Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

AUCTION 13

June 26, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

AUCTION 13 - JUNE 26TH 2001
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts
Together With
Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art
The Property of Various Owners Including
The Late Dr. T. Schrire, Cape Town, South Africa
Property Formerly in the Collection of Gustave Tuck, London (1857-1942)
A Prominent Collector, South of the Equator
The W.O Thrift Shop Inc., Sold to Benefit The UJA-Federation of New York
The summer sale featured an unusually large collection of books on an extensive range of topics. Included were 16th Century Hebraic theological texts and 20th Century illustrated books by artists including Steinhardt, Struck, Raskin and Ryback in addition to a broad collection of American Judaica. A number of objects from the Bezalel School of Jerusalem were sold as well as various Struck paintings and intriguing posters of Jewish life and anti semitica.

Highlights of the sale included :
(prices include 15% buyer’s premium)

The First Complete Jewish Prayer-Book Printed in the New World, According to the Order of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. One of The Singular Most Important Printed Books of Jewish Americana. Sold for: $44,850. Lot 135
First Bomberg Edition of Masechta Avodah Zarah [Idolatry]. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc. 1520. Sold for: $17,250.
Notable sermon preached in London on the public fast day appointed by King George III to mark the revolt of the American colonies. London 1777. Sold for: $24,150; twice the high estimate.
Die Zehn Plagen. Ten woodcuts by Jakob Steinhardt. One of twelve numbered copies on Japon paper. Each signed by artist in pencil lower right. Sold for: $3,220.
A first edition commentary to former prophets by the reknown Don Isaac Abarbanel. Pesaro 1511. Sold for: $20,700; more than four times the high estimate.

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(BIBLE $7,000.00
(BIBLE $800.00
(CHESS) $1,800.00
(REFORM $1,500.00
MIZRACH $10,000.00
(POSTER) $1,500.00
(POSTER). $900.00
(LITURGY) $700.00
Chad Gadya. $2,000.00
(POSTCARDS) $2,500.00
Divrei Shir. $700.00
(HOLOCAUST). $900.00
Cylindrical case with tapered handle and cut out crown with pendant bell forming top; the whole machine-tooled with basket-weave decoration as well as foliate and shield engraving. Silver thumbpiece. Case marked at center and on pull. H: 355mm. $1,800.00
SILVER SEDER APPURTENANCE IN FORM OF WHEELBARROW. Germany, ca. 1900. $1,200.00
HIGHLY UNUSUAL STAINLESS STEEL SEDER PLATE. Munich, 1924; Haim ben David Schwed. $1,500.00
SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP. Austro-Hungary, 1866 - 1922. $3,000.00
SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP. Austro-Hungary, ca. 1890. $5,000.00
UNUSUAL SILVER SYNAGOGUE CANDLABRUM. Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1930; Master: Robert Sturm. $1,500.00
UNUSUAL SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP. Hungary, 1866 - 1937. $3,500.00
LARGE SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP. Austro-Hungary, 1866 - 1922. $2,000.00
SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP. Germany, ca. 1900. $1,500.00
ATTRACTIVE PARTIALLY GILT SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP. Warsaw,1860; Master: Pogorzelski. $7,000.00
SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP. Warsaw, ca. 1890; Master: M. Charlap. $1,000.00
Cast backplate depicts scene of lighting of Temple Menorah within semi-circle, with decorative swirls; below, band with Hebrew passage from Hanukkah service, supported by twisted columns. Candleholders on footed tray. H: 215mm. Lacking servant light. $900.00
SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP. Baghdad, Iraq, 20th century. $800.00
BRONZE HANUKKAH LAMP. New York, 1926 - 1941. $700.00
IMPRESSIVE BRASS HANUKKAH LAMP. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, 1916. $3,000.00
On a cast curved bar with three feet, eight cylindrical candleholders are each set within a flame-form brass element; the servant light is set off at the end. Marked on base. W: 250mm. $700.00
PAIR OF GILT WOODEN SYNAGOGUE LIONS. Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, early 20th century. $5,000.00
Silver pointer, stave in two sections, upper section of baluster form with acanthus leaf decoration, two tiered finial with pendant chain; lower section tubular, with gilt cast hand with extended index finger. Marked on hand. L: 290mm. $500.00
Consisting of slightly tapered rod ornamented with twisted grapevine; at top, crown with cast lion and shield finial; at base, cast hand with cuff and extended index finger. Marked on lion. L: 190mm. $800.00
TORAH POINTER. Origin uncertain, probably Central Europe, 19th century. $700.00
PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS. Austro-Hungary, 1866 - 1922. $1,500.00
FRAMED PAINTED SYNAGOGUE CLOCK. Odobest, Romania, 19th century. $700.00
EXTREMELY RARE GILT SILVER SUKAH KEY. Birmingham, England, 1919. $4,000.00
IMPRESSIVE BRASS HANGING SABBATH LAMP. Continental, 19th century. $2,500.00
SILVER HANGING SABBATH LAMP. Continental, possibly Italy, 19th century. $2,000.00
PAIR OF FINE SILVER CANDLESTICKS. Berlin, 19th century. $2,000.00
Square base, three tiered, supporting slightly tapered square shaft which rises to support capital and urn form candleholder with beaded bobeche. Engraved and embossed overall with garlands and blossoms. Marked on base. H: 240mm. $1,500.00
On three cast foliate feet, stepped domed base from which rises baluster shaft topped by candleholder with broad rim. Overall foliate and geometric machine chasing. Marked on base and upper stem. H: 345mm. Some wear. $1,000.00
BRASS SABBATH CANDELABRUM. Poland, 18th century. $3,000.00
Chair with skirted sides, hinged seat opens to reveal box; back cut out and engraved with birds, geometric and organic forms, the whole gilt. Seat and sides engraved with foral motifs. Marked on seat and base. H: 75mm. $600.00
Handle with swirl decoration and appropriate engraved Hebrew inscriptions on either side; stainless steel blade. Marked. L: 280mm. $600.00
IMPORTANT SILVER GOBLET. Nürnberg, Johann Friedrich Ehe, 1794 - 1797. $8,000.00
SILVER KIDDUSH CUP. Germany, early 20th century; Master: Posen. $3,000.00
Four lobed beaker, convex seams forming points at reinforced lip; gilt interior. Matching coaster on three ball feet, three-dimensional petal form rim with rounded edge. Marked inside cup and on coaster. Cup H: 95mm; coaster Diam: 140mm. $2,000.00
SILVER KIDDUSH CUP. Germany, late 19th century. $800.00
SILVER KIDDUSH CUP. Poland, late 19th century, inscribed in Safed. $3,000.00
SILVER KIDDUSH CUP. Bezalel Schoool, Jerusalem, ca. 1935; Master: Isaac Carmi. $900.00
Rising from square base with central domed section, stemmed goblet with one ribbed knob, petalled lower section, flared rim. Engraved Hebrew inscription from Havdalah service. Marked on base. H: 125mm. $600.00
UNUSUAL SILVER AND GLASS KIDDUSH CUP. Origin uncertain, early 20th century. $1,000.00
THREE SILVER KIDDUSH CUPS. Kiev, 1889 - 1895. $1,000.00
A: Engraved flexible scales, hinged head with ruby eyes, cast fin. Marked on tail. L: 175mm. B: Flexible scales, hinged head with ruby eyes, cast fins. Includes silver and cork stopper. Marked on tail and inside lip at neck. L: 120mm. $800.00
Octagonal windmill on square tapered base supported by four ball feet. Building chased with masonry details; includes windows, functioning door, four openwork blades; two cast figures stand at edges of base. Marked on base. H: 100mm. Loss at top. $800.00
On domed round foot, realistic three-dimensional sunflower in pot, with cast bird sitting on leaf. Leaves and petals engraved, flower pierced; front of flower removeable. Marked on base, pot, and upper section. H: 180mm. $2,500.00
TWO SILVER SPICE CONTAINERS. A: Germany, early 20th century; B: Origin uncertain, early 20th century. $800.00
On trefoil foot with convex sides, stem with two knobs supports egg-shaped container with machine tooled zig-zag and petal decoration, incuding Star of David beneath stem with pennant. Marked on base and pennant. H: 165mm. $700.00
SILVER COMPENDIUM FOR HAVDALAH. Germany, last quarter 19th century. $10,000.00
SILVER ROSEWATER BOTTLE. North Africa or Syria, 19th century. $500.00
TWO ROSEWATER BOTTLES. A: Silver, Cochin, India, early 20th century; B: Silver and ceramic, Fez, Morocco, late 19th - early 20th century. $700.00
Perfume bottle form, on domed round foot, octagonal faceted body, slightly tapered stem with decorative rings, broad lip. Overal engraved with papyrus and foliate decoration. H: 240mm. $300.00
Perfume bottle form, domed base, bowl faceted with concave sections and bell form top, supporting shaft,broad top section with pierced center. Engraved organic decoration on body. Hebrew blessing for spices engraved on base. H: 280mm. $500.00
LARGE TIN CHARITY BOX. Palestine, early 20th century. $600.00
COPPER AND SILVER CHARITY BOX. Antwerp, 1939. $500.00
TIN CHARITY BOX. Jerusalem, ca. 1940. $400.00
UNUSUAL PEWTER CHARITY PLATE. Germany or Holland, 1744. $2,000.00
UNIQUE SET OF TEN BIBLICAL PEWTER PLATES. Germany, 18th century. $12,000.00
IMPRESSIVE FRAMED SILK EMBROIDERY. England, late 17th century. $5,000.00
ELEGANT TWO SIDED SILVER FRAMED MIRROR. Persia (possibly Isfahan), 19th century. $5,000.00
UNUSUAL FRAMED EMBROIDERED HEBREW SAMPLER. Hamburg, Germany, 1849. $7,000.00
SILVER MEZUZAH CASE WITH SCROLL. Eastern Europe, late 19th century. $1,000.00
RARE MIZRACH EMBROIDERED ON PAPER. U.S.A or Germany, probably early 20th century. $3,000.00
BRONZE BOX FOR MEMORIAL LIGHT. Germany, ca. 1920. $600.00
Footed beaker, broad base, cup tapering from top, engraved foliate bands on base, geometric and organic decoration between sections of cup, engraved Hebrew inscription, gilt interior. H: 125mm. No marks found. $1,500.00
PEWTER PLATE FOR PIDYON HABEN CEREMONY. Alsace or Germany, ca. 1830. $5,000.00
COPPER CUP FOR BURIAL SOCIETY. U. S.A. 1830 - 1840. $3,500.00
Bone handled steel knife, hasp marked “Debrecen.” Blade engraved wtih rampant lions bearing shield engraved in Hebrew "Samuel." L: 520mm. Housed in fitted wooden box with brown felt interior. Worn. $300.00
BRASS PEN CASE. Turkey or Palestine, late 19th - early 20th century. $1,500.00
PRAYER-BOOK IN SILVER PANELLED BINDING. BOOK: Tephilah mikol Hashanah. Aschkenazi rite. Amsterdam, 1755. (Vinograd, Amsterdam 1720) BINDING: Probably Italy, ca. 1900. $1,200.00
Identical pieces, slightly domed rectangles with angled corners, with four loops at back; filigree trim, engraved with Hebrew amuletic inscriptions. W: 90mm. No marks found. Red cord added. $500.00
Recto: Face with Hebrew numerals and separate dial for second hand. Verso: Embossed and engraved image of Moses with Decalogue; foliate bands encircle both faces. No marks found. Diam: 50mm. Crystal replaced. $1,500.00
SILVER BELT BUCKLE. Morocco, probably early 20th century. $500.00
SILVER CIGARETTE BOX. Bialystok, Poland, 1937. $600.00
In form of six elongated petals with twisted finial, attached to round plate with Hebrew inscription, "Nathan, son of the Priest, David”, and Latin initials N.G. No marks found. H: 35mm. Some wear. $1,000.00
GOLD AND AMBER PENDANT SEAL. Italy, 18th century. $2,000.00
The silver ring splits into two bands from sides, bearing cabochon amber in silver bezel. Amber engraved with the last Hebrew letters of the first five verses of Genesis. No marks found. Diam: 25mm. Some wear. $1,000.00
Silver box with clam shell form mother of pearl lid set within silver frame. Lid carved with scene of the Binding of Isaac. Undecipherable marks inside base. W: 75mm. $700.00
After the Titanic sank in April, 1912, Cantor Rosenblatt, Cantor of the First Hungarian Congregation Ohab Zedek, recorded the memorial prayer “El Mole Rachamin fur Titanik.” Disc size: Diam: 300mm. $700.00
Smooth surfaced tongs, broad curved upper section, spoon terminals. Engraved monogram at top. Marked on interior. L: 140mm. $300.00
Ringed dome base topped by faceted cup with reinforced lip; base and lip gadrooned. H: 50mm. Marked on base. $300.00
FOUR SILVER DISHES. Iraq, before 1948. $600.00
FOUR ITEMS OF CERAMIC NOVELTY TABLEWARE. U.S.A., contemporary; designed by Tsvi. $800.00
CERAMIC "LEVY'S RYE" ASHTRAY. Japan,1960’s. $300.00
On ring base, bulbous bowl, pinched below lip with fluted edge. Ornamented handle. Gilt trim and printed Yiddish inscription: "A gift from Independent Worker Wing, Bazaar Committee, Boston, Mass." Marked on base. H: 90mm. $300.00
In center, profile bust of Sir Moses, with Hebrew initials below; raised rim with "Sir Moses Montefiore" and organic and linear decoration. Diam: 270mm. Mild wear. $300.00
SILVER FOOTED TRAY. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920. $1,000.00
TWO MEZUZAH CASES. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, mid-20th century. $500.00
BRASS PICTURE FRAME. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, mid-20th century. $2,000.00
BRASS SHELL CASE VASE. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, 1917; Master: Raphael Avraham Shalem. $1,000.00
DECORATIVE BRASS PLATE. Palestine, ca. 1940. $900.00
BRASS CIGAR BOX. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1925. $1,800.00
Stepped reinforced base; body broadens to lip; fluted, with elaborately framed applique brass medallion depicting the Spies Carrying the Grapes. Marked "Bezalel Jerusalem" above and beneath medallion. H: 180mm. $500.00
BRASS PITCHER. North Africa or Palestine, early 20th century. $600.00
BOSBOOM, JOHANNES. $12,000.00
(ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH). Synagogue, Dukes Place, Hounsditch. Hand-colored engraving by Rowlandson, extracted from The Microcosm of London. $500.00
Woodcut. Depicting the Seven Days of Creation and Festivals. Flanked by a Jew at prayer and Jewish pioneer. Signed by artist in pencil lower right. $300.00
Chassid Embracing Torah Scroll. $1,500.00
Charcoal on paper. Initialed by artist in charcoal lower right. $1,500.00
HermannStruck.Fullportraitseated,facingleft.Etching.Widemargins.Signedbytheartistinpencillowerright,andtitled. $500.00
Father and Son at Study. Oil on card, signed by artist lower right. $900.00
Group of twelve engraved plates of Dutch-Jewish 18th century life and ceremony. Including Eight from Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde. $1,800.00
Group of c.120 postcards of Jewish New Year Greetings. Handful with inscriptions. Contained within album. $4,000.00
Group of c.69 postcards featuring portraits of literary, rabbinic, scholarly and political Jewish heroes. Contained within album. $700.00
Group of c.99 Jewish New Year Greeting cards. Numerous styles. Handful with inscriptions. Contained within album. $2,000.00
"Visit Palestine." Views of the Old City of Jerusalem and beyond, from beneath a shaded tree. Accomplished in tones of yellow, brown, black, etc. $1,500.00
"Tentoonstelling Tegen De Vrijmetselarij." Depicting the three skulls of "Koning, Kerk and Leger" over a large Star of David set against a striking black background. $900.00
Die Zehn Plagen. ONE OF TWELVE NUMBERED COPIES on Japon paper. Ten woodcuts. Each signed by artist in pencil lower right. $1,500.00
*Two watercolors of Haifa Views. Morning on Carmel. Landscape at Dawn. Signed, titled and dated by artist in ink.** $1,500.00
*Two watercolors of Central Park, New York. Central Park, Fifth Avenue. Central Park South. Signed, titled and dated by artist in ink.** $1,500.00
Albert Einstein. Bust-portrait facing right. Etching. Signed by artist in pencil lower left and by subject lower right. Artist's monogram in the plate, numbered 54/ 100. $600.00
Profile portrait of a gentleman facing right. Etching, rust colored. Signed by artist in pencil lower right. Artist's monogram in the plate, top left. $400.00
Two Jewish Gentlemen in Meditative Poses. Etching. Signed by artist in pencil lower left. Artist's monogram in the plate, numbered 26/ 100. $400.00
Lush Country Landscape. Oil on canvas laid to board. Signed and dated by artist in pencil lower right. Unframed. $3,000.00
Amerika. Foreword by Arthur Holitscher. ONE OF 100 NUMBERED COPIES. Twenty etchings by Struck. Each signed by Struck in pencil below image. Additionally signed and dated by the artist on front-free end paper in ink. $1,800.00
Italien. Poems by Hermann Hesse. ONE OF 22 NUMBERED COPIES printed on Van Gelder. Twenty etchings by Struck. Each etching signed by Struck in pencil below image. $1,500.00
Land Israel. ONE OF 100 NUMBERED COPIES. Twenty five etchings. Each signed by Struck in pencil below image. With five accomplished on blue paper and eleven including artist's monogram in the plate and dated. $2,000.00
Perush Nevi’im Rishonim [commentary to Former Prophets] $5,000.00
Nachlath Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, with text] $1,000.00
(“Leone Ebreo”). Dialoghi di Amore (“Conversations on Love”) $1,000.00
Menorath Hama’or [“Lamp of Illumination”-ethics] $5,000.00
ABRAHAM BEN SOLOMON AKRA $900.00
Shirath Dodi [Table of contents of the Mishnayoth in Massechta Shabbath, with commentary] $500.00
(RaSHB”A). Torath HaBayith Ha’Aruch [Rabbinic law]. With critical commentary “Bedek HaBayith” by Aaron HaLevi of Barcelona and the author’s response “Mishmereth HaBayith” $3,000.00
Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text] $2,500.00
Chavatzeleth Hasharon [commentary to Book of Daniel, with text] $4,000.00
Brant Shpigel [ethics]. Translated into Yiddish by Pinchas Heilpron. $900.00
THOROWGOOD, THOMAS. Jews in America, or, Probabilities That those Indians are Judaical, made more probable by some Additions to the former Conjectures. $1,500.00
(BIBLE). Sepher Tehillim-The Book of Psalmes. $900.00
(AMERICAN JUDAICA). $5,000.00
BRANDON, BENJAMIN RAPHAEL DIAS. Emek Binyamin [on the precepts, with supplement of responsa] $700.00
D’AZEVEDO, MOSES COHEN. Orden de la oracion que fue hecha en la synagoga de la nacion portuguesa y espanola, en esta ciudad de Londres, en Viernes 13 de Deziembre 1776…Que fue el dia de ayuno que se celebro por orden de su Magestad el Rey Jorge… $12,000.00
(AMERICAN JUDAICA). $7,000.00
Prayers for Shabbath, Rosh-Hashanah and Kippur…According to the Order of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Translated by Isaac Pinto. $40,000.00
(AMERICAN JUDAICA) $1,000.00
Gomez, Isaac. Selections of a Father for the Use of his Children. In Prose and Verse. $1,800.00
JUDAH, SAMUEL. Gotham and the Gothamites, a Medley [satire directed against more than a hundred prominent citizens of New York] $500.00
Origin of the Rites and Worship of the Hebrews. Minutely detailed engraving by Julius Bien. Upper portion creased and torn not affecting image, backed. 640x950 mm sheet size. $1,500.00
Falk, Joshua. Avnei Yehoshua [commentary to the Ethics of the Fathers] $4,000.00
Raphall, M(orris) J(acob). Bible View of Slavery. A Discourse. $900.00
Szold, Benjamin. Vaterland und Freiheit. Predigt bei der Erinnerungsfeier des Verstorbenen Praesidenten Abraham Lincoln. $1,500.00
Joseph, Jacob. Leveith Ya’akov [sermons] $400.00
Konstitutsiyon fun di Fareynigte Shtaten - Constitution of the United States…With the Declaration of Independence. By “A Lithuanian Philosopher” (i.e. Getzel Selikovitch). Text in Yiddish and English. $700.00
Rosenzweig, Gershon. Masechta America...Talmud Yankee $500.00
JAFFE, SHALOM ELCHANAN. Sho’el Kinyan [responsa regarding the construction of a Mikva and an Eruv in St. Louis, MO]. With glosses “Ma’ayan Eliezer” by Eliezer Zalman Grayevski. $500.00
SILBERSTEIN, SOLOMON. Takanoth Agunoth-Remedial Laws for Deserted Wives. $600.00
Kotlier, Abraham. Masechta Derech Eretz (Hachadashah). With: Machzor Katan and Yalkut Chadash. $300.00
(Abendana, Isaac). The Jewish Kalendar. $1,800.00
The Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle. $200.00
RODRIGUES MOREIRA, JACOB. Kehilath Ya’akov [lexicon of Hebrew words in the Bible and Rabbinical writings]. With translation into English and Spanish. English translation prepared by the Author’s son, Chaim Moreira. $1,500.00
Order of Ceremonies and Laws of the Society “Mikveh Israel,” or Institution for Preparing for Internment the Deceased Members of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation, London. Presented by Isaac Jalfon. $300.00
Margoliouth, M(oses). Vestiges of the Historic Anglo-Hebrew in East Anglia. $150.00
Pethach Ha’ohel [on laws of divorce]. With glosses by Vidal Angel and selected laws of Jewish marriage from Shoshanath Hamelech by Solomon Chabshush. $150.00
Juden Stellen Sich vor [“Pushy Jews.”] $1,500.00
Der Ewige Jude. Edited by Hans Diebow. $300.00
Urim VeTumim [commentary to the Books of Isaiah and Jeremiah] $500.00
Ma’ayan Ganim. $600.00
Yosef Lekach [commentary to the Book of Esther, with text] $600.00
Ma’asei Hashem [commentry to the Six Days of Creation, Chapters of the Fathers, the Passover Hagadah (with text) and various Biblical portions] $1,800.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $500.00
Samuel, Jacob. The Remnant Found; Or, The Place of Israel’s Hiding Discovered. Being a Summary of Proofs Showing that the Jews of Daghistan on the Caspian Sea are the Remnants of the Ten Tribes. $200.00
Sepher Chareidim [on the halachic, ethical and religious reasons for the precepts] $700.00
Monarchia Hebrae [history of the Kings of Israel]. Text in Spanish. $600.00
Biur al Hatorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch] $1,500.00
Biur al Hatorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch] $1,000.00
Barchi Naphshi [ethical poem]. Translated into Italian by Jochanan Altrino. Hebrew and Italian on facing pages. $2,000.00
Sententiae Morales - (Alpha-Beita d’Ben Sira) $900.00
Rabbi Ben-Oni Visiones, et Doctrina $600.00
*Hamivta Belashon Ha’ivrit. WIth: Brainin, Reuben. Hasaphrut Ha’ivrit Ve’atidoteha.** $300.00
Ivrit Velo’azim [linguistic history of the Jews] $300.00
Itinerarium Beniamini Tudelensis. Translated into Latin by Benedictus Aria Montano. $5,000.00
Masa’oth shel Rabi Binyamin- Itinerarium D. Beniaminis. Hebrew and Latin in parallel columns. $900.00
(ben Zanvil). Me’archei Lev. $700.00
Hebrew and Latin. PENTATEUCH AND MEGILOTH). Chamishah Chumashei Torah- Hebraicus Pentateu. Hebrew and Latin on facing columns, Latin notes drawn from rabbinical sources by Sebastian Muenster. $1,800.00
Hebrew). Complete in three volumes. With Nikud (vowel-points). Complete with 23 divisional titles and main title, lacking from most copies. $8,000.00
Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end] $2,000.00
Hebrew). Chamishah Chumashei Torah (-end) $4,000.00
Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end] $1,800.00
Hebrew). The Sixth Biblia Rabbinica. With Targum and commentaries. Revised by J. Buxtorf. $2,000.00
Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end] $1,800.00
Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end] $1,800.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Tikun Sophrim - Quinque Libri Mosis. $6,000.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH, HAPHTAROTH & MEGILLOTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With Targums and commentaries. $700.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Sepher Ezrath Hasopher, Chamishah Chumashei Torah, Tikun Sophrim Vavei Ha’amudim. $2,000.00
Hebrew. JONAH). Haphtorath Yonah. With commentary Mara’oth Ha’tzovaoth by MOSES ALSHEICH. $500.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. Part II only (Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) of two. $2,000.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah- Tikun Sophrim. With Nikud. $600.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH, HAPHTAROTH & MEGILLOTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With vowel points (nikud). With Targums and commentaries. $4,000.00
Hebrew). Kithvei Ha’kodesh- Torah, Nevi’im U’kethuvim. With translation into Judeo-German. With vowel points (nikud) $900.00
Samaritan. PENTATEUCH). (Biblia Sacra Polyglotta). Textus Hebraeo-Samaritanus. $4,000.00
Spanish). Biblia en Lengua Espanola. Traduzida palabra por palabra de la verdad Hebrayca. $4,000.00
Spanish, PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Humas, O Cinco Libros de la Ley Divina. Juntas las Aphtarot del año. $5,000.00
ROSSI, GIOVANNI BERNARDO DE. Dizionario Storico Degli Autori Ebrei. $600.00
Freimann, Aron. Katalog der Judaica und Hebraica. Stadtbibliothek Frankfurt am Main. Graz, 1968. * Festschrift für Aron Freimann, Berlin, Soncino Gesellschaft, 1935 (i.e. 1937). * And Another, (offprint) $300.00
(LITURGY). Machzor Sephardim Le’yamim Noraim [festival prayers for The New Year]. According to Sephardic rite. $1,000.00
(Liturgy). Seder Tephiloth Mikol Ha’shanah [daily prayers for the entire year]. According to Ashkenazic rite. $700.00
Institutiones in Linguam Sanctum Hebraicum [Hebrew grammar]. Text in Hebrew and Latin. $800.00
Kirchliche Verfassung der Heutigen Juden Sonderlich derer in Deutschland. $2,000.00
(Abraham of Perpignan). Sepher Hagedarim-Michlal Yoffi [“Book of Definitions”- lexicon of philosophical terms]. With notes by Isaac ben Moses ibn Arollo. $3,000.00
Birchath Avraham [commentary to Book of Genesis] $500.00
Synagoga Judaica…Das ist Erneuerte Juedische Synagog, oder Juden-Schuel. $2,000.00
Darchei Ha’gemara. $600.00
The Jerusalem Windows. Text and notes by Jean Leymarie. $1,000.00
Sepher Hachaim [ethics] $500.00
Be’atzirath Ha’mageiphah [remedies and preventions for the plague] $1,000.00
Nachman of Breslov. Likutei MahaRa’N. $600.00
BENJAMIN BEN AARON OF ZALOZCE. Turei Zahav [sermons on the weekly portions of the Pentateuch and on the Holy Days] $800.00
TZVI HIRSCH OF NADVORNAYA. Tzemach Hashem Le’tzvi. $500.00
ABRAHAM DOV BAER (AUERBACH) OF OVRUCH. Bath Ayin [Chassidic homilies to the Pentateuch and Festivals] $1,200.00
Finn, James. The Jews in China: Their Synagogue, their Scriptures, their History. $500.00
Ma’aseh Tuviah [medical encyclopaedia] $600.00
Pi Sepharim [poetry] $600.00
Pardes Rimonim [Kabbalah] $300.00
Consolacam Christaá e luz para o povo Hebreo, sobre os Psalmos do Real Propheta David [anti-Jewish polemic]. Text in Portuguese. $900.00
Shirah Ve’hoda’ah [poem in honor of the marriage of Crown Prince Friedreich, Crown Prince of Denmark to Princess Maria Sophia Frederika] $700.00
Ohel David [novellea and discourses on Tractate Yevamoth] $500.00
Lechem Dimah [commentary to the Book of Lamentations, with text] $500.00
Remedio de Desafios Sacoado. $800.00
Collection of 27 items concerning the infamous Dreyfus Affair. All illustrated. $2,000.00
ELIJAH BEN SAMUEL OF LUBLIN $250.00
Aphei Ravr’vei [commentary to Joseph Karo’s Shulchan Aruch-Even Ha’ezer] $4,000.00
ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON ZALMAN (GAON OF VILNA) $500.00
Yesod Teshuvah [ethics] $500.00
*(Liturgy). Paltin Beth El- Amudei Shamaim. Armon Ir Ha’Elo-him - Sha’arei Shamayim [prayers for the entire year, with extensive commentary by Jacob Emden]** $1,200.00
Sephath Emeth Velashon Zehorith [polemic, includes letters in support of Jacob Emden in his pursuit of, and accusations against, Jonathan Eyebescheutz] $5,000.00
Shevirath Luchoth Ha’even. $4,000.00
SASPORTAS, JACOB. Kitzur Tzitzath Novel Tzvi [abridged compendium of correspondences and polemics against Sabbathian messianism] $3,000.00
Flad, J.M. The Falashas (Jews) of Abyssinia. $500.00
Levushei Sered [novellae and discourses to Yoreh De’ah] $400.00
Beith Yisrael [commentary to the Tur: Yoreh De’ah] $2,000.00
*De Zeeden der Israeliten Ten voorbeelde eener volmaakte Republyk ontworpen. Bound With: De Republyk der Kristenen.** $300.00
Shalsheleth Hakabalah [historiography] $600.00
(“Rabbeinu Yonah”). Sha’arei Teshuvah [“The Gates of Repentance,” ethics] $1,000.00
Sha’arei Tzedek [Kabbalah - on the Sephiroth] $1,200.00
Brevis Introductio ad Grammaticam Hebraicam et Chaldaicam. Prepared for the University of Glasgow. Text in Latin and Hebrew. $500.00
In hoc libello continetur, De literis Hebraicis…Mikneh Agathi- Peculium Agathii. $3,000.00
She’erith Yoseph [responsa] $2,000.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. Service for the Two First Nights of Passover. Prepared by Isaac Levi. According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews. $1,200.00
Seder Hagaddah shel Pesach. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) $900.00
Seder Hagadah. $2,500.00
Hagadah Shel Pessach. $200.00
(Passover Hagadah) $1,500.00
Offenbacher Haggadah. $1,000.00
Hagadah shel Pesach-Gebeden en Gezangen voor de Seideravonden. Hebrew with translation into Dutch by E. S. Hen. $400.00
Hagadah di Hitler (parody) $1,000.00
Hagadah shel Pesach. $700.00
The Bird’s Head Haggada. $700.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth Ma’amar Mordechai [responsa] $500.00
Pane’ach Raza [ethical and mystical commentary to the Pentateuch] $500.00
Sha’arei Zion [prayers] $600.00
Jews Have Always Fought for Freedom. Edited by Joseph Brainin. $600.00
Die Greuelpropaganda is eine Lügenpropaganda. $400.00
(The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Asarah Hilulim [“Ten Praises”-ethics] $700.00
Derech Emunah [“The Way of Faith”- kabbalah] $700.00
Olath Shabbath [sermons for the Sabbath] $700.00
She’erith Yoseph [on the methodology of the Talmud] $500.00
Tzaidah La’derech. $2,000.00
Sepher Machberoth Immanuel [poetry] $4,000.00
Kehimkar, Haeem Samuel. The History of the Bene Israel of India. $150.00
Sepher Ha’pizmonim [collected prayers, hymns and liturgical poetry] $600.00
Zemrei Yisrael [popular songs, including those for Simchath Torah] $500.00
(RYBa”SH). Teshuvoth Harav [responsa] $5,000.00
Sepher Ha’itur. $1,000.00
Siach Yitzchak [Hebrew grammar] $500.00
*Mashal Hakadmoni [collected fables and aphorisms] WITH: Sepher Hatapu’ach [Attributed to Aristotle]** $900.00
The Law Reports of Palestine. 1920-1947. $600.00
Yesod Olam [astronomy and cosmography]. Edited by Baruch of Schklov. $300.00
Kitzur Mizrachi-Bereshith [commentary to Elijah Mizrachi’s super-commentary to Rashi on the Pentateuch] $2,000.00
Ibur Shanim [on the Calendar, and other customs through the year] $400.00
Sixtus Papa V. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. $4,000.00
(Arbah Turim) Orach Chaim [Rabbinic law] $4,000.00
Tur Choshen Mishpat…im Pirush Bayith Chadash [Rabbinic law]. FIRST EDITION with Joel Sirkes’s (Ba”CH) commentary. $4,000.00
Tur Yoreh De’ah…im Pirush Bayith Chadash [Rabbinic law]. FIRST EDITION with Joel Sirkes’s (Ba”CH) commentary. $2,500.00
Tur Even Ho’ezer…im Pirush Bayith Chadash [Rabbinic law]. FIRST EDITION with Joel Sirkes’s (Ba”CH) commentary. $2,500.00
Tur Orach Chaim…im Pirush Bayith Chadash [Rabbinic law]. FIRST EDITION with Joel Sirkes’s (Ba”CH) commentary. $2,500.00
(MaHaRI”L/MaHRY Segal). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $500.00
Levush Malchuth [elucidations and novellea to the Shulchan Aruch] $1,000.00
(“Hapenini”). Bechinath Olam [ethics]. Translated into Latin by Allardus Uchtmannus. Latin dedication and commendatory poem on opening unnumbered leaves. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. $700.00
BROADSIDES. Large collection of c. 115 broadsides, documents, posters etc. Mostly in Hebrew, also Yiddish, English, Arabic. $10,000.00
JACOBS, JOSEPH and LUCIEN WOLF. Catalogue of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition. $1,000.00
Hebraica. Documents D’Art Juif. $500.00
NARKISS, MORDECHAI. The Hanukkah Lamp. $1,000.00
The Worms Machzor. $2,000.00
Biur al Sepher Mitzvath Gadol [commentary to Moses of Coucy’s rabbinic code] $500.00
MORDECHAI BEN NISSAN. Dod Mordechai [on Karaite history] $300.00
LOTZKI, ABRAHAM (Ed.) Shivchei Todah LeKir”ah (le’Kaiser Yarom Hoda’ah) [song of praise in honor of Czar Nicholas I] $800.00
Siddur Tephilah Keminhag Hakara’im [prayers for the entire year]. According to Karaite rite. $500.00
KAZAZ, MORDECHAI BEN SOLOMON. Tzuf D’vash [Karaite literature] $700.00
Firkovich, Abraham. Masa Umerivah. $700.00
FIRKOVICH, ABRAHAM. (“Even Reshef”). Avnei Zikaron. $900.00
Fahn, Reuben. Mechayei Hakara’im. Aus dem Leben der Karaiten. Skizzen und Typen. $200.00
Maginei Eretz [on Orach Chaim] $700.00
Simchath Hanephesh [“The Joy of the Soul”-ethics] $300.00
Juedisches Ceremoniel. $2,000.00
Ohel Ya’acov [commentary on the philosophical and mathematical passages of Joseph Albo’s Sepher Ikrim] $5,000.00
Luach Hapo’alim [grammatical rules] $150.00
Chok Leyisra’el [on Maimonides’ Sepher Hamitzvoth with an abridgment of Nachmanides’ notes thereon] $700.00
Sepher Agur [Jewish laws and precepts] $3,000.00
RaLBa”G). Pirush al Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch] $900.00
To’aliyoth HaRaLBa”G [novellae to the Pentateuch] $600.00
Die Handzeichnungen Max Liebermanns. Edited by Julius Elias. $500.00
Sha’ar Gan Eden [kabbalah] $1,200.00
Selichoth Mikol Ha’shanah [penitential prayers for the whole year] $1,500.00
Machzor [Festival prayers] $5,000.00
Tikun Se’udah Vesepher Yetzirah. ff. (19). [Vinograd, Venice 2047]. Venice, n.p., 1700? * Tikun Erev Rosh Chodesh Ve’tikun Zayin be’Adar. According to the custom of Eretz Israel, Turkey and Italy. ff. (8). [Vinograd, Venice 1529]. Venice, n.p., 1701. $700.00
Machzor Mikol Ha’shanah [prayer for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazi rite and the custom of Poland. Instructions in Judeo-German. $1,500.00
Tikun Chatzoth. According to the custom of Moses Zacuto. $300.00
Tephilah [daily prayers for the entire year]. According to the custom of Poland and Moravia. $700.00
Korban Minchah [prayers for the entire year]. According to Ashkenazic rite. With translation and instructions in Judeo-German. $1,500.00
Tikun Shovavim [penitential prayers] $300.00
Eith Ha’zamir [hymns and liturgical poems]. Composed by Benjamin ben Eliezer Ha’kohen. $300.00
Tephilath Yesharim [supplications for daily recitation]. Prepared by R. Judah Arieh ben Isaac Modena (Leone de) $1,500.00
Sha’arei Selichah [penitential prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazi rite. With translation into Judeo-German printed in Wayber-taytsch type. $600.00
Seder Hatephilah al Derech Hasod [prayers through the year] $5,000.00
Hatarath Nedarim [service for the Annulment of Vows] $300.00
Korban Chagigah [prayers for the Hoshanoth processions of Sukkoth and Hoshanah Raba]. Prepared by Moses Chai Milol. $200.00
Seder Leil Shavuoth [order for the Pentacostal night of study] $300.00
Ma’ariv Aravim [Evening Service for the Inauguration of the Day of Atonement] $300.00
Seder Hakaphoth Le’yom Simchath Torah. According to the custom of the “Yechidei Segulah” of Mantua. $300.00
Machzor - Sepher Kerovoth [Festival Prayers] $2,000.00
Seder Tephiloth Mikol Ha’shanah [daily prayers for the entire year]. According to Ashkenazic rite. $900.00
Tephilah Nechonah [prayers for the entire year]. According to the custom of the German and Polish Jews. Arranged in accordance with the daily prayer book of Shabbetai Sofer ben Isaac of Przemysl. $700.00
Machzor Ke’minhag Aschkenaz [prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazi rite. $2,000.00
Seder Tephiloth Midei Chodesh Bechodsho [daily prayers]. According to Sephardic rite and the custom of Bukhara. Prepared by Jacob Samandor. $700.00
Mo’adei Hashem Ukeri’ai Moed [Festival prayers] $600.00
Tephilah Le’moshe [penitential prayers and remedies against sickness]. Composed by Moses Sofer (The Chatham Sofer) $150.00
Meged, Aharon. Hagadat Ha’atzma’ut. $1,500.00
Spanish). Machzor. De las Oraciones del Año. Parte Tercera. $1,500.00
Spanish). Meah Berachoth [collected prayers and instructions issued for Marrano refugees] $2,500.00
*Spanish). Orden de las Oraciones de Ros-Asanah y Kipur. Orden de las Oraciones de los Cinco Ayunos.** $2,500.00
Spanish). Orden de las Oraciones Quotidianas [daily prayers for the entire year]. According to Spanish and Portuguese custom. $6,000.00
Spanish). Seder Tephiloth - Orden de las Oraciones. $500.00
(MaHaRa’L of Prague). Tiphereth Yisrael [philosophy] $900.00
Der Gantz Jüdische Glaub. $800.00
Begidath Ha’zman. $900.00
Sepher Penei Rabah [concordance of Biblical verses recorded in the Midrash] $700.00
De Creatione Problemata XXX. Text in Latin. $900.00
LARA, DAVID COHEN DE. Ir David. Sive De Convenienta vocabulorum Rabbinicorum [rabbinical lexicon] $500.00
MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL $2,000.00
[Midrashic commentary to the Book of Psalms]. Anonymous. $900.00
Rosh, D. Ha’ekdach [“The Revolver.”] $150.00
Six volumes. With vowel-points (Nikud) $900.00
With commentary of Obadiah Bertinoro and Tosphoth Yom Tov. $4,000.00
Historia De Riti Hebraici. Text in Italian. $500.00
Sepher MaHaRI”L [Jewish laws and customs for the entire year according to Aschkenazi rite] $900.00
Mirah Dachya [super-commentary to Rashi on the Pentateuch] $600.00
Goulven, J. Les Mellahs de Rabat-Salé. $150.00
RaMBa”M). Mishneh Torah [Rabbinic code]. Fourteen parts in two volumes. $15,000.00
RaMBa”M). Mishneh Torah [Rabbinic code]. Fourteen parts in two volumes. $7,000.00
RaMBa”M). Moreh Nevuchim [“Guide to the Perplexed”] $700.00
/RaMBa”N). Sha’ar Hagemul [on eschatology] $2,000.00
/RaMBa”N). Torath Ha’adam [laws concerning the sick, the dying and the after-life] $500.00
Zecher Rav [a poetical rendering of the marvels of Creation]. With: Sepher Hachinuch Lepetach Tikvah [lexicon] $700.00
Sepher Ha’aruch [Talmudic Dictionary] $4,000.00
*Haifa, or Life in Modern Palestine. 1887. Mrs. Oliphant. Jerusalem, The Holy City its History and Hope. Illustrated. 1893.** $180.00
Group of eight works bound in one. Sepher Darchei Noam [on Talmudic idiom]. WITH: Tuv Ta’am Veda’ath [on Masoretic accents] AND: Darchei Hashem [alphabetical index on the 613 precepts]. Title within architectural frame. ff. 45,(3),28,(4) $900.00
Tafereelen uit het Oud-Joodsche Familieleven [“Bilder aus dem Altjüdischen Familien-Leben.”] $1,500.00
Compendio de Dinim [anthology of Halachic rules from the Shulchan Aruch] $1,500.00
Sajontschick, Elijah Chaim. Seder Hagadah Lechovshei Beith Hamedrash. $600.00
Kiss, Gershon. Masechta Prohibishon [“Prohibition Tractate”] $300.00
PERETZ, JUDAH BEN JOSEPH. $600.00
(Ovadiah ben Petachiah). Sepher Megaleh Temirin [satirical letters-Anti-Chassidic polemic] $400.00
[Midrash]. Anonymous. $300.00
Eigentliche Beschreibung…der Gottesdienstlichen…der Juden. $1,800.00
Customs and Traditions of Palestine. Illustrating the Manners of the Ancient Hebrews. $200.00
Shiltei Hagiborim [on the Second Temple] $2,000.00
Shir Hashirim - The Song of Songs. $300.00
Minchah Bilulah [homilies to the Pentateuch] $1,500.00
Pirkei Avoth. 1940. * The Book of Psalms. 1942. * Genesis. 1944. * Sidur. 1945. * Land of Palestine. 1947. * The Five Megiloth. 1949. * Kabbalah in Word and Image. 1952. * The New Face of Israel. 1960. $600.00
CARO, DAVID “Amittai ben Avidah Achizedek.” Brith Emeth [polemic] $700.00
Liber de Rudimentis Hebraicis. $9,000.00
De Arte Cabalistica libri tres [kabbalah]. Text in Latin with extensive use of Hebrew type. $15,000.00
De Accentibus et Orthographia, Linguae Hebraicae. $8,000.00
(Paulus Israelite”). De sexcentum et tredecim Mosaice sanctionis edictus. $8,000.00
Katzenellenbogen, David Tevele. Gam Eileh Divrei David [sermons] $300.00
Siddur HaShalom [prayers for the entire year]. Arranged by Solomon Schlieffer. $180.00
On the Jewish Fields of the Ukraina. $1,800.00
Zein Leben un Shafen [“His Life and Work”] $1,500.00
Ha’emunoth Vehade’oth [philosophy]. Translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibon. $6,000.00
Ha’emunoth Vehade’oth [philosophy]. Translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibon. $900.00
Tzeror Hama’or [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch] $500.00
Perush Derech Yemin [on the controversy regarding the proper procedure of waving the lulav] $3,000.00
Porath Yoseph [novellae on the works of Alfasi and Nissim b. Reuben Gerondi to Kethuboth, Chullin and Beitzah] $700.00
Torah Or [homilies to the Book of Genesis] $600.00
Biuri’m [super-commentary to Rashi on the Pentateuch] $1,200.00
Sepher Ha’emunoth [“Book of Beliefs”] $3,000.00
Drashoth Hatorah [sermons on the Pentateuch and on Repentance] $6,000.00
(Traditionally Attributed to. “Revealed” to Moses b. Shem Tov de Leon). Sepher Hazohar [the mystical “Book of Splendor”] $12,000.00
(Traditionally Attributed to). Sepher Shivim Tikunei Hazohar [Kabbalah]. With commentary “Chemdath Tzvi” by Tzvi Hirsch ben Jerachmiel Chotsh of Cracow. $1,500.00
(Attributed to). Sepher Hazohar [“The Book of Splendor”] $1,000.00
Rubin, Ezriel Yechiel. Sdeih Ya’ar. WITH SIGNATURE OF JACOB CHAIM SOFER (Author of Kaf Ha’chaim) ON TITLE. $500.00
(RaSH”I). Peirush RaSH”I al Ha’Torah [commentary to the Pentateuch] $3,000.00
Likutei Hapardess. $300.00
Die Kunst des Radierens. $200.00
Mechadesh Chadashim [compendium of the months’ molad, Torah readings, etc.] $500.00
Lechem Setarim [commentary to the Book of Daniel and the Five Scrolls] $600.00
Masechta Avodah Zarah [Idolatry]. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc. $20,000.00
Masechta Nidah [The Menstruant]. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc. $12,000.00
Masechta Me’ilah, Kinyan, Midoth, Tamid, etc. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc. $10,000.00
Bigdei Aharon [sermons] $1,500.00
Givath Shaul [eulogy for Saul Ha’levi, Av Beth Din of Hague] $300.00
Grammatica Chaldaea et Syra. $900.00
Ohel Moed [lexicon of synonyms] $600.00
Pinkas Kethavim U’keruzim Le’divrei Rivoth U’machloketh al Devar Ha’av Beth Din Hachron Be’vilna 1768-1790. $600.00
(The Physician). Kether Torah [summary of the precepts, based on Maimonides] $6,000.00
ABU-HATZE’IRA, ISRAEL (BABA SALI). $10,000.00
Secretarial Letter signed by the members of the Mo’etzets Gedolei Hatorah. Among them: R. Avraham Ya’akov of Sadigura, R. Zalman Sorotzkin, R. Meir Korelitz, R. Yosef S. Kahaneman (of Ponevezh) $1,500.00
Autograph letter signed in English from Moses Lindo to Rabbi Isaac Leeser of Philadelphia $600.00
Pinkas Shadar-Yeshivah Torath Chaim, Jerusalem. Ledger Book of the emmisary Aaron Isaac Zaslansky, the editor of the journal Sha’arei Zion, for his journey in 1927 to the United States to solicit funds for the Yeshivah $1,500.00
(AMERICAN JUDAICA). $1,500.00
Large collection of autograph letters from American Jews to the Chief Rabbis of Jerusalem (mostly to R. Shmuel Salant and R. Yitzchak Blazer). Contains poignant details regarding family matters, communal concerns as well as financial obligations $10,000.00
(AUTOGRAPHED LETTERS) $3,000.00
Autograph letter, signed in Hebrew to Dr. Arthur Ruppin reporting the results of meeting held concerning the aid from America. Discusses principal of having a united front with the American Consul and administrative details of the Supervising Committee $900.00
Autograph letter, signed in Hebrew to Moses Kleinman in London. Thanks Kleinman for sending him a copy of his article about Bialik published in Ha’olam; as well as family matters $700.00
Homberg, Hertz. Imrei Shefer [catchism for young people on Judaism and morals]. Two parts in one. With Judeo-German translation $150.00
Manuscript in Hebrew, containing lengthy novellae and discources on Tractates Gittin, Chulin, Sanhedrin, Kethuvoth etc. In the names of Abraham Broda and Akiva Eger $2,500.00
(ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON ZALMAN (GAON OF VILNA)) $20,000.00
(FRENCH JUDAICA) $4,000.00
(FRENCH JUDAICA). $4,000.00
Requesting assistance for a scholar residing in Safed. $1,000.00
Seder Be’ashmoreth Ha’boker Le’yom Hoshanah Raba [prayers for the night of Hoshanah Raba]. According to the custom of Cortemaggiore $900.00
Zemiroth Yisrael [liturgical poetry and hymns]. According to Sephardic custom $3,000.00
Seder Targum shel Pesach [Aramaic translation of the Haphtaroth reading for the Festival of Passover]. Each Aramaic verse followed by the first word of the Hebrew verse $700.00
Seder Birchath Chasanim...U’brith Milah [ The marriage and circumcision ceremonies]. With Kiddush and Grace after Meals. According to the custom of Northern Italy $600.00
R. ITZIKEL OF PRZEWORSK (R. MOSHE YITZCHAK GEWIRTZMAN) $1,500.00
KAGAN, YISROEL MEIR OF RADIN (CHOFETZ CHAIM). $4,000.00
KANIEVSKY, JACOB ISRAEL (THE STEIPLER GAON). $500.00
Autograph Letter, signed in Hebrew with the acronym “Ish.” Concerning a Halachic issue relating to the form of the letter Aleph. $1,800.00
(First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1865-1934). Collection of c. 61, autograph and typed letters, signed. Most on headed paper and with stamp. Few signed by his son, Tzvi Judah Kook, son-in-law Shalom Nathan Ra’anan Kook and by Jacob Moses Charlap $7,000.00
(Rosh Yeshivah, Kletz-Lakewood. d.1963). Autograph Letter, signed in Hebrew to Zalman Sorotzkin of Jerusalem concerning communal matters and recommending that R. Sorotzkin meet with Irving Bunim currently in Eretz Israel. $700.00
Sepher Zikaron. Talmud Torah-Torath Eretz Yisrael, Safed. Volume of Testamonial Letters, Visitors and Donors to the Yeshivah Torath Eretz Yisrael in Safed, under the leadership of Rabbi Jacob David Ridva”z and his son-in-law Joseph Konvitz $3,000.00
Letter to Mr. Nissan and Mrs. Jenny Miller- Fagin expressing thanks and blessings in Yiddish for support of the Yeshiva $700.00
Birkath Ha'haftorah. Scribe: Eliahu Bunimovitz (originally of Vilna) $7,000.00
(Tephiloth…) [selected prayers for Yom Kippur]. Including the Avodah (Temple Ritual on the Holiest Day). With mystical meditations and allusions (Kavanoth) $300.00
Important historical material concerning the Lomza Yeshiva in Poland. Contains 20 letters by a broad swath of English Rabbis and Ministers in support of the Yeshiva and praising the emissary Jacob Aryeh Davidson $3,000.00
MONTEFIORE, MOSES $900.00
Letter to the Jewish community of Pesaro. “Sending important documents for our just cause as a result of our visit to Constantinople.” Possibly relates to the aftermath of the notorious blood libel of the Damascus Affair, 1840 $500.00
(PANIZIL, ELIJAH MOSES - CHIEF RABBI/ CHACHAM BASHI). $1,500.00
PINKAS CHEVRA BIKUR CHOLIM. $2,000.00
(POLAND & RUSSIA). $500.00
Collection of over 40 documents regarding the Rabbi and his family. Includes autographed letters signed by the Rabbi, postcards, pictures, immigration documents, naturalization papers, newspaper clippings etc. $500.00
(Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1880-1950). Letter to “Anshai Shlomeinu” concerning Yeshivath Torath Emeth, Jerusalem. An unpublished letter concerning the rebuilding and restrengthening of the Yeshiva $2,000.00
Autograph letter, signed on Hebrew to Raphael Schereshevsky regarding a forthcoming trip by Rabbi Koppel Kahane,of Rozhenai, to Warsaw. $1,500.00
Shemonah Sha’arim [Lurianic kabbalah]. WITH: Sha’ar Ha’kavanoth [mystical meditations and customs for prayer] $7,000.00
Letter to Mrs. Jenny Miller-Fagen of Philadelphia, thanking her for her kind donation and extending her blessing $600.00
(ANGLO JUDAICA) $3,000.00

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AUCTION 13

June 26, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Product Title	AUCTION 13
Auction Date	Jun 25, 2001
Auction Time	1:00
Departments	Judaica
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Short Description	AUCTION 13 - JUNE 26TH 2001 Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art The Property of Various Owners Including The Late Dr. T. Schrire, Cape Town, South Africa Property Formerly in the Collection of Gustave Tuck, London (1857-1942) A Prominent Collector, South of the Equator The W.O Thrift Shop Inc., Sold to Benefit The UJA-Federation of New York The summer sale featured an unusually large collection of books on an extensive range of topics. Included were 16th Century Hebraic theological texts and 20th Century illustrated books by artists including Steinhardt, Struck, Raskin and Ryback in addition to a broad collection of American Judaica. A number of objects from the Bezalel School of Jerusalem were sold as well as various Struck paintings and intriguing posters of Jewish life and anti semitica. Highlights of the sale included : (prices include 15% buyer’s premium) The First Complete Jewish Prayer-Book Printed in the New World, According to the Order of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. One of The Singular Most Important Printed Books of Jewish Americana. Sold for: $44,850. Lot 135 First Bomberg Edition of Masechta Avodah Zarah [Idolatry]. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc. 1520. Sold for: $17,250. Notable sermon preached in London on the public fast day appointed by King George III to mark the revolt of the American colonies. London 1777. Sold for: $24,150; twice the high estimate. Die Zehn Plagen. Ten woodcuts by Jakob Steinhardt. One of twelve numbered copies on Japon paper. Each signed by artist in pencil lower right. Sold for: $3,220. A first edition commentary to former prophets by the reknown Don Isaac Abarbanel. Pesaro 1511. Sold for: $20,700; more than four times the high estimate.

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