The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth. Parallel English and Hebrew text.

Estimate: $10,000–$15,000
Hammer price: $15,000

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author

(HAGADAH).

printer

Beaconsfield Press

Place

London

Publication

(1940)

Description

Printed Entirely on Vellum, Richly Illustrated in Color by Szyk. Number 8 of 125 numbered copies for sale in the United States. Signed by the Artist and Editor. With original Prospectus, Specimen and TLS offprint laid in.

references

Yudlov 3861; Yaari 2285

summary

“The Times Literary Supplement recognized Szyk’s masterpiece as one of the most beautiful works ever produced by human hands. When one considers the brilliant multi-layers not only of illumination and color, but of themes and sub-themes, Szyk’s Haggadah stands among Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in a moment in time, for all time, in a class by itself.” I. Ungar, Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk (1998) p.15.

12 full-page illustrations and 34 pages with small illustrations or decorative borders. Pictorial doublures on silk. Original royal blue levent morocco, gilt- tooled pictorial inlay by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; three-quarter matching levent folding case lined with velvet, (extremeties rubbed). Lg. 4to

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