Auction 54
Lot 108:
Pesach Haggadah with commentaries of Maharam Alsheech, Gevurot Hashem and Olelut Ephraim. Additional commentaries on piyyutim as well as laws, including the piyyut “Echad Mi Yode’ah” with Yiddish translation. Copper engravings throughout the book. Same nusach (for the Haggadah, laws, commentaries, and illustrations—including the copper engravings) as the Ma’aleh Beit Horin haggadah of Amsterdam 1781. Printed by Anton Shamid, 52 pages. 27cm.
Although the Mateh Aharon commentary on Chad Gadya is listed on the title page, it was elided. Laws are given in Ladino and Yiddish in Tzena u’Rena letters, as well as the latter for the piyyutim Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yode’ah, and Chad Gadya. Catalogued in the rare books section of the National Library.
Nice copy in excellent condition, wine stains as in every Haggadah, professional repairs to the title page and a few other pages, new handsome leather binding. Faded stamp on the title page: “Asher Anshil Weiss Avdak…”.
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