Scarce edition of Sephardic Haggadah printed in London, with parallel text in Hebrew and Spanish.

The illustrative plates in these Haggadot (after the London Haggadah of 1806) were printed separately on unnumbered leaves and their number varies between different copies, missing completely in some. Yudlov lists it with 7 illustrations and 5 maps, while Yerushalmi lists it with 3 maps and 'various engravings on separate sheets'.

'This, the only Spanish translation of the Haggadah to be printed in London, is also an example of the survival into the nineteenth century of the Spanish language among the Sephardic Jews of England.' (Yerushalmi 85). Although based on the earlier London Haggadah of 1806, also printed by Levi Alexander, this augmented edition included several innovations and a Haroset recipe on the last page.

This Haggadah was dedicated to Don Aaron Cardozo (1762–1834), a Jewish merchant of Sephardic origin, a British patriot and one of the foremost citizens of Gibraltar of his time. He was consul for the Beys of Tunis and Algiers and was one of the principal landowners of Gibraltar (cf. Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 3, p. 575; Enc. Judaica, vol. 5, col. 163). In 1798 Cardozo was instrumental in uncovering the conspiracy to betray the fortress to the French, Cardozo was publicly thanked for his services before a parade of the garrison. During the Napoleonic Wars Cardozo supplied Gibraltar with water and provisions, and before the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, he undertook a similar mission on behalf of Lord Nelson.

Small 4to (24.5 x 19.8 cm); 4 illustration plates (including frontispiece) and one folding map (with a tear, professionally repaired without loss) unnumbered, some occasional staining, contemporary morocco, neatly rebacked, gilt borders, marbled endpapers, corners rubbed; ownership dedication and signature in brown ink to front endpaper, dated '20 Mars 1823'. Text in Hebrew and Judeo-Spanish. [5], 19 ll.

Vinograd, London 197; Yudlov 544; Yaari 381; Yerushalmi 85; Harvard 24:19.