L`Haggadah di Sarajevo [The Sarajevo Haggadah] [LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION] [IN HEBREW WITH ITALIAN PREFACE]  
   

 
Author Roth, Cecil [Intr.]
Place of Publication Belgrado [Belgrade]
Publication Name Cappelli Editore / "Jugoslavija"
Year ND
Language(s) Hebrew Italian
Description
RARE LIMITED EDITION OF 500 EXEMPLARS - COPIA n.309. FACSIMILE EDITION of Sarajevo Haggadah, a 14th-century illuminated manuscript which is considered by many to be the single most beautiful and elaborate manuscript of the Sephardic tradition, and one of the most prized articles of Jewish art in general. This facsimile edition of the manuscript contains numerous illustrations and decorations for which it is famous. Contains an introduction IN ITALIAN by an eminent British Jewish historian Sir Cecil Roth (1899-1970). Illuminations printed in France. Text printed and bound in Yugoslavia. 225x16mm. 152 facsimile pages & 50 introduction text pages. Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Gilt embossed lettering/decoration on cover and spine. Jacket somewhat stained. Jacket upper edges/corners taped and partly missing. Cover slightly stained/dirty. Cover bottom corners bumped. Cover and spine bottom edge stained. Whitepages upper corner age-stained. Dedication written in pen on whitepage. One of the facsimile pages upper corner creased. Ex-libris sticker on rear inner cover. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare facsimile edition of the celebrated Sarajevo Haggadah, with Italian introduction by an eminent Judaica scholar, is otherwise in good condition.
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Catalog Index Number E 38 03


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