Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $600
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah, in Hebrew and Italian [in Hebrew script], with Tzli Esh commentary, with illustrations "for all the miracles and wonders that were performed for our forefathers…". Venice: Gerolimo Bragadino, 1663.
Fine decorated frame on all pages, with many woodcut illustrations. This Haggadah was printed based on the Venice, 1629 edition (with slight changes) and was published in three editions: Italian, Yiddish and Ladino.
[26] leaves. Approx. 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark food stains. Many tears and open tears, some large, affecting text, illustrations and decorated frames, repaired with paper filling (all leaves and margins underwent repair). On leaf [7], large open tears (approx. one third of leaf lacking). Worming, affecting text, repaired with paper filling. Close trimming, affecting text of several leaves. New leather binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 66.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Pesach Meubin, Ashkenazic-rite Haggadah with halachot of the Seder night by R. Chaim Benveniste, author of Knesset HaGedolah. Venice: Bragadin, [1692].
Fine illustrated title page depicting angels, the Tablets of the Law and the figures of David and Moses.
Sephardic-rite Maariv prayer. On p. 18a: Ashkenazic-rite Haggadah.
On p. 13a: Mnemonic poem for the Seder by brother of author, R. Yehoshua Refael Benveniste.
Trimmed signature on margins of title page.
11, 13-30 leaves. Lacking leaf 12. Approx. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains (many dampstains to some leaves). Tears in a few places, including small tears slightly affecting text on two leaves. Worming in a few places, slightly affecting text. New binding, with defects and tears to spine and margins (front side of binding loose).
Otzar HaHaggadot 88.
CB, no. 2699b; Zedner, p. 441.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
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Chevel Bnei Yehudah – Passover Haggadah with commentary by R. Shimon Chabilio, a rabbi of Hebron. Mantua-Venice: sons of Yehoshua of Perugia, [1694-1695].
First part of book (up to leaf 40) printed in Mantua, last 11 leaves (41-51, [1]) printed in Venice in 1695.
On leaf 2, stamp of Chief Rabbi of Tiberias, "R. Chaim Yissachar Abulafia".
51, [1] leaf. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (food stains to several leaves). Worming, affecting text. Marginal tears to several leaves. Close trimming, affecting title frame and text of one leaf. New paper binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 91.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah, "in Hebrew and Ladino", with Tzli Esh commentary and illustrations. Venice: Bragadin, 1695.
Fine decorated frame on all pages. With woodcut illustrations.
On verso of title page, illustration of the Temple.
[24] leaves. 31.5 cm. Varying condition of leaves; first two leaves in fair condition; most leaves in good-fair condition. Stains (food stains to several leaves). Tears and open tears, including large open tear to title page, heavily affecting title frame and illustration of Temple on verso, repaired with paper filling (with photocopy replacements). Close trimming, affecting top of frames of pages. New leather binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 95.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $300
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah, with commentary of Abarbanel and kabbalistic commentary, and with illustrations. [Wilhermsdorf: Hirsch son of Chaim of Fürth, 1718].
Printing details in colophon on last leaf.
Fine illustrated title page with copper engravings.
With halachot in Yiddish and Yiddish translation of Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yodea and Chad Gadya, in Tzenah URenah font.
Ownership inscription (faded and difficult to read) in center of title page.
Inscription on last leaf (not in Hebrew), dated 1724.
18 leaves. 31.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dampstains and dark food stains. Worming, affecting text and illustrations, repaired with paper filling. Many tears and open tears, some large, on title page and other leaves, affecting title frame, text and illustrations, repaired with paper filling (all leaves underwent repair). New binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 136.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $500
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah, with Avodat HaGefen commentary, including halachic novellae by R. Yehudah Leib, Rabbi of Horodets and his son R. Ze'ev Wolf Rabbi of Liubeshiv and Pinsk, with illustrations. Offenbach: Bonaventure de Launoy, [1722].
With instructions in Yiddish, in Tzenah URenah font, with Yiddish translation in square letters of Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yodea and Chad Gadya.
Large, fine woodcut illustrations.
Signature on title page. In several places in Haggadah, handwritten declaration of readiness to perform mitzvah and LeShem Yichud prayer.
30 leaves. 31.5 cm. Varying condition of leaves. Fair-good to fair condition. Stains, many stains on several leaves. Wear and signs of use. Tears and open tears to several leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper filling. New binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 143.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Birkat HaMazon, Ashkenazic and Polish rite, with Yiddish translation, including Shabbat songs and prayers for conclusion of Shabbat, blessings for wedding, order of circumcision and Pidyon HaBen, techinot for cemetery, bedtime reading of Shema, festival kiddush, Passover Haggadah and Birchot HaNehenin. Frankfurt am Main: Shlomo Zalman Aptrod and Moshe Gamburg, [1727].
With woodcut illustrations.
[48] leaves. Misfoliation (number damaged on many leaves). 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dampstains. Wear. Tears and open tears, including large tears, affecting text and illustrations, repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text and illustrations. Close trimming, affecting text in several places. Old binding. Wear and defects to binding.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah – Beit Chorin, with commentary of Alshich, Gevurot Hashem and Olelot Efraim. Metz: Moshe May and Joseph Antoine, 1767.
Two title pages, the first with an illustrated engraving. Copper-engraved illustrations based on those of Avraham son of Yaakov HaGer in the Amsterdam Haggadah.
There are known to be slight differences between copies in the text of the illustrated title page and marginal caption with the printer's name.
Laws and customs in Ladino and Yiddish (Tzenah URenah font). Does not contain folding map.
[2], 64 leaves. Does not contain folding map. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original printing defect on title page, slightly affecting title frame. Small tears to several leaves. Early binding, with minor defects. Bookplate of "Meir son of Shalom Yehudah HaLevi Goldschmidt".
First illustrated Haggadah to be printed in France, and one of the first printed Hebrew books in Metz. The illustrations were based on the Amsterdam 1695 edition. See: C. Roth, HaHaggadah HaMetzuyeret ShebiDefus, Areshet, III, 1961, p. 24.
Otzar HaHaggadot 251.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $400
Sold for: $2,000
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Passover Haggadah, with Yiddish translation. London: Alexander son of Yehudah Leib, [1774].
With translation and laws in Yiddish, in Tzenah URenah font.
Signature on title page.
38 leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains (many food stains to several leaves). Wear. Marginal tears and open tears to title page and several other leaves (mainly to first leaves). Several leaves detached (title page mostly detached). Old binding, with wear and defects.
Enclosed: Detached illustrated frontispiece of Moses striking the Egyptian (from Haggadah with English translation, London, 1787).
Zedner, p. 442.
Otzar HaHaggadot 269.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $150
Sold for: $250
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Passover Haggadah, with laws and explanations in Yiddish. Metz: Getshlik Speyer Segal, 1777.
With laws and Yiddish translation of Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yodea and Chad Gadya.
24 leaves. 15.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Close trimming, slightly affecting text of several leaves. New paper wrapper.
Otzar HaHaggadot 282.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $300
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Two Passover Haggadot printed in Amsterdam in the 18th century, one illustrated:
• Passover Haggadah with Tzli Esh commentary, Yiddish translation and illustrations. Amsterdam: Hertz Levi Rofe and son-in-law Kosman, 1765.
With large, fine woodcut illustrations. Initial panels also decorated with woodcuts.
[1], 32 leaves. Approx. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Several leaves in fair condition. Stains, including dark food stains (many stains to several leaves). Small tears and open tears, slightly affecting text of one leaf. New parchment binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 244.
• Passover Haggadah – Arba Yesodot, selected comments from Abarbanel, Maasei Hashem, Alshich, Gevurot Hashem and others. Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rofe and brother-in-law Baruch and brother, [1783]. All comments and laws printed in Yiddish, in Tzenah URenah font.
Of the four titular Yesodot, only the first two are printed.
[2], 54 leaves. 24 cm. Fair-good condition, several leaves in fair condition. Stains, including dark food stains (many stains to some leaves). Wear. Ownership inscriptions. Early leather binding, with gilt decorations. Defects to binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 306.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Jul 15, 2025
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Haggadah – Passover seder, with commentary of Abarbanel, and Yiddish commentary, "for men and children". Fürth: Itzek son of Leib Buchbinder, [1783].
Fine illustrated title page, with figures of Moses and Aaron, angels, King David playing the lyre, and Jacob's dream.
On front endpaper – copying in Ashkenazic script of passages from the laws of Passover in the Shulchan Aruch. On leaf 7: "Before eating the matzah, it is a mitzvah to kiss the matzah…". Another gloss on leaf 6.
12 leaves. 32 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears, including marginal open tears to some leaves, repaired with paper filling. Worming, repaired with paper. New binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 308.
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Passover Haggadot
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