Auction 68 · Lot 271
Hagadah shel Pesach - Orden de la Agudá de Pesah.
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- $2,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(HAGADAH).
printer
L. Alexander
Place
London
Publication
1813
Description
Prepared for Spanish & Portuguese Jews by Jacob Meldola of Amsterdam. Hebrew and Spanish texts on facing pages. Dedicated to Don A. Cardoze of Gibraltar. Seven engraved plates including engraved frontispiece of the High-Priest in his robes, two large folding maps of the Journey Through the Wilderness and the Land of Canaan, two additional folding maps, one leaf with maps depicting Jerusalem at different time-periods. Signatures of the Hassan Family of Gibraltar. From the library of Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool.
references
Yudlov 544; Yaari 381.
summary
An augmented edition including plates and maps, of Alexander’s London Hagadah of 1806, this Spanish issue is especially rare as it represents the first Hagadah with Spanish translation printed in London.
ff. (2), 19. Usual staining, slight marginal tears on two leaves not affecting text, few leaves loose, folding maps with tears. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, crudely rebacked, stained, upper cover loose. Lg. 4to.
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