Passover Haggadah, Venice, 1609, printed by Rabbi Yisrael Ben Daniel HaZafroni in Venice – magnificent facsimile, original edition, Jerusalem 1974. Numbered copy.
From the foreword by Prof. Bezalel Narkis: “The Venice Haggadah is one of the three earliest illustrated Haggadahs that were printed. After the Prague Haggadah that was published in 1526 and the Mantova Haggadah that was printed in 1560, the Venice Haggadah constitutes the height of the development of the Haggadah decorated with woodcuts”.
Copy no. 436 from 1300 numbered copy. With an English booklet containing the foreword by Bezalel Narkis.
Magnificent collectors edition, with thick, high-quality cardboard leaves and a leather binding with a gilt impression.
Very fine condition, except for light blemishes to the binding.