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Auction 24 · Lot 110

Hagadah shel Pesach keMinhag Sephardim. Orden de la Agadá de Pesah

Estimate
$3,000–$4,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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 Meldula of Amsterdam. Dedication page to Señor Don A. Cardoze of Gibraltar. Six engraved plates, large folding map of the Journey Through the Wilderness at end, four additional maps. Hebrew and Spanish on facing pages

references

Yudlov 544; Yaari 381

summary

An augmented edition of Alexander’s London Hagadah of 1806, this Spanish issue is especially rare THIS IS THE FIRST HAGADAH WITH SPANISH TRANSLATION PRINTED IN LONDON. LACKING ONE MAP?
ff. (2), 19. Owner’s signature on title, “Haim Benbunan.” Spanish marginalia in pencil. lacking the frontispiece of Aaron the High Priest, usual foxing, marginal repairs. Modern straight-grain morocco, in slipcase. 4to
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