Bidspirit auction | HAGADAH, NY 1867. Rare!

HAGADAH, NY 1867. Rare! - Seder Hagdah Shel Pesach / Erzählung Von Den Auszuge Israels Aus Egypten, An Den Beiden Ersten Pessach-Abenden [“Narrative Of The Exodus Of Israel From Egypt, On The First Two Nights Of Passover.”] New York: L.H. Frank, 1867. Hebrew and German translation face `a face. On title, inscription by former owner Shalom son of Rabbi Yitzchak Kopolowitz. Rare! pp.70. 18 Cm.  Yaari 986 ;  Yudlov 1294. This is one the earliest Passover Hagaddas printed in America. Between the 1830s and 1880s, a growing number of merchant-class German Jews arrived in New York seeking their fortune, hence this Haggadah was printed with a German translation. Provenance: Kestenbaum Auction 35, November 21st 2006, Lot 121 (Estimated at $1000-$1500). Signature in pencil: Shalom son of Rabbi Yitzchak Tzvi Koplowitz.