Haggadah and History: a panorama in facsimile of five centuries of the printed Haggadot from the collections of Harvard University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America - By Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1976. Second and correct edition.
A facsimile summary of 500 years of printing the Passover Haggadah. Hundreds of title pages and sample pages from the special, beautiful and rare Passover Haggadot that have been published in the Hebrew printing press since its inception. From the collections of Harvard University and the Jewish Theological Seminary in America. In each page of the book on the right a page from the Haggadah and on the left a concise explanation of its year, the printing and its special features, starting with the Soncino Haggadah in 1486, continuing with incunabula Haggadahs printed in Italy, Germany, and Prague, Amsterdam Haggadot [Facsimile of the folded map is the same size as the original], Venice, the illustrated from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the first Haggadot published in America in the nineteenth century, and the Haggadahs from the 20th century - including an extensive chapter with a comprehensive review of the Haggadot published in or near World War II The non-traditional kibbutzim Haggadot, Haggadot of the Jewish Brigade, and more.
494 [4] pp. Hard cover. Cutting red pages. Good - very good condition.
