Hagadah, oder Erzaehlung von Israels Auszug aus Egypten

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $1,000

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author

(HAGADAH)

printer

Clouth & Comp.

Place

Cologne

Publication

1838

Description

Letterpress title with fine additional lithographed title by D. Levy Elkan. Hebrew and German on facing pages. Musical appendix by Isaac Offenbach. At end, are penned the timetable of events for various Passover duties for the year 1921. On final paste-down are three vignettes, pen-and-ink with crayon, displaying the principle activities leading up to the Seder evening.

references

Yudlov 799; Yaari 578; Yerushalmi 94

summary

The supplement contains the musical notations of selected Passover Seder melodies, scored by the father of Jacques Offenbach. An intriguing insight into the musical milieu in which the famed composer of operetta grew up

Lightly foxed. Calf-backed boards, rubbed. 8vo

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