Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

AUCTION 14

November 13, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

AUCTION 14 - NOVEMBER 13TH 2001
Important Hebrew Printed
Books and Manuscripts
From the Library of the London Beth Din
(The Third Portion)
Sold by order of the Honorary Officers
of the United Synagogue.
With Additions :
The Property of Various Owners.
And:
The Batkin Family Collection (Scarsdale, New York). Including: Illustrated Books and Fine Silver Bindings
Together With:
Graphic Art. The Property of Mrs. Ilya Schor.
(With Additions).
The fall sale featured an unusually large collection of books on an extensive range of topics. Included were two Hebrew Incunabula; a large variety of 16th century Hebraic theological texts and other early Hebrew books, most in particularly fine condition, often in contemporaneous binding. In addition the sale boasted a most impressive collection of illustrated Jewish art books of late 19th to early 20th century. A number of 18th and 19th century Italian and Continental silver bound Hebrew prayer books and a large number of Autograph Rabbinic Letters were offered for sale. Also featured were various works of graphic art by Hermann Struck, E. M. Lilien, Max Liebermann, Abel Pann, Ze’ev Raban, Issachar Ber Ryback and Ilya Schor.

Highlights of the sale included:

(LITURGY). Tephilah Ke’phi Minhag Roma [prayers for the entire year]. According to Roman rite. A HANDSOME COPY PRINTED ENTIRELY ON VELLUM. Bologna, Raphael Talmi for the Company of Silk Weavers, 1537.
Sold for $92,000. Lot 251.
BIBLE, PSALMS. Polyglot. Psalterium, Hebreum, Grecum, Arabicum & Chaldeum, cum tribus latinis interpretationibus & glossis. FIRST POLYGLOT BIBLE EDITION. The Second Book Printed in Arabic. THE ONLY BOOK PRINTED AT GENOA IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. AN EARLY REFERENCE TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’ DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. Edited and with Latin commentary by Agostino Giustiniani. (Chaldee). (Genoa), Petrus Paulus Porro for Nicolo Giustiniani Paulo, 1516.
Sold for $19,550. Lot 68.
BIBLE, PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH. In Hebrew. Tikun Sopherim. - Quinque Libri Mosis. A particularly resplendent HAND-COLORED copy in a fine contemporary Dutch binding. Bound for the philanthropic shipping magnate Daniel de la Peña, in 1727. Amsterdam, for Samuel Rodrigues Mendes, Moses Sarfati and David Gomes da Silva, 1726.
Sold for $19,550. Lot 89.
Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary by Isaac Abrabanel. The First hagadah illustrated with copperplate engravings FINE FOLDING ENGRAVED HEBREW MAP OF THE HOLY LAND . All accomplished by the proselyte Abraham ben Jacob. Amsterdam, Asher Anshel & Partners, 1695.
Sold for $21,850. Lot 188.
(AMERICAN JUDAICA). Monis, Judah. Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet. A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue. "The First Hebrew Grammar Printed in America." Evans 3931. The First Book Printed by a Jew in North America. FIRST EDITION. Boston, Jonas Green, 1735.
Sold for $9,200. Lot 17.
SEPHER YETZIRAH. [on cosmogony and thaumaturgy]. Anonymous (Attributed to Abraham the Patriarch). FIRST EDITION. Numerous spherical charts and Kabbalistic diagrams. Mantua, Jacob Ben Naphtali Hacohen, 1562.
Sold for $42,550. Lot 324.

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Grouped product items
Product Name
(METZ) $2,500.00
(BIBLE,. $18,000.00
(BIBLE,. $18,000.00
(GERMANY $300.00
Jerusalem $2,500.00
Aleph-Bet $600.00
(LITURGY) $700.00
(MISHNAH) $5,000.00
Chad Gadjo $2,500.00
ACHAI GAON $1,500.00
Mi Kamochah $2,000.00
Vier Lithos $1,500.00
(AMSTERDAM) $150.00
(KARAITICA) $700.00
(KARAITICA) $900.00
Kegen-Pesach $900.00
Talmud Bavli $30,000.00
The Villager $4,000.00
Nishmath Adam [ethical treatise on the origin and essence of the Soul, the purpose of human life and concerning Divine retribution] $1,800.00
Shailoth Leha’chacham [responsum based on a series of twelve philosophical questions addressed to him by Saul Ha’kohen Aschkenazi] $900.00
Miphaloth Elo-him [“The Deeds of God” on the question of creation ex nihilo, miracles and prophecy] $1,000.00
Ohr Ha’sechel [commentary to Midrash Rabbah on the Book of Genesis, with text]. With commentary of Rashi $1,500.00
Theatrum Terræ Sanctæ... $2,500.00
Shailoth U'teshuvoth [responsa] $1,800.00
Hassagot [“Critique.” Polemic/ philosophy] $1,200.00
Darash Moshe [Festival sermons and homilies] $500.00
Sepher Hilchoth Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code]. With commentary of Rashi, index on quotations from Arbah Turim of Jacob b. Asher, and index of Biblical quotations $3,000.00
Sepher Hilchoth Rav Alfas [Rabbinic Code] $1,200.00
Ayelet Ahavim [Kabbalistic commentary to the Song of Songs, with text] $700.00
Devarim Tovim [commentary to the Book of Ecclesiastes, with text] $3,000.00
ALSHEICH, MOSES. $700.00
Brant Shpigel [ethics]. Translated into Yiddish by Pinchas Heilpron. $1,000.00
(AMERICAN JUDAICA). $7,000.00
Pinto, Isaac de. Letters on the American Troubles $2,000.00
Farissol, Abraham. Igereth Orchoth Olam [“The Ways of the World” ] $2,000.00
Seixas, (Gershom Mendes). A Discourse Delivered in the Synagogue in New York on the Ninth of May, 1798, Observed as a Day of Humiliation...Conformably to a Recommendation of the President of the United States of America $2,500.00
ROBINSON, EDWARD. Hebrew and English Lexicon of The Old Testament, including the Biblical Chaldee $400.00
(LITURGY). Siddur Divrei Tzadikim. The Book of Daily Prayers for Every Day in the Year. According to the custom of German of Polish Jews. Edited by Isaac Leeser $1,800.00
Constitution of The Jewish Theological Seminary and Scientific Institution of New York $5,000.00
Benjamin, Judah P. Kansas Bill. Speech of Hon. J.P. Benjamin of La. Delivered in (the) Senate of the United States on Thursday March 11, 1858 $1,000.00
Benjamin, Israel Joseph. Drei Jahre in Amerika 1859-62 $900.00
The Russian-Turkeyish [sic] War "Pllwna". Colored Lithograph. “Copyrigth [sic] by Prof. J.S. Kolbe, NY.” $6,000.00
Aaronsohn, Moses (“Ba’al Hapardess”). Matei Moshe [sermons, responsa and commentary to the Canticles] $700.00
Constitution and By-Laws of the Congregation Mishkan Israel of Selma, Ala. $700.00
Parlemantarishe Ruls $2,500.00
Rosenzweig, Gershon. Masechta America...Talmud Yankee $700.00
Der Amerikaner Sitizin $1,500.00
Frankel, A(aron) H(irsch). Lo Tirtzach...Thou Shalt Not Kill - A Treatise on Vegetarianism $600.00
A. M. Sarkanski. Die Neu’e Amerikanistische Hagadah [a satire on many phases in the life of the Russian Jew in America] $700.00
SIEGEL, JOSHUA. Eruv Ve’hotza’ah $600.00
SHALKOVICH, ABRAHAM LEIB (Ben-Avigdor). Hasafrut Ha’ivrit Hachadashah Ve’atidoteh [“Modern Hebrew Literature and its Future.”] $600.00
Konovitz, Israel. A Brief Survey of Thirty-One Conferences Held by Talmud Torah Principals in New York City $700.00
GROSSMAN, REUBEN. Ibim $800.00
Haga, Uziel of Boston. Sepher Habrith Hachadash im Hanahar Sambatyon Bemedinath China [on the life and customs of the Jews of China] $300.00
(ANGLO-AMERICAN JUDAICA) $700.00
Montefiore, Joshua. The Trader’s and Manufacturer’s Compendium $900.00
(LITURGY). Orden de las Oraciones de Ros-ashanah y Kippur $5,000.00
(LITURGY). Tephilloth. Containing the Forms of Prayers Which are Publicly Read in the Synagogues, and Used in All Families $3,000.00
Seder Tephiloth Mikol Ha’shanah Keminhag Polin [prayers for the entire year]. According to Ashkenazi rite. With commentary in Judeo-German. Psalms and additional Suppilcations in Judeo-German appended $2,000.00
Takanoth-Laws of the Congregation of the Great Synagogue, Duke’s Place, London $1,200.00
(MONTEFIORIANA). Beith Tephilah [prayers for the entire year] $700.00
(LITURGY). The Students Prayer Book- A New Interlineary Translation of the Daily, Sabbath and Festival Prayers....Designed to Serve as an Introduction to the Sacred Language by Abraham Pereira Mendes $700.00
SHEWZIK, BENJAMIN. Teshuvah al Davar Eipher Hanisraphim - Responsum with Regard to the Ashes of Cremated Bodies in which are Explained some Laws Referring to this Strange Practice $150.00
Order of Proceedings to be Observed by The British Subjects in Jerusalem on June 26th. / Sivan 21st. 1902 being the Coronation Day of his Majesty Edward VII, King of England & Emperor of India $1,000.00
Sepher Tuviah-Tobias. Translated and with a Latin introduction dated 1541 by SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER. Hebrew and Latin in parallel columns $500.00
Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch] $1,000.00
Mizmor Lethodah [commentary to selected Psalms, with text] $900.00
Yoseph Lekach [commentary to the Book of Esther, with text] $600.00
(Saks da Castellazzo). (Editor). Heichal Hashem [collected essays by early Kabbalists] $1,500.00
Margalioth Tovah [super-commentary to Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch] $1,000.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $15,000.00
Sepher Hasharashim-Hoc est Liber Radicum Sev Lexicon Ebraicum. $1,000.00
Sepher Chareidim [on the halachic, ethical and religious reasons of the Precepts] $1,000.00
Mikneh Avram - Peculium Abrae $1,500.00
Koheleth Ya’akov Toldoth Adam [commentary to the Book of Ecclesiastes, with text] $1,200.00
Sepher Ibronoth [astronomy and calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calender] $900.00
Brainin, Reuben. Sepher Zikaron L’Eliezer Ben-Yehudah $600.00
Ben-Avi, Ithamar. Avi $600.00
Sepher Benyamin Ze’ev [responsa] $2,000.00
[i.e. Benedictus le Puncteur(?)]. Mishlei Shu’alim [“Fox Fables”-Hebrew version of Aesop’s Fables] $1,200.00
Galed - Comparatio Grammaticae Hebraicae & Aramicae [sic] $1,500.00
Hebrew. LATER PROPHETS). With the commentary of DAVID BEN JOSEPH KIMCHI (RaDa”K) $70,000.00
Hebrew). Arba Ve’esrim. With Nikud (vowel-points) $6,000.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH). Chamisha Chumshei Torah $7,000.00
Hebrew and Aramaic. PENTATEUCH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With Targum Onkelos on each facing page $7,000.00
Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehillim-Psalterium Hebraicum. $2,000.00
Hebrew). With Nikud. Four parts bound in eight volumes $10,000.00
Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end] $1,200.00
Hebrew and Latin. PSALMS). Psalmi. Hebrew text (without vocalization points) in small fonts printed along inner margin $1,500.00
Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end] $1,500.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH, HAPHTAROTH & FIVE SCROLLS) $4,000.00
Hebrew and Aramaic. PENTATEUCH, HAPHTAROTH & FIVE SCROLLS). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. Hebrew text, with Aramaic translation of the Targum Onkelos with Targum Jonathan, Jerusalem Targum and Rashi. $6,000.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH & EARLY PROPHETS). Biblia Ebraica. Prepared by Elias Hutter $2,500.00
Hebrew.) Esrim Ve’arbah $7,000.00
Hebrew). With Targum and commentaries. Revised by J. Buxtorf $2,000.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH, HAPHTAROTH & MEGILLOTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With vowel points (nikud). $5,000.00
Hebrew). Esrim Ve’arbah $1,000.00
Spanish. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Humas de Parasioth y Aftharoth $3,000.00
Hebrew). Biblia Sacra Hebraea $1,500.00
Hebrew, Spanish and Judeo-Spanish. SONG OF SONGS). Paraphrasis caldaica en los Cantares de Selomoh. WITH: Massecheth Avot- Perakim Los Quales. Hebrew with Spanish translation by Moses Belmonte $1,500.00
Hebrew). Chamisha Chumshei Torah [-end]. With Rashi’s commentary. Prepared by David Nunes Torres. Table of Haphtarah readings on last two unnumbered leaves. With Nikud and cantilation points. Commentary in Rabbinic type $2,000.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH, FIVE SCROLLS & HAPHTAROTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With paraphrase in Judeo-German. $800.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Tikun Sopherim. - Quinque Libri Mosis $15,000.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Tikun Sopherim - Quinque Libri Mosis $5,000.00
Hebrew). Chamisha Chumshei Torah[-end]. With Nikud and Cantalation points. Hebrew text, with Latin subheadings and marginal notes explaining difficult words $1,000.00
Hebrew and Spanish). Biblia en dos Colunas - Hebrayco y Espanol $2,000.00
Hebrew. FORMER PROPHETS, LATER PROPHETS & WRITTINGS). With commentary. With translation into Judeo-German by Anschel Danziger $4,000.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH, FIVE MEGILLOTH AND HAPHTAROTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With Rashi’s commentary and Targum Onkelos $4,000.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah- Tikun Sophrim. With Nikud $1,500.00
Hebrew. NUMBERS). Chamishah Chumshei Torah- Sepher Shemoth. With vowel point (nikud) and cantilation points. With commentaries and Targum Onkles $3,000.00
Hebrew and Ladino). Kithvei Ha’kodesh $1,500.00
Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehillim. With commentary “Neveh Tehillah” by JACOB BEN JOSEPH HA’ROPÉ $1,500.00
German). Die Heiligen Buecher des Alten Bundes $1,800.00
ROSSI, GIOVANNI BERNARDO DE. Apparatus Hebraeo-Biblicus $600.00
ROSSI, GIOVANNI BERNARDO DE. Annales Hebraeo-Typographici ab an. 1501 ad 1540 $600.00
ROSSI, GIOVANNI BERNARDO DE. Mss. Codices Hebraici Biblioth I.B. De-Rossi $700.00
ROSSI, GIOVANNI BERNARDO DE. Memorie Storiche Sugli Stuj E Sulle Produzioni... $600.00
Steinschneider, Moritz. Catalogus Librorum Hebraeorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana $500.00
Neubauer, Adolf. Facsimiles of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Illustrating the Various Forms of Rabbinical Characters, with Transcriptions $900.00
RABINOVICZ, RAPHAEL NATHAN NATA. Ohel Avraham [catalogue of books in the collection of ABRAHAM MERZBACHER] $150.00
[Auctioneer’s Catalogue]. A Catalogue of the Extensive Library of Hebrew Books Formed by the Late Chief Rabbi Nahum Dob Friedman of Sadagura. To be Sold by Messrs. Hodgson & Co. 1,330 Lots $300.00
[Book-Dealer’s Catalogue]. HARRASSOWITZ, OTTO. Bibliotheca Judaica-Hebraica-Rabbinica $150.00
The Aleppo Codex. A Facsimile Edition. Prepared by Moshe H. Goshen-Gottstein $500.00
The Leningrad Codex. A Facsimile Edition. D.N. Freedman (Editor) $300.00
(BIBLIOGRAPHY). $150.00
Meah Berachoth [collected prayers and instructions issued for Marrano refugees] $9,000.00
Selichah Keminhag Kahal Kadosh Aschkenazim Shebe'Italia. [penitential prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazi rite. $7,000.00
Seder Leyamim Nora’im - Mo’adim [Festival prayers]. According to Sephardic rite $1,800.00
Korban Minchah [prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazic rite. With translation and instructions in Judeo-German $2,500.00
Machzor shel Kol Hashanna kefi Minhag Italiani [prayers for the whole year]. Acording to the custom of Italy $6,000.00
[Machzor...] Acording to the custom of Italy $7,000.00
Seder Tephila Keminhag Kehal Kadosh Italiani [Prayers for the whole year]. According to Italian rite $2,000.00
Beith Tephilah [Prayers for the whole year] $2,000.00
[Machzor...] Acording to the custom of Italy $3,500.00
Klal Katan [homily on Parshath Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy, Chap. 32), preached on Shabbath Shuva in Jassy, Moldovia, 1660] $6,000.00
Kirchliche Verfassung der Heutigen Juden Sonderlich derer in Deutschland $2,500.00
Yesud Ha’Ma’alah [on his experiences as a founding settler in Mazkeret Batyah (Ekron)] $300.00
Birchath Avraham [commentary to Book of Genesis] $300.00
Kanaph Rananim [liturgical poetry - Piyutim]. With glosses by the author $600.00
KLAUSNER, ABRAHAM. Minhagim $10,000.00
Majern, Christoph Paul. Minhagim. Das ist derer heutigen Jüden Ceremonien und Gebräuche $500.00
OPPENHEIM, JUDAH ARIEH LEIB. Mateh Yehudah [commentary on Grace After Meals, the songs of Sabbath and marriage and circumcision ceremonies] $300.00
Birchath Hamazon - Dos Benshen. [compendium of selected festive rites]. According to the custom of Germany and Poland $4,000.00
Birchath Hamazon - Dos Benshen [compendium of selected festive rites]. According to the custom of Poland and Germany $4,000.00
Sepher Haminhagim al Seder Ma’aseh Bereishith $4,000.00
Levi, David. A Succinct Account of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews $500.00
Pirkei Shirah [commentary to the liturgical poem of the same name] $500.00
Schneur Zalman of Liady. Tanya - Likutei Amarim $3,000.00
Schneur Zalman of Liady. Tanya - Likutei Amarim $2,000.00
Likutim Yekarim [teachings and homilies of the Ba’al Shem Tov] $3,000.00
NACHMAN BEN SIMCHA OF BRESLAV. Likkuthei Aitzoth [collected remedies and talismans] $1,200.00
EICHENSTEIN, TZVI HIRSCH OF ZHIDACHOV. Hakdamah Ve’derech Le’etz Ha’chaim [Kabbalah] $600.00
SHAPIRA (SPIRA), TZVI ELIMELECH of Dynov. Bnei Yissaschar [chassidic and kabbalistic discourses on the Sabbath, New Moon and the Festivals] $4,000.00
SCHNEERSON, JOSEPH ISAAC OF LUBAVITCH. Derush Chathunah [sermon delivered on the occassion of the marriage of his daughter, Chaya-Mushka, to the last Rebbe of Lubavitch, Menachem Mendel Schneerson] $500.00
SCHNEERSON, JOSEPH ISAAC OF LUBAVITCH. Ge’onei Aretz al Ha’mizrachi [polemic against the Mizrachi Organization] $1,000.00
(Moses ben Gershon Gentili). Malecheth Machsheveth [novellae to the Pentateuch based upon the Natural Sciences] $1,800.00
Kehunath Avraham [poetical paraphrase of the Book of Psalms] $5,000.00
Ma’aseh Tuviah $5,000.00
Ma’aseh Tuviah [medical encyclopaedia] $900.00
CORDOVERO, MOSES $1,200.00
Avak Sopherim [Biblical homilies and sermons] $250.00
DAVID IBN HIN $700.00
Me’or Einayim [Philosophy of History] $2,500.00
Toldoth Even ReSHe”F [biography of the Karaite leader, Abraham Firkovich] $700.00
Divrei Ha’yamim Le’tzion [history of Russian Zionism, 1880-88] $800.00
Havu Tamim-Kol Me’tzion [on the Zionist Congress in Vienna] $500.00
Shibalim Bodidoth [Hebrew literary discoveries] $1,000.00
Atikoth Yehudah [bibliophilic treasures] $600.00
Ma’asei Nissim [on the Community of Ancona, 1793-97] $600.00
Michtav Galuy Leyeshu Hanozri - A Letter of Protest from Jesus Christ from the Holy Ghost $250.00
Koheleth America. Catalogue of Hebrew Books Printed in America from 1735-1925 $1,500.00
Bechinath Da’ath [philosophy]. FIRST EDITION. ff. 10. [Vinograd, Basle 249b & Hanau 55]. (Hanau), n.p. 1629. * DELMEDIGO, JOSEPH SOLOMON OF CRETE. Ta’alumoth Chochmah [collected Kabbalistic and theological essays] $1,500.00
[“Chronicles of Moses”]. (Anonymous) $2,000.00
Sepher HaTaSHBba”’TZ [responsa] $900.00
(EGER, AKIVA). $2,000.00
Malecheth Machsheveth [mathematics] $900.00
(Editor). Otzer Hatemunoth [photographic portraits of the Great Rabbis] $600.00
Akitzath Akrav [polemic] $2,500.00
Igereth Bikoreth [resonpsa relating to castration and eunuchs] $1,000.00
Keraithi Uphlaithi [on Yoreh Deah] $300.00
Kuntras Me’ha’gaon MoHaR”I Falk [rabbinic resolutions from the 1607 session of the Couincil of Four Lands] $1,000.00
Shalom Le’ohaveinu Yedideinu... $3,000.00
Gross, Henri. Gallia Judaica. Dictionnaire Geographique de la France d’après les Sources Rabbiniques. From the German by M. Bloch $1,500.00
FRIZK, ABRAHAM $600.00
Seder Zemanim [intercalation and calculations of the calender for the years 1685-1705] $1,500.00
Perush Shir Ha’Shirim [commentary to the Song of Songs, with text] $800.00
Pa’amon Ve’rimon-Assis Rimonim and Pelech Ha’rimon by Menachem Azariah of Fano [Kabbalah]. With comparative commentary $700.00
Stammtafel der Abkömmlinge von Aba Garbua-Stern, Meier Jaffa-Scheiner, und Moses Abraham Abisch Margulies-Ber $800.00
Die Semigothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch. Aristokratisch-Jüdischer Heiraten $1,000.00
WUERFEL, ANDREA. Historische Nachrichten von der Juden-Gemeinde...Nürnberg $2,000.00
Sulamith [“A Periodical for the Advancement of Culture and Humanism Among the Jewish Nation.”] Edited by David Fraenkel $1,500.00
Ahavath Shem [ethics] $500.00
KATZ, SOLOMON ZALMAN BEN JUDAH LEIB. Luach Ha’binyanim [chart of verb constructions] $700.00
Anaph Etz Avoth-Avosos Ahava [polemic] $250.00
(Isaac the Convert). Zera Yitzhak [sermons] $150.00
Beith Ya’akov [on the Biblical Joseph and his dreams, and gematria] $600.00
Yapheh Sha’ah [comentary to Issac Luria’s Etz Chaim, Sepher Ha’kavanoth and Mavo She’arim] $800.00
Even Pinah- Drashoth Ha’AR”I [novellae and discourses on Even Ha’ezer] $600.00
Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary of Rabbi Joseph of Padua $5,000.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Roman rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-German. Accompanied by Leone Modena’s abridged commentary of Isaac Abrabanel’s “Zevach Pesach.” $4,000.00
Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary by Isaac Abrabanel $15,000.00
Hagadah Shel Pesach. With commentary of Isaac Abrabanel $500.00
Beith Chorin. With commentaries $6,000.00
Ma’aleh Beith Chorin. Instructions in Judeo-German. $2,000.00
Hagadah Le’Pessach $900.00
Haggada, ou Ceremoniel des Deux Premieres Soirees de Paque a l’usage des Israélites francais $1,200.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach - Erzählung von dem Auszuge Israels aus Egypten $900.00
Hagadah shel Pesach $700.00
Hagadah shel Pesach-The Institution of Passover $4,000.00
Haggada de Pessah $600.00
The Prague 1527 Hagadah. Facsimile Edition $700.00
Hagadah shel Pessach. According to Roman rite $1,000.00
Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary “Birchath Ha’shir” by Aryeh Leib Tzintz $1,800.00
The Mantua 1560 Hagadah. Facsimile Edition $1,500.00
Agam,Yaacov. The Passover Hagadah $6,000.00
Yerushalmi, Yosef Hayim. Haggadah and History. A Panorama in Facsimile of Five Centuries of the Printed Haggadah $300.00
(Gaon of Pumbeditha). Mishpatei Shevuoth [“A Treatise on Oaths”] $700.00
Liber Cosri [philosophy]. Translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon. Introduction and translated into Latin by JOHANNES BUXTORF $900.00
Lev Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, with text] $2,000.00
Ma’asei Chachamim [abridged commentaries to selected Talmudic tractates] $400.00
Sepher Oz Le’elo-him [Kabbalah- commentary to “Meheimmantua de Chola” attributed to Shabbatai Tzvi] $900.00
Divrei Nechemiah [kabbalistic sermons to the Pentateuch] $1,000.00
Heidenheim, Wolf. $400.00
(The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Shnei Luchoth Habrith. Issued with Vavei Amudim by Horowitz’s son Shabtai Sheftel $1,500.00
Darchei Noam/Marpe Lashon [grammatical treatises] $150.00
Sepher Moznaim-Moznei Lashon Ha’kodesh $700.00
Thanksgiving to the Almighty for the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Empress Victoria, Offered at the “Gate of Mercy” Synagogue, Bombay, on Sunday, 20th June 1897. Composed at the Request of the Wardens by JOSEPH EZEKIEL $1,500.00
(BIBLE, Marathi. PSALMS). Tehillim $1,000.00
Garcia de Trasmiera, Diego. Epitome de la Santa Vida y Relacion de la Glorioso Muerte del Venerable Pedro de Arbues $1,500.00
(SeMa”K). Amudei Golah-Sepher Mitzvoth Ha’katzar [abridgment of Moses of Coucy’s Sepher Mitzvath Gadol] $900.00
Sha’arei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentaries $600.00
Eban, Aubrey S. (Abba). Israel - The Case for Admission to the United Nations $300.00
ISRAELI, ISAAC BEN JOSEPH $500.00
Ibur Shanim [on the Calendar, and other customs through the year] $600.00
Tivoli, Giuseppe (Joseph Jacob Hai). Divrei Shir - Carmi Ebraico-Italiani $2,500.00
Arbah Turim [The Four Orders of the Jewish Code of Law] $20,000.00
(Tur) Even Ha’ezer [Rabbinic code] $1,000.00
Arba’a Turim [Rabbinic Code of Law]. With several commentaries $900.00
Er Retung der Yuden durch Esther und Mordechai [“The Rescue of the Jews by Esther and Mordechai.”] A Tragedy with a Happy Ending $2,000.00
JAFFE, MORDECHAI $3,000.00
(“Hapenini”). Bechinath Olam [ethics]. With commentaries by Moses ibn Chabib and R. Joseph Frances $900.00
(“Phinehas Hananiah Argosi de Silva”). Ha’Orev [polemic] $600.00
Ruach Chen [introduction to philosophy] $1,500.00
Anguissolo, Angelo Gabriello. Della Hebraica Medaglia detta Maghen David et Abraam $700.00
Drush Le’chag Ha’shavu’oth [sermon for the festival of Pentacost] $1,500.00
LOTZKI, ABRAHAM (Ed.) Shivchei Todah LeKir”ah [song of praise in honor of Czar Nicholas I] $2,500.00
Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law] $7,000.00
Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law]. With commentary “Darchei Moshe” by Moses Isserles (ReM”A) and glossery and indices “Beer Ha’golah” by Moses ben Tzvi Naphtali Hirsch Ribkes of Vilna $2,500.00
Bedek Ha’bayith [errata, omissions and additions to the Beith Yoseph] $500.00
Magid Mesharim [mystical diary in the form of a Kabbalistic-homiletical commentary to the Pentateuch] $500.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $250.00
KATZENELLENBOGEN, SAMUEL JUDAH $700.00
(MaHaRSHa”K- “Maggid of Brody”). Keseph Nivchar-Lashon Tzadik [ethical will]. With eulogy and responsa by his son, ABRAHAM BENJAMIN KLUGER. $400.00
Nekudoth Hakeseph [commentary to Song of Songs, with text] $1,500.00
Kli Chemdah [homilies on the Torah portions] $500.00
Schitz, Jacob Mendel (Ed.) Matzevath Kodesh [tombstone epitaphs of the old Jewish cemetery in Lemberg] $150.00
Gal-Ed [tombstone epitaphs of the old Prague cemetery] $300.00
Sha’ar Gan Eden [kabbalah] $1,000.00
Machzor Chelek Sheni [prayers for the New Year, Day of Atonement and Succoth] $2,000.00
Tephilah Ke’phi Minhag Roma [prayers for the entire year]. According to Roman rite. With the Order of Readings of the Bible portions. A HANDSOME COPY PRINTED ENTIRELY ON VELLUM $90,000.00
Machzor Kephi Minhag Chalaph (Haleb) [festival prayers]. According to the rite of Aleppo (Aram Tzovah) $20,000.00
Machzor [prayers throughout the year]. According to German rite. With Ma’aglei Tzedek, detailed commentary $8,000.00
Korban Todah [confessional and penitential prayers]. Prepared by GERSON BEN JUDAH KATZEGEN $2,000.00
Seder Tephiloth Keminhag Sephard [prayers for the entire year]. According to Sephardic rite. Edited by Joshua Sarphati. Including Seder Chamesh Ta’anioth [prayers for the five fast days] $4,000.00
Spanish). Orden de las Oraciones Contidianas. With Calendar for the years 1695-1701 at end (with separate title). pp.505, (3), (5). Opening title within architectural arch. 1695 $2,000.00
Tikunei Shabbath [prayers rites and hymns for the Sabbath] $2,000.00
Seder Selichoth [penitential prayers for the entire year]. According to the custom of Poland $600.00
Tikun Shlomo [compendium of prayers, customs and laws associated with the Sabbath]. Based on Isaac Luria’s Tikunei Shabbath. Arranged and with commentary in Judeo-German by SOLOMON ZALMAN LONDON $2,000.00
Selichoth [penitential prayers]. According to the custom of Poland. With commentary in Judeo-German $600.00
Machzor Mikol Ha’shanah [Festival prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazic rite and the custom of Poland. Translation and commentary in Judeo-German $3,000.00
Tephilloth Mikol Hashanah [prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazic rite and the custom of Poland $2,500.00
Seder Hatephiloth [daily prayers for the entire year]. According to Ashkenazic rite. With commentary in Judeo-German. With Psalms and additional Supplications in Judeo-German appended $700.00
Neiye Lange Rosh Chodesh BenshenTechinah [three supplicatory prayers for women for the New Month]. Text in Judeo-German $600.00
Gebete der Hochdeutchen und Polnischen Juden $700.00
Tephilah Mikol Ha’shanah [Daily prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazic rite. With commentary $700.00
Tephiloth Ubakashoth Leyamei Nora’im [prayers and supplications for the Days of Awe]. Prepared by MOSES HA’KOHEN NIROL $700.00
Tephilath Yom Kippur Katan [prayers and supplications]. According to the custom of Germany and Poland $700.00
Machzor Lebnei Polin [festival prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazic rite. Instructions in Judeo-German $1,800.00
Machzor [festival prayers for the entire year]. Erech Hatephiloth ou Ritual de Toutes Les Grandes Fetes. Edited and translated by E. Durlacher $2,000.00
LOEWE, JUDAH BEN BEZALEL $3,000.00
(MaHaRa’L of Prague). Tiphereth Yisrael [philosophy] $2,000.00
Derech Chaim [on Hebrew language, unusual words and word-games] $3,000.00
Nethivoth Tzion Veyerushalayim [topography of Jerusalem] $500.00
(RaMCHa”L). Lashon Limudim [on the rules of poetry] $900.00
(RaMCHa”L). Derech Tevunoth [guide to Talmud study] $900.00
(RaMCHa”L). Layesharim Tehillah $15,000.00
Gräber, Eisig (Editor). Igroth SHaDa”L - S.D. Luzzatto’s Hebräische Briefe $400.00
WORMS, ASHER ANSHIL. Maphte’ach Algebra Hachadashah - Clavis Algebrae Novae $700.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $3,000.00
Kether Shem Tov [commentary to the Pentateuch]. With glosses by Samuel ben Dayasuss $600.00
Nishmath Chaim [on the immortality of the soul] $500.00
Seder Tephiloth Lechodshim Ulemo’adim [prayers for the entire year]. According to Sephardi rite $3,000.00
(Bible, Hebrew). Sepher Torah Nevi’im Ukethuvim $2,500.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth MeHaRa”M Mintz [responsa] $900.00
Seder Taharoth $15,000.00
Seder Taharoth. With commentary by Moses Maimonides $1,500.00
Seder Moed. With commentary by Moses Maimonides and Obadiah Bertinoro $2,000.00
Seder Nashim. With commentary by Moses Maimonides and Obadiah Bertinoro $1,500.00
Seder Kodshim. With commentary by Moses Maimonides and Obadiah Bertinoro $1,500.00
Seder Taharoth. With commentary by Moses Maimonides and Obadiah Bertinoro $1,500.00
Mishnayoth. With commentary Kav Venaki by Elishah ben Abraham of Grodno $1,500.00
(MAIMONIDES/RaMBa”M). Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic Code]. Fourteen parts in two volumes $15,000.00
RaMBa”M). Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic code]. Second Volume Only $7,000.00
(MAIMONIDES/RaMBa”M). Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic Code] $12,000.00
/ RaMBa”M). Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic code]. Edited and translated into German by Leon Mandelstamm. $700.00
/RaMBa”N). Peirush HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch] $15,000.00
Malecheth Hadikduk-Institutiones Grammerticæ in Hebræam linguam. WITH: Yonah Navi Be’arbah Leshonoth-Ionas Propheta in quatuor orbis [The Book of Jonah in Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Chaldae] $2,000.00
Chachmath Hamazaloth...Kalendarium Hebraicum $6,000.00
(Ed.) Shlosh Esrei Ikrim. Divrei Habayith Hasheini. Eser Gilyoth Yisrael - Tredecim Articuli Fidei Judaeorum (etc.) $5,000.00
*LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR. Sepher Ha’dikdukim-Grammatica Hebraea Eliae Levitae. AND: Sepher Habachur -Grammatica Eliae** $1,000.00
KIMCHI, DAVID (RaDa”K). Sepher Ha’sharashim- Dictionarium Hebraicum [Biblical lexicon and grammar] $1,000.00
MUTAL, BENJAMIN BEN ABRAHAM. $600.00
Mateh Dan-Cuzari Chelek Sheni $15,000.00
[Kabbalistic commentary on the hidden meanings based on the letters of the Aleph-Beth]. Anonymous (Attributed to Rabbi Akiva) $2,000.00
Peirush Megilath Ruth $1,500.00
Habes hoc in libro, candide lector Hebraicas Institiones... $2,000.00
(Palaggi). Kaf Hachaim [ethics] $200.00
*Sepher Tehillah Be’arash [prayers following the Dubrovnik earthquake] Merapeh Lashon [Chevra Kadishah prayers for the dead and dying]** $700.00
Or Hayashar [Kabbalistic commentary to the prayers, with text] $500.00
Over Lesocher [on mathematics and economics] $700.00
[Kabbalah]. Anonymous $3,000.00
Sepher Haseguloth [selected charms and remedies]. WITH: HAI GAON. Sepher Haparchus [medicinal remedies] $150.00
Chozeh Tzion [commentary to the Book of Psalms, with text] $500.00
Mishpachath Sophrim $150.00
Machzor - Sepher Kerovoth [Festival Prayers for the first two days of Passover]. According to Aschkenazic rite $1,500.00
Mikra’ei Kodesh [Kabbalistic exposition to the Festivals and precepts] $700.00
Shesh Sha’arim-Zecher Rav- Memoria De los 613 Preceptos de la S. Ley y fiete de Sabios [poem on the categories and reasons for the Precepts]. Translated into Spanish by SOLOMON ADHAN $900.00
Dikduk Lashon Hakodesh - Institutionum Hebraicarum. pp.(16),448. [Not in Adams]. Johannes Crato, 1581. * BOUND WITH: Kotzer Hamikra - Epitome Bibliorum Continens. ff.(108). [Adams S-666]. Johannes Crato, 1578 $1,500.00
SCHWARTZ, JOSEPH $2,500.00
Anonymous. Hebrew with Latin translation on facing page. Title within historiated border. pp.160. [Vinograd, Basle 165; Prijs, Basle 129; Adams S-846]. Basle, Ambrosius Froben, 1580 $1,800.00
[on cosmogony and thaumaturgy]. Anonymous (Attributed to Abraham the Patriach) $7,000.00
Neveh Shalom [philosophy] $500.00
Tuv Ha’aretz [on the virtues of the Land of Israel] $500.00
Bechi Naharoth [history of the Jewish People] $200.00
Mivchar Ha’peninim [“A Choice of Pearls”- ethics]. Translated from the original Arabic by Judah ibn Tibbon. With an annonymous commentary. $50,000.00
Talmud Yerushalmi $25,000.00
Sha”s Ha’gadol She’ba’gedolim- Masechta Berachoth. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc. Prepared and with a commentary by Joseph Shapotshnick (London, England) and Shalom Isaac Levitan (Kristania, Norway) $700.00
Masechta Derech Eretz Upirkei Ben Azzai $7,000.00
Strack, Hermann L (Editor). Der Babylonische Talmud. Nach der Einzigen Vollständigen Handschrift München Codex Hebraicus 95 (The Munich Codex Facsimile) $5,000.00
Igereth Hasheluchah Mechachmei Verabanei Ha’aschkenazim Shebe’eretz Yisrael Lebenei Moshe Rabeinu Ve’asereth Hashevatim $900.00
Sepher Likutei Tzvi [collected ethical prayers and readings] $2,000.00
Chazon Lamo’ed [commentary to the Book of Daniel, with text] $500.00
Yad Hamelech [commentary to the Book of Esther, with text] $500.00
Bayith Ne’eman [semons and eulogies] $400.00
Nephesh Ha’chaim [ethics] $1,000.00
(MaHaR”I Weil). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]. With glosses $500.00
WESSELY, NAPHTALI HERZ (HARTWIG) $1,500.00
Machzor. For the Festival of Sukoth. According to Aschkenazi rite. $700.00
Da’ath Harabanim [collected responsa concerning the enfranchisement of women in Eretz Israel]. Includes two responsa by Meir Dan Plotzki of Ostrog. * WITH: Kasher, Menachem Mendel. Kuntress Milchemeth Mitzvah [polemic] $300.00
AGUDATH HARABONIM - UNION OF ORTHODOX RABBIS. Ledger recording meetings held during the War (One), Post-war years and Prohibition era $5,000.00
Autograph Letter Signed, to Nachum Yudelowitz regarding accepting the position as Rabbi of Amtzislov $500.00
Autograph Letter Signed, from Joseph Kronheimer of Melbourne to Rabbi Shmuel Salant of Jerusalem concerning fifteen pounds sent as charity for the needy $300.00
BEN-GURION, DAVID $700.00
Autograph postcard Signed, to R. Mordechai Luria of Jerusalem (noted scholar and kabbalist) concerning the acquisition and value of books. Listing 47 printing locations from where Deinard has a permanent desiderata $500.00
Autograph novellae on Tosfoth Sanhedrin concerning the capital penalty of Sekila $1,500.00
(Aruch Laner). Autograph Letter Signed, to his "mechutan" Rabbi Zeligman, Director of Yeshiva of Hamburg. Responding to a Halachic ruling with a contrary opinion $1,200.00
FEINSTEIN, MOSHE. $1,500.00
Group of c.30 items: autograph letters, photographs and printed ephemera pertaining to Gottheil and his family. $2,000.00
of Graetz (1795-1874). Autograph Letter Signed, to his son Tzvi (concerning family and business matters) including the renting of apartments for family members and making sure that mother visits the doctor $900.00
(Father of Political Zionism, 1860-1904). Autograph Letter Signed. Apparently written to Aaron Marcus $2,500.00
Typed Letter Signed, by Rebbetzin Sarah Herzog - with four line autograph addendum and greetings (in Hebrew) signed by Chief Rabbi Herzog - to Mrs. (Chaim) Tchernowitz $500.00
Pinkas Shechunat Yemin Moshe. An important historical ledger pertaining to the first neighborhood established outside the walls of Jerusalem, Named for its patron, Sir Moses Montefiore $3,000.00
Large collection of c. 1,050 broadsides, documents, posters etc. Mostly in Hebrew, also Yiddish, English, Arabic $7,000.00
Letter Signed, to a benefactor from South Africa thanking him for his generous contribution to the Yeshiva $3,000.00
(Rabbi of Ponovezh). Autograph Letter Signed, to the leaders of the Agudath Israel declining to participate in an overseas mission, “my participation would not add value.” He concludes: "may God have pity on the remnants of His nation." $500.00
Autograph Letter Signed, to Simcha Furst concerning a Public Letter to appear in the newspaper Hamaggid supporting the Chibat Zion movement $900.00
(The Steipler Gaon). Letter Signed, requesting financial assistance for Naphtali Sofer to recover from debt due to the expenses involved in publishing the writings of his grandfather $400.00
Marriage Contract. According to Karaite Custom $8,000.00
Document Signed, by seventeen notables of the community of Seret asserting the rectitude of the town’s Shochet following a communal disagreement $900.00
(Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land. 1865-1935). Three Autograph Letters Signed, to Rabbi Kook regarding immigration to the Land of Israel $3,000.00
Letter from Dean of Yeshiva "Etz Chaim" of Kletzk, ordination certificate $700.00
LEIBOWITZ, BARUCH BER of KAMINETZ. $600.00
Seder Kabalath Shabbath [prayers upon the onset of the Sabbath] $3,000.00
Prayer book according to the meditations (Kavanoth ) of Rabbi Isaac Luria (Ari Zal). Edited by Rabbi Meir Poppers $10,000.00
Tachlal -Yemenite prayer book, with local custom $10,000.00
Machzor [prayers for the festival of Pentecost]. According to Romanian rite $5,000.00
(Scroll of Esther, in Brass case). Miniature cylindrical brass case topped by turned handle, containing complete Scroll. Black ink on vellum (with corrections) $7,000.00
Autograph Letter Signed, to the Spiritual leader of Lithuanian Jewry, Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, addressing the severe financial difficulties of his Yeshiva $300.00
Autograph Letter Signed, to Abraham Shmuel Broda of Chicago $600.00
RABINOWITZ-TEOMIM, ELIAHU DAVID. $600.00
(Galician Talmudic Scholar. 1828-1905). Document Signed pertaining to family matter $1,200.00
(Director of Yeshiva of Volozhin). Typed Letter Signed, thanking donor for his contribution and describing the rejuvenation of the Yeshiva $600.00
(Rabbi of Lublin and Sonik, 1887-1937). Typed Letter Signed, to the community leaders seeking their support of the Yeshivah and the Central Vaad Hayeshivas. With reference to the Chofetz Chaim and Chaim Ozer Grodzinski $600.00
Autograph Letter Signed, to Rabbi Y.M. Lewin expressing New Year's greetings. Includes wishes for a “Complete Redemption” $300.00
(“Chaim Brisker”). Letter Signed, to the Orientalist, Abraham Elijah Harkavy, thanking him for his support of the Yeshiva Torath Chaim in Jerusalem $2,000.00
Typed Letter Signed (with additional signatures) thanking donor $700.00
(Director of Yeshiva at Baranowicze. 1875-1941). Autograph Letter Signed, to Pessia (Jenny) Miller -Fagin thanking her for her contribution to the Yeshiva Ohel Torah $500.00
AVADENKA, LYNNE $700.00
J.& J. Tharaud. L’Ombre de la Croix [The Shadow of the Cross]. Text in French $2,500.00
Heine, Heinrich. Der Rabbi von Bacherach $1,000.00
Aronson, Boris. Marc Chagall $300.00
Ost und West. Davis Trietsch & Leo Winz (eds.) $3,000.00
(JACOBS, JOSEPH and LUCIEN WOLF). Catalogue of (the) Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, 1887. Royal Albert Hall, And of Supplementary Exhibitions... $700.00
Machsor Lipsiae $700.00
The Golden Haggadah $700.00
Die Darmstadter Pessach-Haggadah $1,500.00
The Worms Machzor $3,000.00
The Kennicott Bible. $5,000.00
The Rothschild Miscellany $6,000.00
The Barcelona Haggadah $4,000.00
The Parma Psalter $3,000.00
Complete Set of Sixteen Color Plates, reproducing the Artist’s Work. Introductory text by Rabbi Dr. H.P. Chajes in German $3,000.00
(Juedisches Ceremoniel). Full compliment of twenty-eight engraved plates of Jewish ceremony and custom. Plates Only $3,000.00
Hancke, Erich. Max Liebermann Sein Leben und Seine Werke $150.00
Heine, Heinrich. Der Rabbi von Bacherach $2,000.00
Graficzne Prace $500.00
Radierungen von E.M. Lilien $200.00
*Die Bücher der Bibel. Lieder des Ghetto. * Juda. * Eine Kunstlerische Entwickelung. * E.M. Lilien. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Zeichnenden Kunste** $900.00
Bilder aus dem Altjuedischen Familienleben $900.00
Abel Pann Szentföoldi Festömüvész Gyüjteményes Kiállitásának Katalogusa. Exhibition Catalogue of Pann’s work held at the Nemzei Szalon, Budapest (?) March 29th to April 13th, 1925 $500.00
The Bible in Pictures. Genesis, From the Creation until the Deluge $1,000.00
The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World $1,800.00
*Silvain, Gérard. Images et Traditions Juives. 1980. Deux Destins en Diaspora. With idiosyncratic publishing style featuring the Sephardi and Aschkenazi sections inverted. 1984** $300.00
Chageinu - Our Holidays $600.00
Shtetl. Mayn Chorever Heym, a Gedeknish [“My Destroyed Home. A Memorial”] $5,000.00
“Boris Schatz His Life and Work Monography.” Part One (all published) $600.00
Das Buch Hiob [The Book of Job]. Text in German $500.00
“Photographs After Ten Drawings of Jewish Ceremonials” $3,000.00
Fortlage, Arnold and Karl Schwarz. Das Graphische Werk von Hermann Struck $1,500.00
Skizzen aus Polen $1,800.00
Skizzen aus Litauen Weissrussland und Kurland $600.00
Die Kunst des Radierens $150.00
Amerika. Foreword by Arthur Holitscher $700.00
La Sainte Bible- Ancien Testament. Quatre Cents Compositions par J. James Tissot. Two volumes $1,500.00
*Group of 19 volumes. Exhibition catalogues and monographs concerning Jewish artists, including: Lesser Ury. Solomon J. Solomon. * Jehudo Epstein. * Eugene Zak. * Arthur Bryks. * Mané-Katz, etc.** $300.00
Beith Hakneseth shel Talmud Torah Ha’nivneh Be’ir Ha’mehulelah hazoth shel Amsterdam- Den Tempel der Jooden tot Amsterdam $7,000.00
(HART, AARON) $4,000.00
(HIRSCHEL, SOLOMON) $2,500.00
(HERTZ, JOSEPH HERMANN) $150.00
Yemenite Jew. Bust portrait facing left $2,500.00
Studying by Candle light $500.00
Judaic Ritualaria $4,000.00
*Large group of c. 300 assorted prints of Jewish life and genre scenes. Including Picart and many others. Many removed from German and English language newpapers. Along With: Holy Land Maps and Views** $2,500.00
Lower Galiliee Landscape $600.00
Yiddish Theatre). Monument National Theatre, Montreal. “The One and Only Molly Picon, The Greatest Success of New York and Miami Beach, In The Greatest Musical Laugh-Riot - The Farblondjet Honeymoon.” $400.00
Rabbi Aryeh Loeb Ben Hayyim Breslau (1741-1809). Chief Rabbi of Rotterdam. Half-length portrait facing right, within roundelle. Dressed in Rabbinic finery $4,000.00
Half-length engraved portrait, full-bearded, wearing clerical scull-cap and over-coat, facing left. Titled in Hebrew $1,000.00
Floral Arrangement. Still Life with flowers resting on table with plate and candle in background. $3,000.00
Portrait of Chassidic Gentelman with a Prayer Shawl $2,000.00
Portrait of Menachem Mendel Ussishkin (1863-1941). Zionist leader, member of Chovevei Zion, and President of the Jewish National Fund. $500.00
Bust portrait of Jacob Schiff (1847-1920) U.S. financier and philanthropist, facing right $500.00
Quarter-length portrait of a North African Gentleman, facing right $900.00
Elderly Jewish Gentleman. Half-length portrait facing right $1,000.00
Child Reading in Bed $500.00
Theodor Herzl. Three-quarter length portrait facing left standing over chair $700.00
Levkovsky, B. Vilna, Synagogue Interior. The great or City Synagogue (/) $2,500.00
The Batkin Family Geneology. Compiled and Edited by Stanley I. Batkin $0.00

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AUCTION 14

November 13, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Product Title	AUCTION 14
Auction Date	Nov 12, 2001
Auction Time	1:00
Departments	Judaica
International Price	$0.00
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Short Description	AUCTION 14 - NOVEMBER 13TH 2001 Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din (The Third Portion) Sold by order of the Honorary Officers of the United Synagogue. With Additions : The Property of Various Owners. And: The Batkin Family Collection (Scarsdale, New York). Including: Illustrated Books and Fine Silver Bindings Together With: Graphic Art. The Property of Mrs. Ilya Schor. (With Additions). The fall sale featured an unusually large collection of books on an extensive range of topics. Included were two Hebrew Incunabula; a large variety of 16th century Hebraic theological texts and other early Hebrew books, most in particularly fine condition, often in contemporaneous binding. In addition the sale boasted a most impressive collection of illustrated Jewish art books of late 19th to early 20th century. A number of 18th and 19th century Italian and Continental silver bound Hebrew prayer books and a large number of Autograph Rabbinic Letters were offered for sale. Also featured were various works of graphic art by Hermann Struck, E. M. Lilien, Max Liebermann, Abel Pann, Ze’ev Raban, Issachar Ber Ryback and Ilya Schor. Highlights of the sale included: (LITURGY). Tephilah Ke’phi Minhag Roma [prayers for the entire year]. According to Roman rite. A HANDSOME COPY PRINTED ENTIRELY ON VELLUM. Bologna, Raphael Talmi for the Company of Silk Weavers, 1537. Sold for $92,000. Lot 251. BIBLE, PSALMS. Polyglot. Psalterium, Hebreum, Grecum, Arabicum & Chaldeum, cum tribus latinis interpretationibus & glossis. FIRST POLYGLOT BIBLE EDITION. The Second Book Printed in Arabic. THE ONLY BOOK PRINTED AT GENOA IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. AN EARLY REFERENCE TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’ DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. Edited and with Latin commentary by Agostino Giustiniani. (Chaldee). (Genoa), Petrus Paulus Porro for Nicolo Giustiniani Paulo, 1516. Sold for $19,550. Lot 68. BIBLE, PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH. In Hebrew. Tikun Sopherim. - Quinque Libri Mosis. A particularly resplendent HAND-COLORED copy in a fine contemporary Dutch binding. Bound for the philanthropic shipping magnate Daniel de la Peña, in 1727. Amsterdam, for Samuel Rodrigues Mendes, Moses Sarfati and David Gomes da Silva, 1726. Sold for $19,550. Lot 89. Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary by Isaac Abrabanel. The First hagadah illustrated with copperplate engravings FINE FOLDING ENGRAVED HEBREW MAP OF THE HOLY LAND . All accomplished by the proselyte Abraham ben Jacob. Amsterdam, Asher Anshel & Partners, 1695. Sold for $21,850. Lot 188. (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Monis, Judah. Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet. A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue. "The First Hebrew Grammar Printed in America." Evans 3931. The First Book Printed by a Jew in North America. FIRST EDITION. Boston, Jonas Green, 1735. Sold for $9,200. Lot 17. SEPHER YETZIRAH. [on cosmogony and thaumaturgy]. Anonymous (Attributed to Abraham the Patriarch). FIRST EDITION. Numerous spherical charts and Kabbalistic diagrams. Mantua, Jacob Ben Naphtali Hacohen, 1562. Sold for $42,550. Lot 324.

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