Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Ma’asei HaShem, Hague 1777 – Including Passover Haggadah

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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.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot