Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Passover Haggadah, Mateh Aharon - Frankfurt am Main, 1710 - With Illustrations

Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah, with the Mateh Aharon commentary by R. Aharon Darshan Teomim and another Kabbalistic commentary. Frankfurt am Main: the dayan R. Leib Schnapper, [1710].
Combined texts for Ashkenazim and Sephardim, with instructions and explanations in Yiddish and Ladino.
Engraved illustrations (after drawings by Abraham ben Yaakov HaGer in the 1695 Amsterdam Haggadah). Elaborate title page, composed of several illustrations.
Trimmed signature on the title page: "Menachem Mendele son of Itzek Speyer". Another inscription on leaf 40, adjacent to the leaf number: "Mendele Speyer, Passover 1770" (the Frankfurt Memorbuch, p. 251, records: "Hendel wife of R. Mendele son of R. Itzek Speyer").
[2], 2-44 leaves. 29.5 cm. Some leaves somewhat darkened. Condition varies, fair-good. Most leaves of first part (the Haggadah) in fair condition, with wear, stains and dark dampstains. Some leaves with significant food and wine stains, over the entire leaf. Minor marginal worming to first leaves. Second part (the commentary) in overall good condition, with a few stains. New leather binding.
Yaari 71; Otzar HaHaggadot 113.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot