Haggadot

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A Great Resource and Price Guide for over 1000 Haggadot

Collector's Haggadah Catalogue
Includes:

Country by country place of publication within which haggadot appear in chronological order
Category codes indicating illustrators, classic and modern commentaries and commentators,translations and languages
"Comments field" providing additional descriptive information regarding each haggadah
Yaari and Yerushalmi references where applicable
Also includes:

Numerous illustrations from selected haggadot
Extensive cross-referencing Index
Appendices with a haggadot bibliography, notes on illustrators, biographical sketches of commentators, kibbutz haggadot supplement, and more.

"We believe the Collector's Haggadah Catalogue serves as a valuable price guide for the collector and as an important reference tool for librarians and institutions"
PRICE: $36

The Limited Edition Facsimile of the Moss Haggadah "Authentically Jewish in its eclectic nature" —From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress

(MOSS HAGGADAH) MOSS, David. Song of David [The Moss Haggadah] Rochester, New York: Bet Alpha Editions, 1987. Folio. Commentary volume in same large format as the facsimile, contains an introduction as well as the entire Haggadah reprinted, page by page, in rich black and white duotones. Both volumes bound in half leather and cloth with matching slipcase.

FACSIMILE EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DAVID MOSS. The vivid, intricately detailed illuminations of the Moss Haggadah, reveal layer upon layer of Jewish history. The original work was privately commissioned, in 1980 by Richard and Beatrice Levy, as a distinctly unique piece of art on vellum to become a family heirloom and object of scholarly meditation. In 1985, David Moss agreed to allow a facsimile reproduction of the Haggadah provided the copies were replicated, exactly, like the original. Having met these requirements, Moss created the companion volume to explain his research, sources, symbolism and allusions. To quote Yitz Greenberg— "The Haggadah is a breathtaking, marvelous, artistic-intellectual-religious experience."

(MOSS HAGGADAH) MOSS, David. The Moss Haggadah. Berkeley, CA: Bet Alpha Editions, 1990. Deluxe half leather and blue cloth with matching slipcase.

FIRST TRADE EDITION, second printing. One of 100 copies inscribed and signed by David Moss. An eloquent gift consisting of a full color reprinting of the original manuscript Haggadah, together with the artist's commentary written for the limited edition facsimile and adapted for this edition. Inquire also regarding availability of the now rare first trade edition, first printing ($350)

Ben Shahn Haggadah with Extra Suite

SHAHN, Ben. HAGGADAH FOR PASSOVER. Introduction and Notes by Cecil Roth. Text in English and Hebrew. Paris: Trianon Press, 1966. Folio, unsewn as issued in original glassine wrappers. Printed on Arches Grand Velin pure rag paper. Menorah frontispiece is an original lithograph Signed by the artist. In a lined vellum (parchment) box with 2 hall-marked gold clasps by Gerald Binney. Spotting to vellum case. Fine condition

Limited to 292 copies, numbered in Roman numerals. This is one of 20 copies numbered I to XX which includes an extra set of the color plates, a set of uncolored plates, and a proof state of the lithograph frontispiece. All printed on Arches Verge paper.

Haggadah contains: Frontispiece, illuminated title-page, 12 illuminated manuscript pages of the "Recital" and 10 color drawings of "An Only Kid". The artwork was reproduced in France, the typography in England. All the illustrations were reproduced from collotype, the frontispiece and title page were produced by original lithography and additional color added through stencils (up to 40 colors).

Ben Shahn was born in Lithuania in 1898, he died in1969 in New York. He executed many of his Haggadah illustrations, circa 1930. Three decades later these incredible watercolor drawings were incorporated into this marvelous printed Haggadah.

The Official Holocaust Haggadah

(HOLOCAUST HAGGADAH) WANDER, David and Yonah WEINREB. Pessach Haggadah in Memory of the Holocaust. Haifa, Israel: Goldman's Art Gallery, 1985. Portfolio, unbound. Pages measure 15" x 20 1/2". Text in Hebrew. Fine Condition.
$ 3500

FIRST EDITION limited to 250 portfolios. Commissioned in 1981 by Mr. and Mrs. Zygfryd B. Woloch of New York for their personal collection, it was later decided to publish this Haggadah for the benefit of the International Society for Yad Vashem in Israel. The powerfully, symbolic images used by American artist David Wander, employ the horrors of The Holocaust as a metaphor for that other tale of slavery and torture--- The Exodus from Egypt. As a further means of conveying the feelings of isolation and fear, Wander has chosen not to portray a single human face or figure... this as a tribute to the memory of those no longer with us. The calligraphy and micrography are by Yonah Weinreb, a Torah scribe, scholar and accomplished artist. The portfolio consists of 11 full page original prints signed and numbered by the artist, 31 illuminated pages and 13 black and white pages.

American Matzoh!

American Heritage Haggadah. Compiled and Edited by David Geffen. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 1992. 100pp. Folio. Illustrated. Stiff boards with slipcase. Near Fine Condition.
$ 265

FIRST DELUXE EDITION limited to 110 copies. In his introduction David Geffen writes of the unique place that American Judaism holds in the world. In the seders of his youth he tells of his Bubbie singing The Star Spangled Banner immediately following Had Gadya. For a family that had lost multiple members in The Holocaust, America was seen as a place of Redemption–:a proper metaphor for the story of Egyptian flight from bondage. The American Heritage Haggadah is a brilliant gathering of the Passover tradition for Americans. Presented from an historical, social, as well as religious viewpoint; the American Seder is shown in all of its traditional charm, portraying both humor and sorrow. Clippings of adverts for Kosher foods are included along with reproductions of early American haggadot, photos of historical gatherings, letters from heads of state, even a thank you letter acknowledging a soldier's seder during Operation Desert Storm! This book justly honors the Jew's season of Hope in the country that continues that inspiration.

The MAGNIFICENT Szyk Haggadah, One of 250 copies printed on Vellum -
The Passover narrative as Zionist allegory

"A book worthy to be placed among the most beautiful
of books that the hand of man has produced"
– London Times

THE SZYK HAGGADAH. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth. Hebrew and English Text. London: Beaconsfield Press (1940). Large 4to., 114pp. with 48 in color. Printed on double page pure vellum leaves. Exquisite full blue levant morocco binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt design. Original three-quarter morocco box lined in velvet. Near Fine condition.

LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF 250 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM, SIGNED BY ARTHUR SZYK AND CECIL ROTH. There could be no more a fitting subject for the milestone collaborative work of the internationally acclaimed Polish Jew, Arthur Szyk, and the eminent British scholar and historian, Dr. Cecil Roth than the Passover Haggadah. Through Szyk's efforts, as the greatest 20th century illuminator working in the style of the 16th century miniaturist painters, this Haggadah represents the culmination of the great illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages and of Haggadah illumination particularly, where every individually illuminated text is in itself a work of extraordinary artistic accomplishment as well as a work of profound scholarship. Upon its publication, The Szyk Haggadah was described by the London Times as "a book worthy to be placed among the most beautiful of books that the hand of man has produced." It took the printer three years just to gather the fine materials for its war-time production in London.
Given the unfolding events in Nazi Europe, the Haggadah became for Szyk a personal and political statement. Dedicating his Exodus narrative to King George VI, Szyk acknowledged the key role that England, his temporary place of residence, had to play in Jewish survival. Yet the British Mandate on Palestine, symbolized by its White Paper and its restrictive immigration to Palestine weighed heavily on Szyk. On the dedication page of his Haggadah, he skillfully presents his work to the King: " At the feet of your most gracious majesty I humbly lay these works of my hands, shewing forth the affliction of my people Israel." Then Szyk followed with his self-portrait, brush and palette in hand, in standing position, leaning against his illumination. Behind him he has drawn huddled Jewish refugees, to their left a passenger ship, one of the "illegal" ships hopeful of breaking the British embargo to bring Jews into Palestine. The Hebrew word "Zion" is inscribed on British castle pillars nearby.
Of his accomplishment, Szyk has written: " I am but a Jew praying in art, and if I have worked, and if I have succeeded to some degree, if I have been favorably accepted among the elite of society, I owe it all to the teachings and the traditions, and the eternal virtues of my People." This is truly one of the most magnificent illuminated books of all times, and certainly the greatest illuminated haggadah in centuries.

The [Szyk] Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: Massadah and Magen, [5716], 1956. Double-leaved pages with Hebrew and English text. Profusely illustrated. Blue velvet binding. Original 3/4 leather and blue cloth case. FIRST TRADE EDITION, and first edition printed on paper.
$ 600