Passover Haggadah, with halachic rulings for the Seder night by Rabbi Chaim Benveniste, author of Knesset HaGedolah, and with Judeo-Arabic translation by the printer, R. Elazar Iraki. Calcutta (India), 1841. [3], 49 leaves, 19 cm. Blue and white paper. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Restored damages to title page. Owners' signature and stamps. New, half-vellum binding. Otzar HaHaggadot 841. The first Haggadah and the third book printed in Calcutta. The printer, R. Elazar Iraki, a Yemenite Jew, immigrated to India and established an important printing press in Calcutta.
Passover Haggadah, with halachic rulings for the Seder night by Rabbi Chaim Benveniste, author of Knesset HaGedolah, and with Judeo-Arabic translation by the printer, R. Elazar Iraki. Calcutta (India), 1841. [3], 49 leaves, 19 cm. Blue and white paper. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Restored damages to title page. Owners' signature and stamps. New, half-vellum binding. Otzar HaHaggadot 841. The first Haggadah and the third book printed in Calcutta. The printer, R. Elazar Iraki, a Yemenite Jew, immigrated to India and established an important printing press in Calcutta.
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