4), 64, (2). Some staining, margins slightly frayed on a few leaves, taped repairs. Later boards. Sm. folio. Yudlov 1217; Yaari 899.

Trieste: Colombo Coen (Jonah Cohen) 1864

Est: $600 - $900

“The Trieste Hagadah is undoubtedly the most distinguished illustrated edition produced in Europe during the nineteenth century.” (Yerushalmi 102-105).