Lot 89
Illustrated Passover Haggadah – Bombay, India, 1846 – First Bene Israel Haggadah / Calendar in Marathi – Bombay, 1854
Illustrated Passover Haggadah, with Marathi translation. Bombay (Mumbai, India), [1846]. Lithographed manuscript. Text of Haggadah and translation on facing pages.
Bound with: Jewish calendar in Marathi, compiled by R. David Yehuda Ashkenazi. Bombay, [1854].
Original illustrations. Illustrated title page, depicting Moshe and Aharon (inspired by the title page of the 1712 Amsterdam Haggadah). Illustrations of the Seder steps and Seder plate (inspired by the Livorno Haggadah illustrations).
The first Haggadah printed according to the rite of the Bene Israel community in India. The names of the editors and publishers are printed on the title page: "Haggadah in the Holy Tongue, with Marathi translation… compiled by R. Chaim Yosef Hallegua of Cochin, and… the author of the Marathi translation, R. Chaim Yitzchak Galsurkar… and his partner… R. Yechezkel Yosef Thalkar… first printed by the writer R. Avraham son of Yehuda Jemal…".
[5], 35 [i.e.: 36] leaves; [53] leaves. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Handwritten inscriptions. Minor wear. New, elegant leather binding.
Yaari Haggadot 656; Otzar HaHaggadot 895. Yaari, HaDfus HaIvri BeArtzot HaMizrach, Bombay, no. 92.
Provenance: Valmadonna Trust Library.
