The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth.

(HAGADAH).

Beaconsfield Press

London

1939

One of 125 Numbered Copies for sale in the United States of America. Printed Entirely on Vellum. Richly Illustrated in Color by Szyk. Full- and half-page color half-tone reproductions of compositions by Szyk, including numerous decorative initials, text ornaments and many small vignettes. Pictorial doublures on silk. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe: Royal blue morocco, gilt-tooled pictorial inlay. Text in Hebrew and English printed in black and sepia. Signed by the artist and editor.

Yudlov 3861; Yaari 2285.

The most sublime of all Passover Hagadahs. “The Times Literary Supplement recognized Szyk’s masterpiece as one of the most beautiful works ever produced by human hands. When one considers the brilliant multi-layers not only of illumination and color, but of themes and sub-themes, Szyk’s Haggadah stands among Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in a moment in time, for all time, in a class by itself.” I. Ungar, Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk (1998) p.15. See also J.P. Ansell, Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole (2004) pp. 96-100.