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Lot : 104

Haggadah with Fine Copper Engravings – Vienna 1801

Opening bid: $1,000
Haggadah with Fine Copper Engravings – Vienna 1801

Description: A Passover Haggadah with the commentary of the Alshich Hakadosh, Gvurot Hashem (by Maharal of Prague), Olat Efrayim, and Abarbanel.

The Haggadah features fine copper engravings throughout, including:

*The ten Simanim of the Seder night (on a full page),
*The image of the Hachachmim Mesubin in Bnei Brak,
*The plague of frogs,
*The splitting of the Red Sea,
*King David, and more.

The instructions are printed in two languages: German (in Fraktur script) and Ladino.

Vienna 1801.
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Page Count: 57 pages.
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Size: 25.7 cm.
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Condition: Fair to good. Signs of use and wine stains. Holes. Some partially detached pages. Old binding, worn and damaged.

Source: William L. Gross Collection, Tel Aviv.

Bibliography: Yaari 308; Otsar Haggadot 453.