Hagadah Seder shel Pesach. With Judeo-German translation, laws and instructions

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

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

author

(HAGADAH).

printer

(Chaim ben Tzv Hirsch)

Place

Fürth

Publication

1741

Description

Historiated architectural border depicting Moses, Aaron and a grazing deer; nine vignette woodcuts in text

references

Yudlov 192; Yaari 119; L. Lowenstein, Zur Geschichte der Juden in Fürth, p. 33 no. 100

summary

Not in JNUL. Not seen by Yaari who based his description on Lowenstein. Yudlov also did not see an original copy and based his description on a small offset version re- issued in New York in 1976. The lengthy wording on the title states that it was translated for the use of women and children

ff. 16. Some staining and foxing, previous owners’ signatures and inscriptions on front flyleaf. Contemporary boards, rubbed and worn. Folio

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