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Dec 26, 2017
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Passover Haggadah with Italian Translation and Illustrations - Venice, 1740

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Passover Haggadah with Italian Translation and Illustrations - Venice, 1740
Passover Haggadah with the Abravanel commentary and 'Tzli Esh' by Rabbi Yehuda of Modena, with Italian translation [in Hebrew letters] and illustrations. Venice, [1740].
Ya'ari 115; Otzar Ha'Haggadot 187.
Approximately half of the text of the title page is printed with red ink. Throughout the Haggadah, impressive, wooden-etched illustrations.
The Haggadah is in accordance with the tradition of Rome. On the last page, the poem "Elmechtiger Gutt" in Jewish-Ashkenazic. Printed according to the Venice edition 1529. In 1740, three editions of this Haggadah were printed: in Italian (the one before us), in Ladino and in Ashkenazic.
[25] leaves. 33 cm.
Condition: fair. Stains and tears - some of them in the illustrations. Moth signs and wear. Omissions in text in several places. Non-professional restorations.