Die Darmstadter Pessach-Haggadah...aus dem Vierzehnten Jahrhundert

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,750

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author

(HAGADAH)

Place

Leipzig

Publication

1928

Description

ONE OF ONLY 15 NUMBERED COPIES. Facsimile Edition. Full calf elaborately blind-tooled with brass corner- and centre-pieces, clasps (one lacking) and hinges. Colophon leaf laid in

references

Yudlov 3094; Yaari 2064; Mayer 1147 (who fails to note this particular edition)

summary

A rare and quite remarkable facsimile issued in just 15 copies, of an exceptional medieval Hagadah. The binding replicates that of the original manuscript Hagadah: See also Lot 177

Colophon marked, final blanks with markings, loose. Original blind-tooled calf antique, upper cover detached, scuffed. Folio

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