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Jan 27, 2026
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Sold for: $6,000
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Gedolim Maasei Hashem, commentary on the stories of the Torah, with Maasei Mitzrayim – Passover Haggadah and commentary (in Maasei Mitzrayim, chapter 24), by R. Eliezer Ashkenazi son of R. Eliyah HaRofe. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1583. First edition.
At top of title page, ownership inscriptions in Italian and Ashkenazic script (faded and mostly deleted with ink).
Handwritten glosses and notations (in Italian script) within the text in several places.
Stamps in Hebrew and Latin script of philanthropist R. Shemaryahu Zuckerman of Mogilev [father-in-law and teacher of R. David Friedman, Rabbi of Karlin]: "S. Zukerman, A. Mogilew".
[6], 197 leaves. Blank leaf bound between leaves 181-182. 29.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Bookplate. Early leather binding, with gilt decorations. Much wear, worming and defects to binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 30.
Provenance: Collection of Prof. Jordan S. Penkower.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue Value
![Map of Eretz Israel, engraving by Abraham bar Jacob (signature at bottom of plate). [Amsterdam, 1712 or 1781].
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,000
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Map of Eretz Israel, engraving by Abraham bar Jacob (signature at bottom of plate). [Amsterdam, 1712 or 1781].
The map depicts Eretz Israel, the Sinai Desert and the territories of the Twelve Tribes. The Mediterranean Sea at bottom and the Nile Delta to the right. The shoreline runs from Sidon to Alexandria. The map shows the route of the Israelites in the Sinai Desert; an ornate cartouche at lower right corner lists the 41 stations of the Israelites in the desert. Ships hauling the rafts of Lebanon cedars sent by Hiram King of Tyre to King Solomon for the building of the Temple and the story of Jonah depicted along the shoreline. A barn and grazing farm animals, depicted at lower left corner, symbolize the fertility of Eretz Israel.
The map, by the Dutch proselyte Abraham bar Jacob (after Christian van Adrichem), was first printed in the 1695 Amsterdam Passover Haggadah. The date of its printing was encoded in the title by marking some of the letters in the Hebrew word "Techezenah". In later editions, the year of printing was adjusted by marking additional letters. This map was taken from either the 1712 edition or the 1781 edition (both were issued with the same map, on which the marked letters indicate the year 1712).
52.5X31.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Folding marks and creases. Minute punctures to folds. Margins repaired with tape to verso. Mounted on cardboard frame.
See Laor 876.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue Value
Lot 33 Passover Haggadah with Commentary of Abarbanel and Illustrations – Fürth, 1788 – Rare Edition
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Passover Haggadah, with commentary of Abarbanel and illustrations. Fürth: Itzek son of Leib Buchbinder, 1788.
With large woodcut illustrations at bottoms of leaves.
[1], 2-20 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dampstains and dark food and wine stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, affecting text and illustrations, repaired with paper filling. Small signs of singeing in several places (including small tears), slightly affecting illustrations and text. New binding.
Rare edition.
Otzar HaHaggadot 332.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue Value
![Passover Haggadah, with halachot. Lunéville (France): Avraham Prizek, [1806].
Leather binding (non-original), wit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/34_1.jpg "Passover Haggadah – Lunéville, 1806 – With Emblem of Emperor Napoleon")
![Passover Haggadah, with halachot. Lunéville (France): Avraham Prizek, [1806].
Leather binding (non-original), wit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/34_2.jpg "Passover Haggadah – Lunéville, 1806 – With Emblem of Emperor Napoleon")
![Passover Haggadah, with halachot. Lunéville (France): Avraham Prizek, [1806].
Leather binding (non-original), wit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/34_3.jpg "Passover Haggadah – Lunéville, 1806 – With Emblem of Emperor Napoleon")
![Passover Haggadah, with halachot. Lunéville (France): Avraham Prizek, [1806].
Leather binding (non-original), wit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/34_8.jpg "Passover Haggadah – Lunéville, 1806 – With Emblem of Emperor Napoleon")
![Passover Haggadah, with halachot. Lunéville (France): Avraham Prizek, [1806].
Leather binding (non-original), wit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/34_9.jpg "Passover Haggadah – Lunéville, 1806 – With Emblem of Emperor Napoleon")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,000
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Passover Haggadah, with halachot. Lunéville (France): Avraham Prizek, [1806].
Leather binding (non-original), with silver decorations (marked) and gold pin (late).
On last page, royal emblem of Emperor Napoleon I, inaugurated as Emperor of France about two years earlier, in December 1804.
32 leaves. 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, some dark. Much wear; creases. Tears and open tears to margins of several leaves, slightly affecting text of one leaf (without loss). Decorated leather binding, with defects and worming.
Otzar HaHaggadot 499.
Only some 16 Hebrew books (including two Haggadot, one of which is the present one) were printed in Lunéville.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue Value
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,750
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The Jerusalem Haggadah. Illustrations and design: Yael Hershberg, calligraphy: Yitzchak (Izzy) Pludwinski, including English commentary volume. Verona: Aryeh Editions, 1997.
Passover Haggadah, with calligraphy by Yitzchak (Izzy) Pludwinski and illustrations by Yael Hershberg. Impressive color illustrations, with gold-leaf, depicting architectural details of neighborhoods in Jerusalem and floral ornaments.
Copy no. 199/500, signed by artist Yael Hershberg (a total of 550 copies were printed, including 50 Ad Personam copies, identical to normal copies).
Including the commentary volume: "The Jerusalem Haggadah, Gateway to the Haggadah", with photographs taken by Oded Antman and explanations about the inspiration for each of the illustrations, by Prof. Mark Michael Epstein.
Haggadah: [35] leaves. Commentary volume: 76, [62] pages. 39 cm. Good condition. The Haggadah is bound in a leather binding and the commentary volume is bound in a cloth-covered binding, with leather spine. Both volumes are housed in a matching slipcase. Minor defects to bindings and case.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue Value
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $7,500
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The Rothschild Miscellany. An elaborate facsimile of a 15th-century illuminated manuscripts, produced by the Israel Museum and Facsimile Editions, Jerusalem-London, 1989. Copy no. 230, of a limited edition of 500 copies (altogether 550 copies were printed, including 50 AP – Ad Personam copies, which are identical to the regular copies).
The Rothschild Miscellany, commissioned by Moshe son of Yekutiel HaKohen in 1479, is considered the most lavish of all Hebrew manuscripts. The Miscellany comprises more than 37 religious and secular works, including: Tehillim, Mishlei, Job, a year-round prayer book with the Passover Haggadah, and philosophical, moralistic and scientific treatises. The works are illustrated with vignettes relating to the text and ornate gold-leaf initial words.
Elaborate leather-bound facsimile, with commentary volume (English), slipcased.
Facsimile: [473] leaves. Commentary volume: 256 pages. Facsimile and commentary volumes: 21 cm. Slipcases: 24 cm. Good condition. Light stains to commentary volume. Handwritten inscriptions (in pencil) to several leaves of commentary volume. Minor defects and rubbing to bindings and cases.
Category
Passover Haggadot
Catalogue Value