The Venice Haggadah, 1609. The eight-day holiday of Pesach starts with Seder night, held on the first two nights. Symbolic ritual items of food have to be eaten in a set order, which are reminders of the Egyptian bondage and the flight to freedom. There is a book called Haggadah, which is basically the script of the evening; in addition to the retelling of the historical events, it includes various related stories and parables, prayers to be recited, songs to be sung. The Haggadah has the most editions among published books in the world; the first printed versions appeared prior to 1500, in the era of incunabulum. The Venice Haggadah is the first type of haggadah that besides the full text contains illustrations made of woodcuts.