Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

The First Research on the Sarajevo Haggadah – Vienna, 1898 – Text Volume and Plates Volume

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Die Haggadah von Sarajevo, Eine spanisch-jüdische Bilderhandschrift des Mittelalters, von Dav. Heinr. Müller und Julius v. Schlosser. Vienna: Alfred Hölder, 1898. First volume: Textband [text volume], Second volume: Tafelband [plate volume]. German.
A first, comprehensive research on the Sarajevo Haggadah manuscript, created in Spain in the 14th century.
In 1894, the manuscript was sold to the National Museum of Bosnia in Sarajevo. The present research, by the liturgy scholar David Zvi (Heinrich) Müller and art historian Julius von Schlosser (with an appendix by Prf. David Kauffman) was published four years later.
Fine copy, with the original covers, bound in thick leather.
Text volume: 316 pp. XXXVIII plates; Plate volume: [2] pp. 35 plates, 28 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes and stains to covers. Owner's stamps. Thick leather bindings.
Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts
Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts