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Passover Haggadah – Printed on Parchment – Wilhermsdorf, 1715 – Parchment Copy - Passover Haggadah, with allusions relating to the mitzvot of Pesach, kabbalistic commentary and abridged laws of Pesach, from Kitzur Shnei Luchot HaBrit. Wilhermsdorf: Hirsch son of Chaim of Fürth, 1715. Complete copy, printed entirely on parchment. Fine decorated title frame. With halachot in Yiddish in Tzenah URenah typeface, with Yiddish translation in Tzenah URenah typeface of Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yodea and Chad Gadya. [2], 13 leaves. 31 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including many dampstains and food stains (some dark). Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves, including tears to title page, affecting title frame, mostly repaired. Fading of text in several places. Fine new parchment binding. A similar edition was printed the same year, with variants on first two leaves only, which were reprinted. References: 1. Moshe N. Rosenfeld, Jewish Printing in Wilhermsdorf, London, 1995, p. 71, no. 58. 2. Aron Freimann, Die hebräischen Pergamentdrucke, Zeitschrift für hebräische Bibliographie, 15, Frankfurt a. M., 1911, p. 87, No. 126. 3. Brad Sabin Hill, Catalogue of Hebrew Books Printed on Vellum, in: Books Printed on Vellum in the Collections of the British Library, compiled by R. C. Alston. London, British Library, 1996, pp. 204-205 (C.50•.d.2.). Otzar HaHaggadot 128.