Auction 92 Part 2 Rare and Important Manuscripts and Items of the Gross Family Collection
Darmstadt Haggadah – Elaborate Facsimile – Copy no. 1 of a Limited Edition, in Elaborate Leather Binding
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $3,750
Including buyer's premium
The Darmstadt Haggadah, elaborate facsimile. Leipzig, 1928. Copy no. 1 of 15 bound in leather boards in the style of the original binding (altogether 350 copies were printed). Including commentary volume in German.
Facsimile of the Darmstadt Haggadah, an illuminated 15th century Haggadah. Printed on high-quality paper. With commentary volume: Die Darmstadter Pessach-Haggadah, edited by Bruno Italiener. Leipzig, 1927. Germany.
Facsimile: [57] leaves + [1] leaf (with imprint). Approx. 35 cm. Commentary vol.: XI, [1], 313, [1] pages + 16 plates. 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases to facsimile. Tears, including minor marginal open tears to facsimile. Open tear to final leaf of facsimile, not affecting illustration, repaired with paper on verso. Endpapers of facsimile presumably not original (colophon leaf with details of edition and copy no. cut and mounted on endpaper). Impressive leather binding, with metal corners and decorations, and clasp remnants (lacking straps). Blemishes to binding.
Yaari 2064; Otzar HaHaggadot 3094.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, FAC.13.
Facsimile of the Darmstadt Haggadah, an illuminated 15th century Haggadah. Printed on high-quality paper. With commentary volume: Die Darmstadter Pessach-Haggadah, edited by Bruno Italiener. Leipzig, 1927. Germany.
Facsimile: [57] leaves + [1] leaf (with imprint). Approx. 35 cm. Commentary vol.: XI, [1], 313, [1] pages + 16 plates. 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases to facsimile. Tears, including minor marginal open tears to facsimile. Open tear to final leaf of facsimile, not affecting illustration, repaired with paper on verso. Endpapers of facsimile presumably not original (colophon leaf with details of edition and copy no. cut and mounted on endpaper). Impressive leather binding, with metal corners and decorations, and clasp remnants (lacking straps). Blemishes to binding.
Yaari 2064; Otzar HaHaggadot 3094.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, FAC.13.
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