Hagadah shel Pesah. Service for the Two First Nights of Passover. According to the Custom of the Spanish, Portuguese, and German Jews. With Notes. Translated by D. Levi.

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $7,000

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author

(HAGADAH).

printer

D. Levi

Place

London

Publication

1794

Description

Hebrew and English on facing pages. With occasional instructions and translations in both Ladino and / or Yiddish

references

Yudlov 371; Yaari 254

summary

A scarce copy of the first separate printing of the Levi Hagadah. David Levi of London (1742-1801), produced a six-volume English translation of the Hebrew prayers, which served as the foundation for numerous later editions published both in England and in America

ff. 39, pp. 7. Stained, title-page tipped with previous owner’s morocco strip (“G.I. Behrisch.”) Recased in contempomporary mottled calf, skillfully rebacked. 8vo

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