Auction 88 - Part II - Unique Items and Early Printed Books

Gevurot HaShem – Commentary of the Maharal on the Passover Haggadah – First Edition – Kraków, 1582

Opening: $4,000
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000
Sold for: $6,250
Including buyer's premium

Gevurot HaShem, Passover and the Exodus from Egypt, with a commentary to the Passover Haggadah by R. Yehuda Loew – the Maharal of Prague. Kraków: Isaac ben Aaron Prostitz, 1582. First edition, printed anonymously in the Maharal's lifetime.
93, [3] leaves. 28.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Open tears to title page, affecting engraved border, repaired with paper and photocopy replacement. Tears to several leaves, including open tears to final 3 leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Final leaf mounted on paper for reinforcement. Marginal paper repairs to several leaves. Worming, with slight damage to text, repaired in part with paper. Leaves trimmed close to headings in several places. Ownership inscriptions, signatures and stamps. New leather binding.
Yaari 23; Otzar HaHaggadot 29.


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Unique Items and Early Printed Books
Unique Items and Early Printed Books