SEDER HA-HAGADAH LE-LEL SHIMURIM ... :... LE-LESHON ZERFAT ...HAGGADA; OU CÉRÉMONIES RELIGIEUSES DESD ISRAÉLITES PENDANT LES DEUX PREMIÉRES SOIRÉES DE PÂQUES; ORNÉE DE 4 JOLIES GRAVURES ... TRADUCTION NOUVELLE PAR A. BEN-BARUCH [CRÉHANGE]: סדר ההגדה לליל שמורים : ... נעתק ללשון צרפת מאתי אלכסנדר בן ברוך. [מהדורה ראשונה].

Paris: Bureau de la Paix, 1847. 1st edition. Period half-leather, 12mo, xvii pages + 61 leaves. Includes illustrations.; 18 cm. In French. Title translates as, "The Hagadah, or Religious Ceremonies of the Israelites During the First Two Evenings of Easter; Decorated with 4 Attractive Engravings. A New Translation..." Yaari no. 669. The First Hagadah Published in Paris.
Alexandre ben Baruch Créhange (1791-1872), "who wrote under the pen name Ben Baruch, was a French Jewish writer and communal leader....Créhange was one of the ten founders of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, of which he served as vice-president in 1863-1864, and would later become secretary of the Comité de Bienfaisance Israélite and the Consistoire central....
A supporter of the French Revolution of 1848, he published ‘La Marseillaise du travail', in which he provided new words to La Marseillaise to celebrate the cause of the proletariat, and a pamphlet purporting to show how the Tanakh prescribes a republic as the optimal form of government. At the same time, he became the spokesman for the Parisian Orthodox community in a series of disputes with the Consistoire central, which he saw as representing the interests of the Jewish elite.
In 1848 he organized the Club démocratique des fidèles, which promoted republicanism and civic responsibility, and started a weekly periodical, La Vérité, in which he defended the rights of the Orthodox.
He ardently lobbied for the introduction of universal male suffrage in consistorial elections.Créhange also advocated against the heavy taxes imposed by the Consistoire on meat sold by butchers that it authorized as kosher, the sale of seats and aliyot in the synagogue, the costly dues for burial rites and plots, and the ban on private prayer assemblies" (Wikipedia).
SUBJECT(S): Passover -- Prayers and devotions. Passover. OCLC: 122868840. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (National Library of France, JTSA, Manhattanville Col, NLI, Ets Haim).
Some stains, light toning to paper, binding very nice inside and out, Very Good Condition. Scarce, important and attractive! (Hag-25-20).