First Illustrated Haggadah with English Translation Printed in America
New York, 1866
Haggadah with English translation in facing columns with illustrations.
The Haggadah features 9 half-page illustrations and another 10 miniature illustrations depicting the Ten Plagues (side 21).
This was the first edition of a Haggadah printed in the United States with illustrations interwoven into the text.
The present Haggadah is particularly rare; the Jerusalem National Library does not possess a copy of it. It was recorded in Otzar Hahaggados based on a copy in a private collection.
New York, 1866. Page Count: 60 sides.
Page Size: 22 cm.
Condition: Several wine stains and minor breakage in margins. New half-leather binding.
Bibliography:
Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America #133
Otzar Hahaggados #1283
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