Passover Haggadah. Decorated paper manuscript, apparently produced by Nathan Levin. [Copenhagen, Denmark], 1842.
Ink on paper.
Passover Haggadah, in Hebrew, mostly in square script, in alternating black and purple ink. All pages in purplish rectangular frame. Instructions and translation of some piyyutim in Yiddish, generally in square script (on pp. 62-64, Yiddish translation of Echad Mi Yodea in cursive script). Throughout manuscript, decorated and enlarged initial panels and some decorations in vegetal or geometric patterns.
On title page,
"Levin Nathan" (apparently the name of the scribe or illustrator), dated March 26, 1842. Dedicatory inscription:
"This Haggadah belongs to Yehudah Leib son of R. Moshe Naschou [Nasche]"; "Gift from my esteemed grandmother on my eighth birthday, first day of Pesach, [1842]".
[1], 69 pages, 17.5X11.3 cm. Overall good condition. Some stains. Original cardboard binding, gilt, spine and corners from red leather. Initials "L.M.N." (Leib [son of] Moshe Naschou) inscribed on front binding, and the year "1842" on back binding. Binding and endpapers professionally restored. Mostly new spine. Leather-coated case (new).
