Hagadah shel Pesach - L’Haggadà Illustrata

(HAGADAH).

Colombo Coen (Jonah Cohen)

Trieste

1864

Finely illustrated by C. Kirchmayr with 58 copper-plates. Edited by Abraham VIta Morpurgo. Hebrew text with Italian translation. Title printed in yellow. Musical arrangements on final leaf

Yudlov 1217; Yaari 899; Yerushalmi 102-105, C. Roth, “Printed Illuminated Haggadoth” in: Aresheth, Vol. III, pp. 27-8

“The Trieste Hagadah is undoubtedly the most distinguished illustrated edition produced in Europe during the nineteenth century.” (Yerushalmi). Different in format and design from any Hagadah that preceded it, the Trieste Hagadah’s engraved illustrations, though inspired by the iconographic themes of the past, display a welcome freshness of design. Two issues were published simultaneously, one entirely in Hebrew and the other accompanied by an Italian translation. See Yerushalmi 102-105. “Executed in an indubitable Victorian style, [the illustrations] enhance the Hagadah with true elegance.” See Roth, p. 27