PASSOVER HAGGADAH
Tel Aviv, Israel based on Darmstadt, German ms: W, Turnowsky, Ltd., 1985 reproducing Mss from 1733. Joseph ben David. Facsimile Edition of Ms in Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem. Text in English & Hebrew. Pictorial boards & Slipcase. Small quarto (11 1/2" x 8 7/8" x 3/4"), multi-coloured (red, black, gold floral patterns on covers); photo-reproduction of original 1733 manuscript reproducing ink, watercolors, and gouache on parchment; text and miniatures are framed by gold lines with large illustrations adding black frames, decorative floral gold endpapers, 22 leaves. In a matching full-colour slipcase. Laid in a 6-page paper foldout describing the illustrator & his manuscript; plus q quarto pamphlet containing an English translation of the Haggadah's Hebrew by Aaron Asher Green, London, 1898, 15 pages. Weight: ~ 2 lbs. Very Fine. Item #10326
Facsimile full colour reproduction of the famous Passover Haggadah manuscript written and illuminated in 1733 by the artist Joseph ben David [Aharon: fl. 1731-1740] of Lepnik in Darmstadt. Text in Hebrew & Englsih. Translation of the Hebrew by Aaron Asher Green included in a quarto pamphlet.
Very Fine copy: Tight, bright, and clean. No previous owner or remainder marks. Shipped swathed in bubble-wrap and further protected by a sturdy box.
Price: $69.00