Bidspirit auction | (BOMBAY, 1846). Seder Hagadah. Prepared

(BOMBAY, 1846). Seder Hagadah. Prepared by Haim Joseph Hallegua of Cochin. Hebrew and Marathi on facing pages. Lithographed throughout. Title flanked by Moses and Aaron, 13 vignette illustrations of the Seder procedure, with a final illustration displaying the required Seder ingredients - all represented in a distinctly Indian style. ff. (5), 36. Stained in places. Loose in contemporary marbled boards, rubbed. Tall 8vo. Yudlov 895; Yerushalmi 97-8. Bombay, Abraham Jemal, 1846. The first Hagadah with Marathi translation - the indigenous language of the Bene Israel Community of India.  One of the most exotic of all Passover Hagadah illustrated editions.