Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Sefer HaMinhagim – With Passover Haggadah – Many Woodcut Illustrations – Amsterdam, 1775
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Sefer HaMinhagim, "following the order of creation – from the beginning of the year to the end of the year", with Passover Haggadah, containing many woodcut illustrations. Amsterdam: Gerard Johann Janson, published by Shlomo Levi Maduro, 1775.
Contains Havdalah, Kiddush for Shabbat and festivals, blessings after meals and Kiddush Levanah, Passover Haggadah and blessing for the first night of the Omer, blessing for the Shofar, order of annulling vows, Chanukah candle-lighting, blessings on the Megillah for Purim, order of circumcision, Zeved HaBat and Pidyon HaBen, wedding psalm and blessings, blessings over pleasures and bedtime reading of Shema.
The text is supplemented by 14 fine woodcut illustrations prepared for this edition, as stated on the title page: "And we added the entire Haggadah… with fine new illustrations…".
The text follows the Sephardic rite. Titles and laws printed mostly in Spanish (in Latin characters).
48 leaves. 15.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, dark food and wine stains to some leaves. Wear. Early binding, damaged.
Otzar HaHaggadot 273; Zedner, p. 485; Roest, p. 734.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot