The Hagadah shel Pesaḥ : containing the ceremonies and prayers which are used by all families, in all houses of the Israelites, the two first nights of Passover : faithfully translated from the original Hebrew : to which is added, the explanations theron / translated by A. Alexander and assistants.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alexander, Alexander, 1742-1801, translator.

Gilbert, W., printer.

Standardized Title:

Haggadah. English & Hebrew.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Haggadot--Texts.

Haggadot.

Seder--Liturgy--Texts.

Seder.

Seder--Liturgy.

Judaism--Sephardic rite--Liturgy--Texts.

Judaism.

Judaism--Sephardic rite--Liturgy.

Genre:

Texts.

Penn Provenance:

Fleisher, Beth Maxine (donor) (CJS Rare copy)

Rivera, Hannah Lopez, 1767-1848 (former owner) (inscription) (CJS Rare copy)

Phillips, Arthur (autograph) (CJS Rare copy)

Physical Description:

lxxvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 17 cm (12mo)

Fingerprint:

l.ty ofit d.of **** (3) 5530 (Z)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the translator by W. Gilbert, A.M. 5530 [that is, 1770]

Language Note:

Hebrew and English.

Summary:

First translation of Haggadah into English, for the use of the Sephardic community. Another issue, which includes the hymn Adir hu and the song Ḥad gadya, was published for the Ashkenazic community. Cf. Yerushalmi.

Notes:

The words "Hagadah shel Pesaḥ" in title are printed in Hebrew characters.

Signatures: [A]⁶ B-F⁶ [G]⁴(-[G]4?).

Engraved frontispiece plate (Moses killing the Egyptian).

Woodcut head- and tail-pieces.

Local Notes:

CJS Rare copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Beth Maxine Fleisher.

CJS Rare copy has dated 18th-century ms. ownership inscription ("Miss Hannah Lopez's Book Nov. 3d 1786 Newport Rhode Island") of Hannah Lopez Rivera (1767-1848) in brown ink on verso of frontispiece plate.

CJS Rare copy has dated 19th-century autograph ("Arthur Phillips 5632-1872") in pencil on front free endpaper.

CJS Rare copy bound in one quarter leather over marbled paper boards; spine and boards damaged.

CJS Rare copy: leaf [G]3 mutilated with loss of almost all text.

Cited in:

Vinograd, Y. Otsar ha-sefer ha-ʻIvri, 53

Vinograd, Y. Thesaurus of the Hebrew book, 53

Yerushalmi, Y. Haggadah and history, 74

Yudlov, Y. Haggadah thesaurus, 258

OCLC:

20275766