Seder Haggadah shel Pesach: Service for the Two First Nights of Passover;
£1,250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books
Ashkenazic Passover Haggadah edited by Isaac Levi, Professor and Teacher of Hebrew Language. Hebrew text and English translation on opposing pages. The copperplate frontispiece in this Haggadah was originally published in the 1807 London Machzor, but a pastedown with the Haggadah title was placed in the middle of the page covering the original title. According to Yudlov this pastedown-altered frontispiece does not appear in all copies. Small 4to; contemporary blue marbled calf-backed boards with gilt title in english to spine, quite rubbed, front cover detached; marbled edges, rubbed; wine staining to leaves (as expected), small marginal tears to few, block cracked but holding; half-title in Hebrew and two separate titles in Hebrew and English; old signature of previous owners to front endpapers; [1], 40, [6] ll. Vinograd, London 292; Yaari 516; Yudlov 717; Not in Yerushalmi.
- Binding: Hardcover
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