Auction 54
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Feb 7, 2017
(Your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
The auction has ended
|
LOT 64:
Pesach Me'ubin - Calcutta, 1841
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: $550
Start price:
$
500
Auction house commission:
23%
VAT: On commission only
|
Passover Haggadah, with halachic rulings for the Seder night by Rabbi Chaim Benveniste, author of Knesset HaGedolah, and with Judeo-Arabic translation by the printer, R. Elazar Iraki. Calcutta (India), 1841.
[3], 49 leaves, 19 cm. Blue and white paper. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Restored damages to title page. Owners' signature and stamps. New, half-vellum binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 841. The first Haggadah and the third book printed in Calcutta. The printer, R. Elazar Iraki, a Yemenite Jew, immigrated to India and established an important printing press in Calcutta.
