MISIR HATIRASI, HER HAKKI MAHFUZDUR. AGAD’A SEL PESAH
Istanbul: Sebat Matbaasi, 1932. Item #43313
First edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 8vo, 32 pages including illustrations. 19 cm. In Ladino. Title in Hebrew, Turkish and Ladino. Title translates as “Memory of Egypt.”
Ladino translation of the Haggadah done by David Mechoulam.This Haggadah features text in Latinized script which indicates it was published after modernizing language reforms that were enacted in the Republic of Turkey in 1920. It also features woodcut illustrations reproduced from earlier Venetian Haggadah which, according to scholar Devin Naar, showed a renewed interest in illustrated printed Haggadot amongst Sephardi communities.
SUBJECT(S): Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts. Haggadot -- Texts. Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Ladino language -- Texts. OCLC: 977936829. OCLC locates only 2 copies worldwide (Harvard & UToronto)
Some discoloration to cover, some worming and other wear, but otherwise in Good Condition. (HAG-27-1).
Price: $375.00