04-10-200804-11-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2402Boston
April 10, 2008 05:00 PMCalender
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(Haggadah)

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$267$225
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2402Location: BostonDate / Time: April 10, 2008 5:00PM

Description:

(Haggadah) Seder Haggadah shel Pesah 'im pitron be-lashon Sefardi Livorno: Elijah Benamozegh, 1867. 8vo., with 31 half-page with numerous woodcuts illustrating the Passover preparations, order of the Seder and the ten plagues.

Note: Livorno [Leghorn], Italy became in the 19th century the printing center for Jewish communities across North Africa and this edition was likely for export as it is printed with a Ladino translation.
Estimate $250-350

Keywords

Elijah Benamozegh, Passover, printing center, North Africa, Italy