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Auction 51 · Lot 172

Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary of Abrabanel and anonymous "Pirush al-pi HaSod" [Kabbalistic commentary]

Estimate
$800–$1,200
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

(HAGADAH).

printer

Chaim ben Tzvi Hirsch

Place

Fürth

Publication

1755

Description

Final songs Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yode'a and Chad Gadya with Judeo-German translations in Waybertaytsch letters. Title within architectural arch, zodiacal symbols of Cancer and Pisces at bottom, at top, serpent coiled around palm tree, and unicorn (see Yudlov, Hebrew Printers' Marks, fig. 21 on p. 60, and explanations on pp. 60-61, 69.) Woodcut illustrations below the text on most pages. Illustrations on last page and f.2v. printed upside-down. Bound in hand-painted floral-design boards.

references

Yudlov 219; Yaari 139
ff.14,(2). Mispaginated but complete. Lightly browned and stained, closely shaved, few leaves remargined, previous owners' marks. Folio
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