Passover Haggadah - Amsterdam, 1695 Passover Haggadah service, "with a beautiful commentary and fine illustrations of the signs and wonders G-d did for our ancestors", with the commentary of R. Yitzchak Abarbanel, Amsterdam, 1695. Illustrated by the artist Avraham HaGer (German priest from Rhineland who converted to Judaism in Amsterdam) and was the first Haggadah to be illustrated with copper engravings, and one of the first Hebrew books to be illustrated with this printing method, which, as the second title page asserts, is infinitely superior to previously used woodcuts. This edition served as a prototype for many subsequent Haggadot. Dimensions: 31.5X20 cm. Missing two of the first page and the folded map at the end of the Hagada, flaws to the spine, stains.

THOMASSIN (Simon). Recueil des figures, groupes, thermes, fontaines, vases, statues, et autres ornemens de Versailles. Tels qu'ils se voyent à présent dans le château & parc. Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1695. In-4, 59 pp, partly preserved contemporary vellum binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a general title, 4 intermediate titles, a fold-out plan of Versailles and the garden, and 218 engraved plates: antique and modern statues (nos. 1 to 53), groups (54 to 85), fountains (86 to 172 including 5 fold-outs), baths and vases (173 to 218). The text, in French, Latin, Italian and Dutch, lists the statues with the name of the sculptor if not antique. Very good condition inside. Worn binding.