Passover Haggadah, With English Translation, Maps and Illustrations – London, 1806

Passover Haggadah, With English Translation, Maps and Illustrations – London, 1806

Passover Haggadah, with English translation, illustrations and maps. London: L. Alexander, [1806]. Hebrew and English on facing pages. Translated by A. Alexander.

Copper-engraved plates and illustrations, and five maps (four on a folding plate). Apart from the text of the Haggadah and its English translation, the Haggadah contains appended articles based on the history and geography of the period. The illustrations depict, among other things, the high priest and his vestments, the tabernacle and its vessels, Oriental slavery, the Sinai desert, and more. The maps show Jerusalem in various periods, the Land of Canaan, the Sea of Reeds and the trail of the Israelites' exodus.

Yiddish translation of Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yodea and Chad Gadya, in Tzenah URenah typeface.

English ownership inscription, dated 1877, on verso of first illustrated leaf.

5, [1] pages, 21, [2] leaves, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 3, [1], 2, 3, [1] pages, [6] pages with copper-engraved illustrations, [5] leaves of maps (four folded). One illustration (the Temple site) does not appear in the present copy. Many page sequences (the leaves with articles and explanations in English are bound throughout the text of the Haggadah). 25.5 cm. Most leaves in good-fair condition. Stains, many stains to some leaves, including dark food stains. Wear. Tear to engraving next to title page, repaired with paper, and margins of title page repaired with paper. Original leather binding, with spine and other parts repaired, and with new endpaper. Damage to spine. Slipcased.

Yaari 345; Otzar HaHaggadot 498.