Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Passover Haggadah, Köln 1838
Opening: $250
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah, with German translation and sheet music for piyutim. Köln (Germany), 1838.
Two title pages. The second one is illustrated. Hebrew and German page opposite page. Sheet music for Hodu, Adir Bimlucha, Chasal Siddur Pesach, Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yode'ah and Chad Gadya.
The publisher and composer is Yitzchak Abershat (Offenbach) who was a cantor in Köln, father of the famous composer Jacques Offenbach.
According to Freidberg (History of Hebrew Printing in Central Europe, Antwerp 1935, p. 33) only the title page was printed in Köln whereas the rest of the book was printed in Hamburg.
[3], III, [2], 8-91; 7 pages + [8] pages of sheet music. 21 cm. Good condition, stains, minor damage to binding.
Ya'ari 578; Otzar HaHagadot 799.
From the collection of Moshe Ya’ari.
Two title pages. The second one is illustrated. Hebrew and German page opposite page. Sheet music for Hodu, Adir Bimlucha, Chasal Siddur Pesach, Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yode'ah and Chad Gadya.
The publisher and composer is Yitzchak Abershat (Offenbach) who was a cantor in Köln, father of the famous composer Jacques Offenbach.
According to Freidberg (History of Hebrew Printing in Central Europe, Antwerp 1935, p. 33) only the title page was printed in Köln whereas the rest of the book was printed in Hamburg.
[3], III, [2], 8-91; 7 pages + [8] pages of sheet music. 21 cm. Good condition, stains, minor damage to binding.
Ya'ari 578; Otzar HaHagadot 799.
From the collection of Moshe Ya’ari.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot