Passover Haggadah, with Yiddish translation. Grammatical notes and Siach Yitzchak on grammar, by R. Isaac Satanow. Berlin: Chinuch Nearim Society, 1785. Yiddish and Hebrew on facing pages.

Original leather binding (repaired).

German translation and commentary by Yoel Brill. Printed by David Friedlander, a leading member of the Haskalah movement, friend and disciple of Moses Mendelssohn. After title page appears a printed dedication to Friedlander's wife, and on the verso of the leaf appears an introduction by the translator, Yoel Brill, addressed specifically to Jewish women.

First Haggadah with German translation and commentary, of the German Haskalah.

Isaac Satanow (1732-1804) was a strange and enigmatic figure, an exceptionally talented and erudite Torah scholar, among the founders of the Haskalah movement. He authored dozens of books, some of which were pseudepigraphic, having been attributed by him to earlier writers. Satanow also published books authored by Torah scholars of the Middle Ages and books of Hebrew poetry, such as Beur Milot HaHigayon and Machbarot Immanuel.

[4], 58 leaves. 16 cm. Gilt edges (somewhat faded). Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark food stains Original leather binding (repaired), with gilt decorations. Defects to binding.

Otzar HaHaggadot 318.

Some copies, containing typographical variants and comprising [50] leaves, are known to exist (see Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, item 184859).

Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.