Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
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Sefer Zevach Pesach - Passover Haggadah with Commentary of Isaac Abrabanel .Venice, 1545.
The text of the Haggadah is printed in large square letters. The commentary is printed around the text, in smaller letters.
2-67 leaves, title page missing (replaced with photocopy). 19 cm. Good-fair condition, stains, several repaired tears, slight moth damage. Glosses in Latin. New binding.
Ya’ari 10; Otzar Hahagaddot 13.
The text of the Haggadah is printed in large square letters. The commentary is printed around the text, in smaller letters.
2-67 leaves, title page missing (replaced with photocopy). 19 cm. Good-fair condition, stains, several repaired tears, slight moth damage. Glosses in Latin. New binding.
Ya’ari 10; Otzar Hahagaddot 13.
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Passover Haggadot
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![Facsimile – Passover Haggadah. Guadalajara, c. 1480. First printed Haggadah. New York, [1983].
Printed on parchment in comme](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale33-public/042.JPG "Facsimile on Parchment – Passover Haggadah, Guadalajara – First Printe")
Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $600
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Facsimile – Passover Haggadah. Guadalajara, c. 1480. First printed Haggadah. New York, [1983].
Printed on parchment in commemoration of five hundred years since the first printing, in 30 elegant and numbered copies, by Soncino in New York. This is copy no. 7.
[12] Pages. 27.5 cm. Ancient-style processed parchment. Good condition, elegant leather binding.
Printed on parchment in commemoration of five hundred years since the first printing, in 30 elegant and numbered copies, by Soncino in New York. This is copy no. 7.
[12] Pages. 27.5 cm. Ancient-style processed parchment. Good condition, elegant leather binding.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $1,000
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Sefer Si’ach Yitzchak, “… new song to sing on evening of Pesach…”, by Rabbi Yitzchak Chayut Av Beit Din of Prague [author of Api Ravreve]. Prague, [1587]. Mordechai Katz Printing Press.
Rhyming poem on laws of Seder night and Passover. Song can be interpreted in several ways; author attached comprehensive explanation.
[20] leaves. 18 cm. Good-fair condition, stains, moth holes. Restored damage on title page. Ink-stamp “Yeshiva of Rabbi Amor Abitbul… Zafra” upon text of last leaf. New elegant leather binding.
Rhyming poem on laws of Seder night and Passover. Song can be interpreted in several ways; author attached comprehensive explanation.
[20] leaves. 18 cm. Good-fair condition, stains, moth holes. Restored damage on title page. Ink-stamp “Yeshiva of Rabbi Amor Abitbul… Zafra” upon text of last leaf. New elegant leather binding.
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Passover Haggadot
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![Pesach Haggadah. Karlsruhe, [1796]. With instructions and laws in Yiddish.
“… includes fine and pleasant illustrations… we ha](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale33-public/044.jpg "Passover Haggadah – Karlsruhe, 1796")
Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Pesach Haggadah. Karlsruhe, [1796]. With instructions and laws in Yiddish.
“… includes fine and pleasant illustrations… we have taken new letters and black ink and explained the errors of other printings”.
Despite statement on title page, the illustrations were not printed.
Ownership notations in Yiddish and German; illustration of fortress and knight on horse on binding leaves.
24 leaves. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains and usage marks.
Ya’ari 282; Otzar HaHaggadot 403.
“… includes fine and pleasant illustrations… we have taken new letters and black ink and explained the errors of other printings”.
Despite statement on title page, the illustrations were not printed.
Ownership notations in Yiddish and German; illustration of fortress and knight on horse on binding leaves.
24 leaves. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains and usage marks.
Ya’ari 282; Otzar HaHaggadot 403.
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Passover Haggadot
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![Ma’ale Beit Horin, Passover Haggadah, with commentary of Alsheich, Gevurat Hashem [Maharal] Ollelot Efraim, etc. Vienna 1794.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale33-public/045.jpg "Passover Haggadah – Ma’ale Beit Horin – Vienna 1794")
Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $200
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Ma’ale Beit Horin, Passover Haggadah, with commentary of Alsheich, Gevurat Hashem [Maharal] Ollelot Efraim, etc. Vienna 1794. Printed by Anton Schmid.
With fine copper plate drawings according to the Haggadah "Ma’ale Beit Horin", Amsterdam 1781.
[1], 52 leaves. 24 cm. Good to fair condition. Stains [wine and food stains on several pages]. Tears in a number of pages [with slight missing areas]. Original leather binding, with slight damage.
Ya’ari 252; Otzar Hahagaddot 370.
With fine copper plate drawings according to the Haggadah "Ma’ale Beit Horin", Amsterdam 1781.
[1], 52 leaves. 24 cm. Good to fair condition. Stains [wine and food stains on several pages]. Tears in a number of pages [with slight missing areas]. Original leather binding, with slight damage.
Ya’ari 252; Otzar Hahagaddot 370.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah from the Avignon Machzor of 1765.
Magnificent facsimile published by Haim Yeshayahu Schwartz. London, 1984.
Printed on parchment and bound in leather. Printed in 104 copies, of which only 25 were on parchment. Number 11 with the signature of the publisher. “The Haggadah contains texts and piyutim different from other haggadot, and the letters are very special”.
[16] leaves, 27.5 cm. Very good condition.
Magnificent facsimile published by Haim Yeshayahu Schwartz. London, 1984.
Printed on parchment and bound in leather. Printed in 104 copies, of which only 25 were on parchment. Number 11 with the signature of the publisher. “The Haggadah contains texts and piyutim different from other haggadot, and the letters are very special”.
[16] leaves, 27.5 cm. Very good condition.
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Passover Haggadot
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![Achvit Achidan, or interpretation of Chad Gadya. Amsterdam, [1762].
Comprehensive commentary on Chad Gadya. “The humble auth](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale33-public/047.JPG "Achvit Achidan – Commentary on Chad Gadya – Amsterdam, 1762")
Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
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Achvit Achidan, or interpretation of Chad Gadya. Amsterdam, [1762].
Comprehensive commentary on Chad Gadya. “The humble author chose to remain anonymous”.
10 leaf pamphlet. 15 cm. Good condition, stains and wear.
Otzar HaHaggadot 232.
Comprehensive commentary on Chad Gadya. “The humble author chose to remain anonymous”.
10 leaf pamphlet. 15 cm. Good condition, stains and wear.
Otzar HaHaggadot 232.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Ma’aleh Beit Chorin, Passover Haggadah, with laws, commentaries (Maharal, Alshich, Abarbanel and more), and illustrations. Amsterdam, 1781. Proops Printing Press.
Preliminary title page of copper etching “Beit Israel – Beit Chorin… as customary by Ashkenazim and Sephardim”. Copper-etched illustrations, based upon illustrations of Avraham son of Ya’akov Hager, in 1695 Amsterdam Haggadah.
Copy incomplete at end. [2], 49 leaves (instead of 52). Missing map. 25 cm. Fair condition. Moth damage. Dark stains and wear. Damaged and partially detached binding.
Ya’ari 199; Otzar Ha’Haggadot 300.
Preliminary title page of copper etching “Beit Israel – Beit Chorin… as customary by Ashkenazim and Sephardim”. Copper-etched illustrations, based upon illustrations of Avraham son of Ya’akov Hager, in 1695 Amsterdam Haggadah.
Copy incomplete at end. [2], 49 leaves (instead of 52). Missing map. 25 cm. Fair condition. Moth damage. Dark stains and wear. Damaged and partially detached binding.
Ya’ari 199; Otzar Ha’Haggadot 300.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $2,000
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“Ma’aleh Bet Chorin”, Haggadah for Passover, with commentaries (Maharal, Alsheich, Abarbanel, etc.) and illustrations. Amsterdam,1810. Printed by the Widow Props.
Two title pages (Preliminary title page of copper etching). Folded map showing the journeys of e Israel in the desert and the division of Land among Tribes. The map of Eretz Israel and copper etchings are according to drawings by Abraham Ben Jacob Hagar, from the Amsterdam Haggadah 1695.
Ownership notation on leaf preceding title page: “Pinchas son of Rabbi Yitzchak Anderson, 6 Nisan 1855…”
[2], 9, 50 leaves + folding map. 26 cm. Fair to good condition, Stains, signs of dampness and moth damage [slight damage to text in a number of pages]. The map is in good condition, margins lightly repaired. Detached and damaged binding.
Two title pages (Preliminary title page of copper etching). Folded map showing the journeys of e Israel in the desert and the division of Land among Tribes. The map of Eretz Israel and copper etchings are according to drawings by Abraham Ben Jacob Hagar, from the Amsterdam Haggadah 1695.
Ownership notation on leaf preceding title page: “Pinchas son of Rabbi Yitzchak Anderson, 6 Nisan 1855…”
[2], 9, 50 leaves + folding map. 26 cm. Fair to good condition, Stains, signs of dampness and moth damage [slight damage to text in a number of pages]. The map is in good condition, margins lightly repaired. Detached and damaged binding.
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Passover Haggadot
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![Birkat HaMazon [Blessing of the Meal], as customary in Ashkenaz and Poland. Includes Passover Haggadah and woodcuts. Amsterda](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale33-public/050.jpg "Birkat HaMazon with Illustrations – Amsterdam, 1723")
Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
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Birkat HaMazon [Blessing of the Meal], as customary in Ashkenaz and Poland. Includes Passover Haggadah and woodcuts. Amsterdam, [1723]. Printing press of Yitzchak ben Ya’akov of Córdoba.
Birkat HaMazon with traditional Shabbat songs, prayers and blessings for holidays, wedding, circumcision and cemetery. Passover Haggadah – printed according to the 1722 Amsterdam Proops edition; Illustrations are identical as well. Ownership signature.
71 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair condition, quality paper, stains. Tear with missing section on title page. Missing leaf 4 (replaced with professional photocopy). New elegant binding in red cardboard case.
Otzar Ha’Haggadot 145. (Possibly Haggadah mentioned in Ya’ari 93 according to Weiner 77).
Birkat HaMazon with traditional Shabbat songs, prayers and blessings for holidays, wedding, circumcision and cemetery. Passover Haggadah – printed according to the 1722 Amsterdam Proops edition; Illustrations are identical as well. Ownership signature.
71 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair condition, quality paper, stains. Tear with missing section on title page. Missing leaf 4 (replaced with professional photocopy). New elegant binding in red cardboard case.
Otzar Ha’Haggadot 145. (Possibly Haggadah mentioned in Ya’ari 93 according to Weiner 77).
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $1,000
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Birkat HaMazon, "According to the Ashkenazi and Polish custom, with handsome lettering and on white paper, with black ink…", with Shabbat songs and Passover Hagadah. Instructions in Yiddish-Deitsch in Tzena U'Rena lettering. Fürth, 1762.
30 leaves. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fabric binding.
Not listed in Otzar Hahagadot and Ya'ari.
30 leaves. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fabric binding.
Not listed in Otzar Hahagadot and Ya'ari.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
August 28, 2013
Opening: $250
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Sefer Ma’asei HaShem, sermons on Torah, by Rabbi Eliezer Ashkenazi. Hague (neighboring Amsterdam), 1777. Title page with illustration of a lion, emblem of printer Rabbi Leib Zusmansch. In chapter describing events in Egypt: commentary on Pesach Haggadah, with text of Haggadah in middle of page, from “Ha Lachma Anya” until end of Hallel.
Ancient ownership signatures: “Tzvi Hirsch Wein---?”; “Yissachar Wein---?”; “Yitzchak son of Rabbi Yissachar Wein---?”. Ownership stamp: Rabbi “Reuven Yisrael HaLevi Frankel, Kalish”.
[4], 150 leaves, faulty pagination. 25.5 cm. Quality paper, good-fair condition, usage stains, wine stains on Haggadah. Old binding.
Index leaves of Sefer Ma’asei HaShem, leaves 182-188 of first edition printed in Venice in 1583, taped to end of volume.
Ancient ownership signatures: “Tzvi Hirsch Wein---?”; “Yissachar Wein---?”; “Yitzchak son of Rabbi Yissachar Wein---?”. Ownership stamp: Rabbi “Reuven Yisrael HaLevi Frankel, Kalish”.
[4], 150 leaves, faulty pagination. 25.5 cm. Quality paper, good-fair condition, usage stains, wine stains on Haggadah. Old binding.
Index leaves of Sefer Ma’asei HaShem, leaves 182-188 of first edition printed in Venice in 1583, taped to end of volume.
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Passover Haggadot
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