Hagadah shel Pesach...The Institution of Passover

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,100

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

author

(HAGADAH).

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Vital Sakharam Agnihorty

Place

Poona

Publication

1874

Description

Prepared by the Brothers Moses Jacob and Aaron David Ialker. Hebrew and Marathi on facing pages. Celebrated woodcut illustrations depicting local Bene Israel custom on opening 9 pages. The Samson Ephraim Ezekiel Penkar (Bombay) copy

references

Yudlov 1437; Yaari 1077

summary

Unlike the earlier Bombay (1846) Hagadah whose “illustrations were still closely linked to their Amsterdam prototypes, those in the Poona Hagadah have managed to drift into a sphere of their own. Even as they retain the basic pattern, they are now palpably Indian in tone and detail.” Yerushalmi 107-10

Title neatly repaired on verso, lower corner of f.3 torn with loss, few leaves wormed along extreme lower margins without loss. Modern boards. 8vo

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