Die Darmstadter Pessach-Haggadah...aus dem Vierzehnten Jahrhundert

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $650

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author

(HAGADAH).

Place

Leipzig

Publication

1927-28

Description

ONE OF ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES. Facsimile Edition. Edited by Bruno Italiener. Two volumes: Text (including 17 black-and-white plates) and Plates. * Accompanied by: 4-page prospectus.

references

Yudlov 3094; Yaari 2064; Mayer 1147

summary

“An exceptionally fine facsimile of one of the most remarkable illuminated Haggadahs.” A. Marx, The Darmstadt Haggadah, in: Studies in Jewish History and Booklore (1944) pp. 256-70. An important scholarly treatment

Original half-morocco over patterned boards, extremeties of text volume touch rubbed. Plate volume in original publisher's slip-case. Folio and 4to

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