Hagadah Shel Pesah, or Service for the Two First Nights of Passover

Published by Printed for and by L. Alexander, London, 5566

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Quarto. 5pp. [5 un-numbered pages], leaves 1-6, 4pp., leaf 7, 4pp., leaves 8-14, 2pp., leaf 15, 2pp., leaves 16-20, 2pp., leaf 21, [5 pages], 3pp., 3pp., 2pp. Interleaved throughout the pagination with a total of 8 un-numbered plates of copperplate engravings (including the frontispiece) and 3 folding maps. Housed in a modern custom black cloth slipcase. Black morocco boards. Covers bordered with decorative blind-stamped tooling. Pages uncut. The scarce fourth edition of the Haggadah translated into English and assembled by pioneering British printer of works in Hebrew, Alexander Alexander (d.1807). The first edition, originally published in 1770 (London), was the the first in the English language, and was very popular, going through at least five editions. By the time of this fourth edition (published by Alexander's son Levy Alexander) the work had incorporated content from the other notable early British Haggadah by David Levi (1742-1801), originally published in 1794. The text of the Passover seder is printed in English with the corresponding content in Hebrew printed on the verso of the leaves. A few sections including "Adir Hu", Ehad mi Yodea" and Had Gadya", contain brief translations and instructions in Yiddish, printed in Judeo-German script in small font. Interleaved throughout are an additional 23 pages of text commentary in English by Alexander, as well as the previously mentioned illustrated plates and maps. The work was originally issued with the frontispiece of the "High Priest", with the purchaser able to buy any number of the additional plates and maps offered. Some copies include an additional folding map titled "the Land of Canaan". There is a three page subscriber's list is printed at the rear. Binding with some minor rubbing and bumping to extremities, including the hinges of the spine. Interior with sporadic minor to light foxing a water stains to a number of pages throughout, including some of the plates. Binding in very good-, interior in good condition overall. Scarce. Hebrew title: ???? ?? ???? Bibliographic references: Yaari 345, Vingorad: London 172, Yudlov 498.…

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Title
Hagadah Shel Pesah, or Service for the Two First Nights of Passover
Author
Alexander, Alexander (trans. and ed.); David Levi (contributor)
Publisher
Printed for and by L. Alexander, London
Publication year
5566
Condition
g to vg-
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Fourth edition.
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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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