Bidspirit auction | (METZ, 1767). Beith Chorin. With

(METZ, 1767). Beith Chorin. With commentaries culled from Moshe Alsheich, Gevuroth Hashem by the MaHaRa”L of Prague and Oleloth Ephraim by R. Ephraim of Luntschitz. Additional engraved title. Numerous copper-engraved illustrations. ff. (2), 64. Lacking fold-out map of the Holy Land. Lightly foxed and stained, embossed stamp on title. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Yudlov 251. Metz, Mose May, 1767. The first illustrated Hagadah printed in France. Metz, the Lorrainian capital, was once one of the largest and most prosperous Jewish communities of Europe. At the time this Hagadah was published, R. Aryeh Leib ben Asher Ginzberg, known as the Sha’agath Aryeh, had just become the Chief Rabbi of the city, a position he would retain for over two decades.