Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Birkat HaMazon and Passover Haggadah / Sefer Minhagim – Amsterdam, 1723 – Woodcut Illustrations
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Two books in one volume, with woodcut illustrations – Birkat HaMazon with Passover Haggadah, and Sefer Minhagim, printed in Amsterdam in 1723.
1. Birkat HaMazon, Ashkenazic and Polish rite, with Passover Haggadah. Amsterdam, [1723]. With Yiddish translation and illustrations. Deleted ownership inscription on title page.
Otzar HaHaggadot no. 145.
2. Sefer Minhagim, by R. Shimon HaLevi Ginzburg. Amsterdam, 1723. Yiddish. Many woodcut illustrations throughout book.
Birkat HaMazon: [1], 2-71 leaves. Minhagim: [1], 2-61 leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Varying condition, first book in fair condition, second book in fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear and creases. Worming, affecting text. Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves. Title page of Birkat HaMazon detached. Early parchment binding, with defects, partially detached.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot