Hagadah, oder Erzaehlung von Israels Auszug aus Egypten.

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(HAGADAH)

printer

Clouth & Comp.

Place

Cologne

Publication

1838

Description

Letterpress title, with fine additional lithographed title by D. Levy Elkan. Hebrew and German on facing pages. Musical appendix by Isaac Offenbach.

references

Yudlov 799; Yaari 578; Yerushalmi 94.

summary

The supplement contains the musical notations of selected Passover Seder melodies, scored by the father of Jacques Offenbach. An intriguing insight into the musical milieu in which the famed composer of operetta grew up.

Ex-library, foxed and stained, neat repairs to opening title and upper corner of final leaf. Modern boards. 8vo.

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