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Passover Haggadah – Maaleh Beit Chorin – Amsterdam, 1781 – Early Leather Binding
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Maaleh Beit Chorin – Passover Haggadah, "Ashkenazic and Sephardic rites", with commentaries – Alshich, Gevurot Hashem by the Maharal and Olelot Efraim by R. Shlomo Ephraim of Luntshitz (the Kli Yakar). Amsterdam: Proops, 1781. First edition of the Haggadah under this title.
Engraved half-title. Engraved illustrations based on the Amsterdam 1695 edition. Early leather binding, with gilt decorations.
Signature on endpaper (Latin characters): "Isac Jacob Majler", and brief handwritten poem in Hebrew.
[2], 52 leaves. 25 cm. Fair to fair-good condition. Many stains, including dampstains (many dark food stains on some leaves). Wear and creases. Marginal tears to some leaves. Early leather binding, with wear and defects.
Without [1] leaf (folding plate) of Eretz Israel, included with some copies.
Otzar HaHaggadot 300.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot