This Haggadah was the prototype for all future prestigious Venetian Haggados. (Cecil Roth)
IIllustrated Passover Haggadah. Venice, 1629
with Italian Translation & First Edition of the Tzli Eish commentary
Beautiful Haggadah featuring over 50 illustrations and initials with the commentary Tzli Eish by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena, which is an abridged version of Zevach Pesach by Rabbi Yitzchak Abarbanel.
This Haggadah boasts over 50 illustrations and woodcuts, along with 26 ornamental initials. Each page has a decorative border with an impressive header, and both sides of the page feature the commentary Tzli Eish on the sides. This commentary, which was first published in this Haggadah, was printed in multiple subsequent editions.
Venice, 1629. [26] leaves. Page size: 33 cm. Stains; margins reinforced and restored. The bottom line of the border on the title page was professionally restored. Original Italian marble cover.
Bibliography: Yaari Haggados #41, Otzar Hahaggados #55.
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THE Venetian Haggadah
Throughout the past millennia, the Passover Haggadah has been the most decorated and ornamented book in the Jewish library.
Early Haggadot printed in Venice, Italy were specifically extolled for their remarkable beauty, elegant designs and detailed illustrations. Some of these Haggadot featured masterful woodcuts which expressed the array of emotions the reader experiences throughout the Seder night, beginning with the hardships and adversities of the Egyptian bondage, continuing with the spectacular miracles and wonders that led to the Exodus and Splitting of the Sea, and culminating with the triumph and glory of settling in the land of our Forefathers.
Venetian Haggadot were long regarded as the model of future illustrated Haggadot and were reproduced in multiple forms for years thereafter and until this very day.
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