Bidspirit auction | Passover Haggadah. Offenbach, 1795. Rare


Passover Haggadah. Offenbach, 1795. Rare Haggadah - Passover haggadah ”with new German translation ... as printed in Berlin ...” [Offenbach, at Tzvi Hirsch Segal Schpitz Press], 1795. The translation is in Tze'enah U'Re'enah letters, printed at the bottom of the pages. The title page bears the printer's device (refer to A. Ya'ari,   Diglei HaMadpisim HaIvri'im , Jerusalem, 1944, no. 159). The picture was printed later ”in Amsterdam.” Especially rare haggadah, not listed by Ya'ari; listed in Otzar HaHaggadot according to a copy in the Florsheim collection. Several similar haggadahs were printed in Offenbach; the one before us is especially rare. 40 leaves, 18 cm. Otzar HaHaggadot 382. Fine condition. Typical aging and wine stains. Original red cardboard binding with gilt imprint. Lacking spine.