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[Arthur Szyk, illustrator]. The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth. London: Beaconsfi...
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[Arthur Szyk, illustrator]. The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth. London: Beaconsfield Press, Ltd., [1940].4to. Text in Hebrew and English, PRINTED ON VELLUM in variously colored inks; 14 full-page and numerous smaller color halftone reproductions of Szyk's drawings including decorative initials, vignettes and border decorations. Original blue crushed levant morocco, covers ruled in gilt enclosing a large design after Szyk of a seated Hebrew prophet, spine gilt-ruled in compartments, gilt-lettered in two, a gilt emblem in the others, turn-ins gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, silk doublures printed with a monochromatic illustration of Moses supporting the Ten Commandments. Housed in original velvet-lined three-quarter morocco folding case gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
LIMITED EDITION, number 11 of 125 deluxe copies SIGNED BY SZYK AND ROTH for sale in the United States of America. Szyk's masterpiece, and the greatest Haggadah of the 20th century, juxtaposes the traditional Passover narrative with the anti-Semitism of the Nazi era. The entire edition of the celebrated Szyk Haggadah was finely printed in color on vellum in an edition of 250 copies (125 for sale in Great Britain).
Condition: A few minor dark spots to covers; else, volume very fine.
Provenance: Property from the Ehrlich Collection.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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