Hagadah shel Pesach. Illustrated by Jakob Steinhardt. Hebrew characters designed by Franziska Baruch.

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 116

(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel Pesach. Illustrated by Jakob Steinhardt. Hebrew characters designed by Franziska Baruch.

<<ONE OF 200 NUMBERED COPIES.>> Each woodcut illustration signed or initialed by the artist in pencil below image. With inscription by artist on opening blank: “Presented to Mrs. Herbert E. Clayburgh. Jakob Steinhardt. Jerusalem, February, 1938.” ff. (27). Original vellum, boards slightly bowed. Folio. Yudlov 2813 (unseen); not in Yaari.

(Berlin: 1921)

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,400

A de-luxe, large-paper-copy of Steinhardt’s dramatic effort, “one of the most truly distinguished Haggadahs published in modern times, a milestone of Hebrew book production.” Yerushalmi 134-6.