Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Roman rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Italian. Accompanied by Leone Modena’s abridged commentary of Isaac Abrabanel’s “Zevach Pesach”

Estimate: $6,000–$8,000
Hammer price: $6,000

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author

(HAGADAH)

printer

Moses Parenzo

Place

Venice

Publication

1629

Description

Title within architectural arch. Each page profusely illustrated including historiated initial letters all within a fine architectural frame.

references

Yudlov 55; Yaari 41; Yerushalmi 49-55

summary

A new, and overall more artistically satisfying edition of the Venice Hagadah, this time with a commentary by Leone Modena. This was a trilingual issue.

ff. (26). Stained in places, foxed on first few leaves, neat marginal repairs on ff. 6 and 23-6 with minute portions of borders suppled in facsimile, clean tear on final leaf, repaired, few leaves closely shaved at upper margin. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, rebacked. Folio

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