Auction 11
Lot 172:
1. Pesach Haggadah, Ashkenaz, 1729, written and illustrated by Yaakov ben Michael Segel, with introduction by Chaya Benjamin, published by Nahar. Yediyot Achronot, Sifrei Chemed, Tel Aviv 1985, manuscript in ink and watercolors, on parchment, 64 pages, no table of contents. Good condition, size 31cm. 2. Pesach haggadah with nice illustrations, manuscript on parchment, with letters from the Amsterdam printing, 1987. Herzliya 1987. [42] pages of colored illustrations, 31cm. The current edition is from the Employee Organization of Bank Leumi, given out on Erev Pesach 2005. Good condition. 3. Pesach haggadah with nice lettering and illustrations, written by Natan ben Rav Avraham Speyer of Breslau, who was among the most original and well-known Jewish artists in the 18th century. The haggadah, which was illustrated more than 200 years ago, is notable for its characteristic of the renewed interest revealed in our time regarding the connection between man and nature. Illustrations in the haggadah show rare birds, animals, and say Hallel for creation. The miracles, events, and figures described in nature are in front of a rich background of colorful plants. Tel Aviv 1990. Published by V. Tornovsky, “for the first time, this wonderful haggadah was printed on quality recycled paper, 60 unnumbered pages; colorful illustrations, facsimiles.” 31cm, good condition. 4. Pesach Haggadah in English, London 1972. With translation by Haim Refael, with illustrations (Some in color), with picture of a Yemenite seder, 250 pages in good condition. 25cm. 5. Omza, published by the Assistance Committee for the Jews of Hungary, in 1942. Introduction written by Dr. Moshe Riberi, illustration and artwork in the haggadah done by Dr. Moshe Munkatchi, translated by Dr. Eliezer Kahan. Copies from 1-100 were printed on delicate, extremely fine paper, and 900 copies (from 101-1000) on nice paper. On these copies members and artists signed their names. The copy before us is #850. This copy is on nice paper, with signatures of the artists! Good condition, 34cm.
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