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Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Aschkenazi rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Italian. Leone da Modena’s abridged commentary of Abrabanel.

Auction 81 · Lot 5

Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Aschkenazi rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Italian. Leone da Modena’s abridged commentary of Abrabanel.

Estimate
$400–$600
Hammer price
$400

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(HAGADAH)

printer

Alvise Bragadin

Place

Venice

Publication

1716

Description

Title within arch surrounded by four-part floral border. Each page profusely decorated including historiated initial letters all within a fine architectural frame.

references

Yudlov 132.

summary

The House of Bragadin simultaneously printed three issues of this Passover Hagadah, all identical with the same layout and illustration cycle, according to the customs of Aschkenaz, Rome and Spain (i.e. Ladino). All carried Judeo-Italian translation, the principle difference between them all was the Grace after Meals and its textual adaptation according to custom.
ff. 35 (of 36), lacks f. 20. Stained, repairs with some loss. Modern marbled boards. Folio.
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