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Maasei Hashem – Passover Haggadah – Venice, 1583 – First Edition – Early Leather Spine
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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.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot