Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Die Pessach-Haggadah Des Gerschom Kohen Prag 5287/1527 [INCLUDING BOOKLET]

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Berlin: Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des Judischen Buches/Josef Altmann, 1926. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/800?. Small folio. 75 unpaginated pages [+ 14 page booklet]. Vellum over marbled paper boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Pages uncut. Top edge gilt. The work is a finely produced facsimile reproducing the original text and woodcut illustrations of Gershom Kohen's Prague Haggadah of 1527. Laid in at the front cover is a finely printed 14 page booklet, acting as an German-language preface and commentary to the text of the Haggadah, providing context and history to the publication. This book is the first part in the larger series Monumenta Hebreica et Judaica. Text in Hebrew, booklet in German.

Binding with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Endpapers foxed with sporadic minor to light foxing throughout the text of the book and the pamphlet. Binding in very good, interior in good condition overall. Scarce. g to vg. Item #44342

*Alternate title Haggada sel Pesach.

Price: $275.00