Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $2,500
Unsold
Passover Haggadah, in Lashon HaKodesh (Biblical Hebrew) and in Italian [in Hebrew letters], "with some illustrations of all the wonders that were performed for our fathersג€¦". Venice, 1663.
Each page is in a decorative frame, with many wood-cut illustrations. Done according to the Venice edition 1629 [with minor changes]. Published in three editions: Italian, Ashkenazi language and Sefardi language [Ladino].
[26] leaves. 33 cm. Fair condition, major stains to half of leaves. Tears to leaf margins professionally restored. New fancy leather binding.
Each page is in a decorative frame, with many wood-cut illustrations. Done according to the Venice edition 1629 [with minor changes]. Published in three editions: Italian, Ashkenazi language and Sefardi language [Ladino].
[26] leaves. 33 cm. Fair condition, major stains to half of leaves. Tears to leaf margins professionally restored. New fancy leather binding.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue
Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $1,750
Sold for: $2,188
Including buyer's premium
Birkat HaMazon, as customary by Ashkenaz Poland - Das Benshin. With Shabbat Zemirot and Pesach Haggadah. German commentary in Hebrew letters, woodcut illustrations. Frankfurt am Main, [1727]. Shlomo Zalman Aptrod and Moshe Bamberg Press (in "Amsterdam letters").
Fifty two leaves, 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and wear (damage restoration on title page). New semi-parchment binding.
Bibliographically unknown edition! Not listed in Otzar HaHaggadot and in Ya'ari, or in Bibliography CDs!! In Bibliography Institute CD record 0182592 and in Otzar HaHaggadot record 159, a different edition is listed from the same printers which has the following leaf count: 15, 15-46, [1] leaves. The Pesach Haggadah appears on leaves 30-45. The Pesach Haggadah in this copy appears on leaves 33/2 until 50/1 followed by Birkat HaNehenin [blessings made upon food, drinks and pleasurable items].
Fifty two leaves, 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and wear (damage restoration on title page). New semi-parchment binding.
Bibliographically unknown edition! Not listed in Otzar HaHaggadot and in Ya'ari, or in Bibliography CDs!! In Bibliography Institute CD record 0182592 and in Otzar HaHaggadot record 159, a different edition is listed from the same printers which has the following leaf count: 15, 15-46, [1] leaves. The Pesach Haggadah appears on leaves 30-45. The Pesach Haggadah in this copy appears on leaves 33/2 until 50/1 followed by Birkat HaNehenin [blessings made upon food, drinks and pleasurable items].
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue
Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $6,000
Unsold
Passover Haggadah, with nice commentary and pretty illustrations, with a map of Eretz Israel and the order of the travels in the desert. Amsterdam, 1712. Shlomo Proops printing.
Two sections, the first with illustrations of Moshe and Aharon and an illustration of Moshe at the burning bush. The illustrations and maps, copper etchings done by Avraham ben Ya'akov [Avraham the convert] illustrator of Amsterdam Haggadah 11695 (the whole haggadah was printed according to that edition, with variations in the illustrations of the title page and two other illustrations).
[1], 31 leaves. 31.5 cm. + folded map. Good condition, stains, minor professional restorations to margins and folds of map. Fancy leather binding (original).
Ya'ari 73; Otzar HaHagaddot 120. [See more about this haggadah: Prof. Betzalel Rut HaHaggadah HaMetzuyeret Shebadfus, Areshet, 3, 1961, page 24].
Two sections, the first with illustrations of Moshe and Aharon and an illustration of Moshe at the burning bush. The illustrations and maps, copper etchings done by Avraham ben Ya'akov [Avraham the convert] illustrator of Amsterdam Haggadah 11695 (the whole haggadah was printed according to that edition, with variations in the illustrations of the title page and two other illustrations).
[1], 31 leaves. 31.5 cm. + folded map. Good condition, stains, minor professional restorations to margins and folds of map. Fancy leather binding (original).
Ya'ari 73; Otzar HaHagaddot 120. [See more about this haggadah: Prof. Betzalel Rut HaHaggadah HaMetzuyeret Shebadfus, Areshet, 3, 1961, page 24].
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue
Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Sephardic Pesach Haggadah. Printed especially for the Ashkenazi youths Yisrael and his brothers, grandsons of the philanthropist Shlomo Aharon HaCohen. Verona, [1828]. Illustrations of Matzah and bitter herbs. Facing title page: Photograph-plate of Shabbat candle lighting.
[1], 20 leaves. 20 cm. High quality paper, wide margins. Good-fair condition, moth damage and stains.
Ya'ari 491; Otzar HaHaggadot 680.
[1], 20 leaves. 20 cm. High quality paper, wide margins. Good-fair condition, moth damage and stains.
Ya'ari 491; Otzar HaHaggadot 680.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue
Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $900
Sold for: $1,188
Including buyer's premium
For complete list, see Hebrew description.
Ten books, various sizes and conditions, some with new bindings.
Ten books, various sizes and conditions, some with new bindings.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue
Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
For complete list, see Hebrew description.
Nine books and booklets, various sizes and conditions.
Nine books and booklets, various sizes and conditions.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue
Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $250
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
For complete list, see Hebrew description.
Five books, various sizes and conditions.
Five books, various sizes and conditions.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue
Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $350
Sold for: $438
Including buyer's premium
For complete list, see Hebrew description.
Four books, various sizes and conditions.
Four books, various sizes and conditions.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue
Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $450
Sold for: $563
Including buyer's premium
Nine haggadot printed in South America.
For complete list, see Hebrew description.
Nine haggadot. Various sizes and conditions.
For complete list, see Hebrew description.
Nine haggadot. Various sizes and conditions.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue
Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $200
Unsold
Passover haggadah, with 238 commentaries and appendices. Shanghai, 1946. Handwritten signed dedication.
[1], 72 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition, worn binding without spine.
Otzar HaHaggadot 4027. Photocopy of Padgorze edition 1905.
[1], 72 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition, worn binding without spine.
Otzar HaHaggadot 4027. Photocopy of Padgorze edition 1905.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue
Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
December 19, 2011
Opening: $250
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
List of Pesach Haggadot, which were printed worldwide over a span of four hundred years (1500-1900), by Shmuel Weiner. Peterburg, 1901.
Title page of book contains inscription by author (to poet Yosef Mazal of Manchester), beneath it notation and signature: "I have purchased it on Rosh Chodesh Tevet 1934 A[vraham] Ya'ari". This copy served Ya'ari throughout his composition "Bibliography of Pesach Haggadot" (Jerusalem 1961): Margins of sheets contain many dozens of listings of dates and notations in pencil in Ya'ari's handwriting (with several comments as: "We now have, I have listed", "I have seen without a translation", etc.).
[1], VII; 54; 12 pages. 29 cm. Fair condition. Detached leaves, stains. Coarse tears on several leaves. Damaged cardboard binding.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
Title page of book contains inscription by author (to poet Yosef Mazal of Manchester), beneath it notation and signature: "I have purchased it on Rosh Chodesh Tevet 1934 A[vraham] Ya'ari". This copy served Ya'ari throughout his composition "Bibliography of Pesach Haggadot" (Jerusalem 1961): Margins of sheets contain many dozens of listings of dates and notations in pencil in Ya'ari's handwriting (with several comments as: "We now have, I have listed", "I have seen without a translation", etc.).
[1], VII; 54; 12 pages. 29 cm. Fair condition. Detached leaves, stains. Coarse tears on several leaves. Damaged cardboard binding.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue