Auction 82 Part 1 Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Aug 24, 2021
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel

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Passover Haggadah - Maaleh Bet Chorin - With Map of Eretz Israel - Amsterdam, 1781 - Signatures of R. Chaim ...

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Passover Haggadah - Maaleh Bet Chorin - With Map of Eretz Israel - Amsterdam, 1781 - Signatures of R. Chaim Löwenstam Rabbi of Leeuwarden
Passover Haggadah - Maaleh Bet Chorin, "Ashkenazi and Sephardi rite", with commentaries - Alshech, Gevurot Hashem by the Maharal and Olelot Efraim by Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim of Luntschitz (author of Kli Yakar). Amsterdam: Proops, 1781.
First edition of the Haggadah under this title.
Engraved title page. Engraved illustrations based on the Amsterdam 1695 edition. A large engraved map of Eretz Israel (folded plate) is bound at the end of the Haggadah.
Two signatures of R. Chaim Ish Löwenstam - full signature on the front endpaper and signature in initials on the first title page. R. Chaim Ish Löwenstam (d. 1836), rabbi of Leeuwarden, the Netherlands and author of Derech Chaim. He was the son of R. Aryeh Leib Breslau author of Pnei Aryeh, rabbi of Emden and Rotterdam.
[2], 52 leaves + folded plate (map). Approx. 25 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark dampstains to many leaves. Wear and creases. Tears, including open tears to several leaves, slightly affecting text. Several leaves loose. Leaves trimmed with slight damage to illustration in one place. Tears to map, including marginal open tears, affecting border and slightly affecting illustrations, repaired with paper. Stamp. Handwritten inscriptions. Original leather binding, worn and damaged.
Yaari 199; Otzar HaHaggadot 300.