Seder Hagadah shel Pesach

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(HAGADAH)

printer

Wilhelm Haas

Place

Basle

Publication

1816

Description

Title featuring central woodcut of Moses before the Burning Bush. 24 “pleasing and well executed woodcuts” (Yerushalmi). With Yiddish translation by Joel Brill printed in Wayber-taytsch type

references

Yudlov 565; Yaari 399; Yerushalmi 86-7

summary

“In an age of the general decline of the art of the Hebrew book, the Basel Hagadah of 1816 commands attention as one of the more attractive editions published in the nineteenth century.” (Yerushalmi)

pp. (2), 54. Some marginal wear (2 leaves remargined), neat repair on verso of title, lightly stained. Modern boards. 4to

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