Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Pesach Meubin – Passover Haggadah, With Commentary of Knesset HaGedolah – Venice, 1692
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Pesach Meubin, Ashkenazic-rite Haggadah with halachot of the Seder night by R. Chaim Benveniste, author of Knesset HaGedolah. Venice: Bragadin, [1692].
Fine illustrated title page depicting angels, the Tablets of the Law and the figures of David and Moses.
Sephardic-rite Maariv prayer. On p. 18a: Ashkenazic-rite Haggadah.
On p. 13a: Mnemonic poem for the Seder by brother of author, R. Yehoshua Refael Benveniste.
Trimmed signature on margins of title page.
11, 13-30 leaves. Lacking leaf 12. Approx. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains (many dampstains to some leaves). Tears in a few places, including small tears slightly affecting text on two leaves. Worming in a few places, slightly affecting text. New binding, with defects and tears to spine and margins (front side of binding loose).
Otzar HaHaggadot 88.
CB, no. 2699b; Zedner, p. 441.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot