Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Passover Haggadah – Beit Chorin – With Illustrations and Commentaries – Metz, 1767 – First Illustrated Haggadah Printed in France
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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.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot