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Passover Haggadah Pesach Meubin – Livorno, 1788 – Original Leather Binding
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Sold for: $425
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Pesach Meubin, Passover Haggadah with new halachot and practices by R. Chaim Benveniste, with Machshirei Pischa – laws of koshering utensils, by R. Yaakov Shimshon Shabtai Senigallia. Livorno: Avraham Yitzchak Castilo and Eliezer Saadon, [1788].
Printed frame around all pages of book.
Fine original leather binding, with gilt decorations, and gilt inscription on front binding: "Consecrated to G-d, in memory of… Eliyahu Avraham Shalom".
Signature on title page, in Sephardic script: "Avraham Shalom Yosef Abd al-Razzaq" (R. Avraham Shalom Yosef Abd al-Razzaq, a notable member of the Baghdad community, whose signature appears on documents and ketubot ca. 1815-1820).
[3], 62 leaves. 19.5 cm. Varying condition, fair to fair-good. Stains, including dampstains and traces of former dampness (especially dark stains to some leaves). Tears to title page and other leaves, some affecting text (without loss), repaired with paper. Original leather binding. Wear and defects to binding (part of top of spine lacking).
Otzar HaHaggadot 330.
Books Printed in Livorno – 18th-19th Centuries
Books Printed in Livorno – 18th-19th Centuries