Auction 92 Part 2 Rare and Important Manuscripts and Items of the Gross Family Collection

The Barcelona Haggadah – Exquisite Facsimile

Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000
Sold for: $3,500
Including buyer's premium
The Barcelona Haggadah, exquisite facsimile published by Facsimile Editions. With a commentary volume, including an English translation of the text. London, 1992. Copy no. VIII/L of 50 Ad Personam copies (the facsimile was printed in a total of 550 copies).
An exquisite, accurate facsimile of the Barcelona Haggadah, a 14th century illuminated manuscript. Printed on thick imitation vellum paper and bound in leather. The raised burnished gold in the original was reproduced by laying metal leaf by hand.
Facsimile: [161] leaves. Commentary volume: 175 pages. 25.5 cm. Both volumes are placed in the original, card slipcase. Slipcase: 28 cm. Good condition. Minor stains to commentary volume. Minor blemishes to spines. Minor blemishes to slipcase.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, FAC.56.
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