Hagadah shel Pessach. Instructions in Judeo-German printed in Wayber-taytsch type

Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
Hammer price: $3,000

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

author

(HAGADAH)

printer

Moses Katz, c.

Place

(Prague

Publication

1706)?

Description

Woodcut illustrations. Each page within woodcut ornamental floral border

references

cf. Vinograd, Prague 708; Yaari 68; Yudlov 108 recording only one copy in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

summary

A rare and possibly unrecorded Hagadah with distinctive Prague-style typography. The woodcut illustrations bring together traditional Prague and Venetian Hagadah cuts, as well as Frankfurt “Minhagim-style” illustrations

ff. (8, of 13), lacking title, f.3 and 11-2. Browned, stained in places, neat marginal repairs, affecting a few letters on f.2. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Folio

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