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Die Darmstadter Pessach-Haggadah…aus dem Vierzehnten Jahrhundert.

Auction 95 · Lot 381

Die Darmstadter Pessach-Haggadah…aus dem Vierzehnten Jahrhundert.

Estimate
$400–$600
Hammer price
$225

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE).

printer

Karl W. Hiersmann

Place

Leipzig

Publication

1927-29

Description

ONE OF 350 NUMBERED COPIES. Facsimile Edition. Edited by Bruno Italiener. Two volumes: Text (including 17 black-and-white plates) and Plates (full color).

references

Yudlov 3094; Yaari 2064; Mayer 1147.

summary

Important scholarly treatment of “an exceptionally fine facsimile of one of the most remarkable illuminated Haggadahs.” A. Marx, The Darmstadt Haggadah, in: Studies in Jewish History and Booklore (1944) pp. 256-70.
Original half-roan gilt, over patterned boards. Folio and 4to.
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