Auction 63 · Lot 94
Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary by Isaac Abrabanel.
- Estimate
- $6,000–$9,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(HAGADAH).
printer
Asher Anshel & Partners
Place
Amsterdam
Publication
1695
Description
Text in square Hebrew letters with nikud (vowel points), Abrabanel’s wraparound commentary in Rashi letters, concluding Aschkenazic hymns provided with Judeo-German translations in square Hebrew letters. Additional engraved title depicting large figures of Moses and Aaron beneath six circular vignettes of Biblical themes. Numerous engraved copper-plate illustrations within the text. Complete with FOLDING ENGRAVED HEBREW MAP OF THE HOLY LAND indicating the travels in the wilderness and the division of the Land among the Tribes of Israel. All accomplished by the proselyte Abram ben Jacob.
references
Yudlov 93; Yaari 59; Yerushalmi 59-62.
summary
The First Illustrated Amsterdam Hagadah.
This is the first Hagadah (and one of the first Hebrew books) with copper engraved illustrations. It also contains a folded map of the Land of Israel that was one of the very earliest to contain Hebrew.
ff. (1), 26, (1). Variously stained, each leaf neatly remargined, map expertly repaired with small portion along inner margin provided in facsimile, Hebrew marginalia, new endpapers. Later calf retaining much of original covers including central blind-tooled crests titled in Hebrew. Folio.
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