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Maasei Hashem – Passover Haggadah – Venice, 1583 – First Edition
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Gedolim Maasei Hashem, commentary on the stories of the Torah, with Maasei Mitzrayim – Passover Haggadah and commentary (in Maasei Mitzrayim, chapter 24), by R. Eliezer Ashkenazi son of R. Eliyah HaRofe. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1583. First edition.
At center of title page, ownership inscriptions in early Ashkenazic script.
Inscription (faded) on leaf [6]. Another inscription on blank leaf between leaves 181-182 (Yiddish).
[6], 197 leaves. Blank leaf bound between leaves 181-182. 29.5 cm. Fair condition, some leaves in middle of book in fair-good condition. Many stains, including dampstains (many dark stains to title page, first and last leaves and other places). Tears and open tears to title page and other places, slightly affecting title frame and affecting text, partially repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text. Old binding, with defects.
Otzar HaHaggadot 30.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot