Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art

AUCTION 19

March 11, 2003 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art

AUCTION 19 - MARCH 11TH 2003
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art
Including:
A Beautiful Liturgical Illuminated Vellum Manuscript by Nathan ben Samson of Mehzeritch, 1723
A Unique Collection of Contemporary Manuscripts Concerning the Burning of the Talmud in Italy, 1553
A Significant Collection of Documents relating to the Jews of Italy & France
Early Printed Hebrew Books in Magnificent Period Bindings

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SALE:
(PRICES INCLUDE 15% BUYER’S PREMIUM)

An important collection of manuscripts concerning the printing of the Talmud in Italy, and the subsequent Public Burning of these tomes by order of the Pope in 1555.
Sold for $149,500. Lot 227.
A beautiful liturgical illuminated vellum manuscript of selected prayers by Nathan ben Samson of Mehzeritch, 1728. This fine example of 18th century Jewish art, with particularly well executed illustrations and calligraphy, is in very fresh condition and is being offered at public auction for the first time, having until now remained in private hands. Sold for $59,800. Lot 222
An additional highlight in the manuscript section is Maimonides’ The Book of Precepts, 1492. This manuscript includes almost the entire text of Maimonides’ The Book of Precepts in the original Arabic version. There are only six or seven complete or close to complete manuscript copies of the Arabic version extant. Sold for $23,000. Lot 226
Hebrew Bible printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice, 1524. This four-volume set was in fine condition. Sold for $86,250. Lot 38
Early printed Hebrew books in magnificent period bindings are also being offered including a Bible in a fine contemporary Grolier-style binding, Antwerp, 1573. Sold for $27,600. Lot 53
A Hebrew Bible, an attractive wide-margined copy of an exceptionally rare Venetian edition, dated 1528. Sold for $25,300. Lot 39
A book of Rabbinic code by Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi, Venice, 1521-2. This is a fine copy of an exceptionally rare and important edition. Sold for $43,700. Lot 3
An early Americana Marriage Contract on paper from 1751. This is one of the earliest American Kethuboth extant. Sold for $17,250. Lot 6

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Grouped product items
Product Name
Hebrew) $30,000.00
(ITALY) $3,000.00
(ITALY) $1,500.00
(PRAGUE) $600.00
(SWEDEN) $500.00
(SWEDEN) $500.00
(BINDING) $25,000.00
(LITURGY) $900.00
(LITURGY. $3,000.00
(ZIONISM) $1,500.00
Bookseller $500.00
(DENMARK). $400.00
(HOLLAND). $1,800.00
(AUSTRALIA) $400.00
Shiva House. $2,500.00
(JERUSALEM). $1,500.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth HaRaSHB”A [responsa] $1,200.00
De divinis attributis, quae Sephirot ab Hebraeis nuncupantur...Eiusdem. De causis antipathiae & sympathiae rerum naturalium. Eiusdem de modo & potestate quam daemones habent intelligendi, ac commouendi conceptus animae, passionisquè appetitus $600.00
Sepher Halachoth Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code] $40,000.00
Ayelet Ahavim [Kabbalistic commentary to the Song of Songs, with text] $700.00
Sepher Monoth Halevi [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Esther, with text] $600.00
(KETHUBAH). Marriage Contract, on paper. Uniting Rachel Louzada (? -1790), daughter of Hannah and Moses and Haym Myers (? -circa 1801) on Wednesday, 1st Tammuz 1751, in New York. $25,000.00
Constitution and By-Laws of the American Jewish Publication Society. (Founded on the 9th of Heshvan, 5606). Adopted at Philadelphia, on Sunday, November 30th, 1845, Kislev 1st, 5606 $1,500.00
NOAH, M(ORDECHAI) M(ANUEL). Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews, Delivered at the Tabernacle, Oct. 28 and Dec. 2, 1844. $1,800.00
(AMERICAN JUDAICA) $900.00
(Bible, Hebrew). Torah Nevi'im Ukethuvim $1,500.00
Benjamin, Judah P. The Right of Secession. Speech of Hon. J.P. Benjamin of La. Delivered in (the) Senate of the United States on December 31st, 1860 $2,000.00
(AMERICAN JUDAICA). $2,000.00
(Liturgy). Seder Tephilah- The Order of Prayer for the Divine Service. Revised by Dr. L. Merzbacher, Late Rabbi at the Temple Emanu-El, New York. Printed for the Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, Cal. $600.00
SZOLD, BENJAMIN. Vaterland und Freiheit. Predigt bei der Erinnerungsfreier des verstorbenen Präsidenten, Abraham Lincoln am 1 Juni 1865, (dem zweiten Tag Schabuoth) $700.00
(AMERICAN JUDAICA) $1,200.00
(Bible, English). Torah Nevi’im U’kethuvim- The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully Translated According to the Massoratic Text, After the Best Jewish Authorities and Supplied with Short Explanatory Notes. By ISAAC LEESER $900.00
[Civil War]. Enrollment Cerificate $500.00
(AMERICAN JUDAICA). $1,500.00
(ARGENTINA). (HIRSCH, MAURICE, BARON DE). Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Jewish Colonization Association. Company Limted by Shares. $900.00
(ARGENTINA). (HIRSCH, MAURICE BARON DE). [Foreign Office 1894. Miscellaneous Series. No. 323. Reports on Subjects of General and Commercial Interest]. Argenestenbotine Republic. Report on Baron Hirsch’s Jewish Colonisation Scheme. $500.00
(AMERICAN (SOUTH) JUDAICA). $200.00
“Procor” Sub comité del “Procor” en Uruguay Organiza un Pic-Nic y Baile Familiar en la Espsciosa Quinta “Campo Español”.... $700.00
(ARGENTINA). Prof. Z. Itzkowitz. Metodo Practico de Corte. Der Praktischer Metad Fun Tzuschneiden-De Medida y Confeccion Para Ambros Sexos [practical guide to pattern-cutting and tailoring for both mens’ and womens’ fashions] $150.00
(AMERICAN (SOUTH) JUDAICA). $500.00
[Parliamentary Act]. An Act to permit Persons professing the Jewish Religion, to be Naturalized by Parliament. BOUND WITH: An Act to Repeal...An Act to permit Persons professing the Jewish Religion, to be Naturalized by Parliament $1,500.00
(Bible. Hebrew. Exodus & Leviticus). Torath Hashem Temimah-Tikun Sopherim Ha’yeshorim. Prepared by Isaac Przemyslow of Prague and Edited by his son, Hirsch $6,000.00
Manuscript Legal Document, signed by Hananel and Jacob Mendes da Costa, authorizing three New York merchants, Nicholas Low, Thomas Lawrence and Jacob Morris, to represent their commercial interests in the New World. $2,500.00
(BLOOD LIBEL). Yepes, Fray Rodrigo de. Historia de la muerie y glorioso martyrio del Sancto Innocente [“History of the Death and Glorious martyrdom of the Holy Child of La Guardia”- an account of the blood libel of the Holy Child of La Guardia] $6,000.00
Aaron (ben David) Ha’kohen. Ma’asei Nissim [on the blood libel in Dubrovnik (Ragusa) in 1622] $700.00
Scharff-Scharffenstein, Hermann von. Das geheime Treiben der Einfluk und die Macht des Judenthum in Frankreich feit hundred Jahren (1771-1871) [“The Secret Drive of the Influence and Might of the Jews of France”] $300.00
(BLOOD LIBEL). Der Blutprozess von Tisza Eszlàr in Ungarn [contemporaneous account of the infamous Tisza Eszlàr affair] $500.00
Sterneberch. Von den böfen Juden folget hier eine Geschichte $2,000.00
Heimer, Ernst. Der Giftpilz. Ein Stuermerbuch für Jung und Alt $2,500.00
Èlections Législatives…Ad. Willette Candidat Antisémite. “Electures. Les Juifs ne sont grande que parce que nous sommes á genoux! …Levons Nous!” [French Election Poster] $1,500.00
BACHIAH BEN JOSEPH IBN PAQUDA. $900.00
Masaoth shel Rabi Benyamin [travel] $1,500.00
Hebrew). Chamisha Chumshei Torah[-end] $20,000.00
Hebrew. JOB & DANIEL) $10,000.00
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 $2,500.00
Hebrew. FIVE SCROLLS). Chameish Megilloth-Canticum caticorum... $1,500.00
Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end]. With Nikud. Four parts bound in eight volumes $8,000.00
Hebrew. PSALMS). Psalmi-Sepher Tehillim. With vocalization points. $4,000.00
Polyglot. PSALMS). Psalterium Harmonicum $1,500.00
Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end] $1,500.00
Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehilim $1,500.00
Polyglot. PSALMS). Psalmi Davidici cum exegesi et phraseologia ad textum Hebraeum. Text in Hebrew, Greek (Septuagint) and Latin (Vulgate). With Latin paraphrase $900.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH). Da’ath Klulah-Chamisha Chumshei Torah $1,800.00
Chok LeYisroel [portions of Zohar, Bible, etc. divided for daily study]. According to the Sephardic rite $1,500.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah $700.00
Taferelen der Voornaamste Geschiedenissen van het oute en niewe Testament, en andere Boeken, bij de Heilige Schrift Gevoegt $2,000.00
(BIBLE, Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end] $30,000.00
(Bible, Hebrew. Pentateuch, MEGILLOTH & HAPHTAROTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. $6,000.00
(LITURGY). Machzor Sephardim Le’yamim Noraim [festival prayers for The New Year]. According to Sephardic rite $3,000.00
[Bible, Hebrew. Pentateuch, Five Scrolls & Haphtaroth]. Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With Targum Onkelus and Rashi’s commentary. With nikud (vowel points) $5,000.00
(Liturgy). Kos Yeshuoth- Die vollständigen Gebete der Israeliten für das ganze Jahr [daily prayers for the entire year] $5,000.00
Milchamah Be’Shalom [theological polemic] $200.00
Kirchliche Verfassung der Heutigen Juden Sonderlich derer in Deutschland $2,000.00
Group of four Calendars: i. Jessnitz 1740 ii. Jessnitz 1748 iii. Altona 1748 iv. Altona 1749 $3,000.00
Sorlier, Charles. The Lithographs of Chagall 1969-1973. [Volume IV of the Catalogue Rasonne] $500.00
Mevakesh Hashem [sermons and homilies on the weekly Torah Portions] $600.00
Kol Aryeh [novellae to the Talmud] $900.00
DAVID, MAGGID OF MAKOW. Zemir Aritzim [anti-Chassidic tract] $600.00
T’nu Kavod La’Torah... $1,000.00
(Moses ben Gershon Gentili). Malecheth Machsheveth [novellae to the Pentateuch based upon the Natural Sciences] $2,000.00
Kuntrass Seder Hadoroth, Anshei Shem Vehame’oroth [chronology of Biblical personalities and events] $200.00
DAVID, MAGGID OF MAKOW. Zemir Aritzim [anti-Chassidic tract] $2,500.00
Nasi, David Don. Hoda’ath Ba’al Din Neged Torath Da’ath Natzereth [polemic against Christianity]. With Introductory Essay by Deinard: Yeshu Ha’notzri Lo Hayah ve’lo Nivrah. $1,500.00
Manifest concerning a young Jew, Dortris Abraham, who escaped from prison and seeking his capture $600.00
Zola, Emile. “J’Accuse…!” L’Aurore. $3,000.00
Psst...! Numbers 1-85 (all published) $1,000.00
FRIZZI, BENEDETTO. (Ha’Kohen, Benzion Raphael). Difesa contro gli attacchi fatti alia Nazione Ebrea nel Libro Intitolato “Della Influenza Del Ghetto Nello Stato” [response to the slanderous attack of Count G. B. D’Arco against the Jews of Italy] $1,500.00
Va’yakam Eiduth Be’ya’akov [polemic against Jonathan Eybeschuetz] $5,000.00
Binah Le’itim [sermons and eulogies] $300.00
(FRENCH JUDAICA) $1,000.00
Requête Adressée au Roi par le Consistoire Central des Israélites, contre la prorgation du Décret du 17 mars 1808 qui soumet les Juifs à une législation spéciale $900.00
(FRENCH JUDAICA) $1,500.00
(FRENCH JUDAICA). $4,000.00
(FRENCH JUDAICA) $2,000.00
(FRENCH JUDAICA) $1,500.00
(FRENCH-ITALIAN JUDAICA) $2,000.00
Minhagei Beth Ha’knesseth De’kahal Adath Yisrael, poh Berlin [rites and customs of the Adath Israel Congregation of Berlin] $500.00
Seder Tephiloth-Kathimerinai Proseukhsi. According to Sephardic rite $1,500.00
Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary of Rabbi Joseph of Padua $20,000.00
Hagadah shel Pessach. Accoding to the custom of Baghdad $900.00
(Passover Hagadah) $1,000.00
Hagadah Shel Pessach-Hagadá de Pesaj. According to Sephardic custom. Translated into Spanish by Moses Chaim Benlolo $250.00
Escamoth Reglamentos, e Ordenanças para o bom governo da Santa Irmandade Mishenet Zequenim id est: Bordao dos Velhos Novamente Instituida nesta cidade de Amsterdam, para amparo de Velhos, e Velhas, desvalidos $2,000.00
Translat Appointment [communal regulations of the Aschkenazi (New) Congregation of Amsterdam] $500.00
Discourses. Nos. 5-9. [Lampoons issued as part of the rivalry between Amsterdam’s Aschkenazi Old Kehillah and New Kehillah] $700.00
(Liturgy). Machzor fur Rosh Ha’shanah un Yom Ha’kippurim-Schabbos 8th-9th Sept. and17th Sept. 1945 [festival prayers for the New Year and the Day of Atonement] $900.00
Counted Remnant. Register of the Jewish Survivors in Budapest $500.00
Undzer Churban in Bild - Our Destruction in Pictures. Collected and Edited by R. Olevski, D. Rosental, P. Trepman, for the Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in the British Zone $1,000.00
Entartete Kunst [catalogue of the Nazi’s infamous exhibition of “Degenerate Art”] $700.00
(The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Shnei Luchoth Habrith. Issued with: Vavei Amudim by Author’s son, Shabthai Sheftel $600.00
The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Kitzur Shnei Luchoth Habrith. [Abridged version of Isaiah Horowitz’s treatise]. Prepared by JEHIEL MECHEL EPSTEIN $900.00
Nishmath Shabbathai Halevi [Kabbalah] $900.00
Shepha Tal [Kabbalah] $300.00
Edict Expelling all Jews from Hungary and Bohemia by Order of Maria Theresa $1,500.00
A Compendius Grammar of the Hebrew Language with XXVII Tables. By the Rev. G. F. R. Weidmann, B. A. Junior Professor in Bishop’s College, Calcutta: And formally Fellow and Assitant Tutor of St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge $700.00
(INDIAN JUDAICA). $600.00
(Liturgy). The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the Saphardeem Jews as Read in their Synagogues and Used in their Families. Translated from Hebrew into Marathi by Shalom Samuel and Haeem Samuel $1,500.00
(INDIAN JUDAICA) $4,000.00
Adon Olam- God Save Our Gracious King $700.00
The Inquisition and Judaism. A Sermon addressed to Jewish Martyrs, on the occation of an Auto-da-Fe at Lisbon, 1705. By the Archbishop of Cranganor. Also a Reply to the Sermon, by Carlos Vero. Translated by Moses Mocatta $700.00
*Mashal Hakadmoni [“Proverb of the Ancient”- collected fables and aphorisms] WITH: Sepher Hatapu’ach [Attributed to Aristotle]** $4,000.00
Vincenzo per la Gratia di dio duca di Mantoua & di Monferrato $5,000.00
Grida Sopra Gli Ebrei $3,000.00
Notificazione Sopra i Pegni Rubati nel Banco del già Abram Rovighi Ebrao $1,800.00
Avviso Nel dedursi a pubblica notizia, che dalla Ducal Ferma Generale è stato subaffittato all’Ebreo Negoziante Abram Raffaello Namias $900.00
Descrizione Della Solenne Istallazione del Concistoro Israelitico Eseguita in Roma il di 1 Agosto 1811 $700.00
McLeon, N. Illustrations to the Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan $4,000.00
Moda’ath Zoth $1,500.00
Jerusalem 1918-1920. Being the Records of the Pro-Jerusalem Council during the period of the British Military Administration. Edited by C. R. Ashbee $700.00
Kendall, Henry. Jerusalem- The City Plan Preservation and Development During the British Mandate 1918-48 $500.00
NARKISS, MORDECHAI. The Hanukkah Lamp $1,200.00
The Kennicott Bible. $3,000.00
The Rothschild Miscellany. $4,000.00
SOLTONSKI, MODECHAI. Petach Tivka [grammar] $700.00
Juedisches Ceremoniel. $2,500.00
Sepher Ha’mussar [ethics] $600.00
Igereth Rishpei Keshet $600.00
Ziv Shadai [kabbalistic elucidation of the essays of Rabbah bar Bar Chana] $12,000.00
Zikaron Be’yerushalayim [on the Holy Sites in Eretz Israel] $500.00
The Detroit News. “Jerusalem Taken by the British” $500.00
The Baltimore News. “120 to 150 Jews Die in Riots; Famine Menaces Jerusalem” $500.00
The New York Times. “Zionists Proclaim New State of Israel: Truman Recognizes it and Hopes for Peace; Egypt Orders Invasion, other Armies Near” $700.00
(LAND OF ISRAEL) $1,800.00
Megillath Setarim [commentaries to parables of the Sages] $500.00
Or Kadmon [“Primordial Light” -supplications by David ibn Zimra, et al]. Edited by MOSES BEN JACOB CHAGIZ $1,200.00
Sha’ar Bath Rabim [prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazi rite. With commentary Hadrath Kodesh by Isaac Halevi $7,000.00
Spanish). Orden de Leccion de Tora, Nebihim, y Quetubim....en las noches de Sebuot y Hosana Raba $700.00
Sha’ar Hashamayim [prayers throughout the year]. With Psalms, Biblical readings and Ma’amadoth. Compiled with commentary by R. Isaiah Halevi Hurwitz (SHeLa”H Hakodosh) $0.00
Seder Tephiloth Ke’mihag K. K. Sephardim [daily prayers for the entire year]. According to Sephardic rite $1,200.00
Machzor Mikol Ha’shanah [prayers for the entire year]. According to the custom of Aschkenaz and Poland $3,000.00
Tikun Leil La”g Be’omer [selections from the Zohar and the teachings of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai for recitation on the eve of La”g Be’omer] $500.00
Dutch). Gebeden der Portugeesche Jooden $4,000.00
Italian). Imrei Lev- Preghiere D’un Cuore Israelita [festival prayers] $2,000.00
Seder Tephiloth Mikol Ha’shanah [Kabbalistic prayer book based on the Kavanoth of R. Issac Luria-the AR”I and the Baal Shem Tov] $500.00
The Complete Works. By Robert S. Aries $700.00
Kadmonioth [on the archological finds in Assyria and Babylon] $500.00
Kol Ya’akov [kabbalistic sermons and a lament for the martyrs of 1648-49] $500.00
Prof. Herholdts Dagbeger. Udtog af Prof. Herholdts Dageger over Rachel Hertz’s Sngdomme i Uarene 1807-1826; med tilfoiede Bemaertninger [description of the medical condition of Rachel Hertz, a Jewish girl from Copenhagen] $1,200.00
Tertis, A(lexander). Sepher Dam Bris- Treatise on Metzitzah & Circumcision [responsa and testimonials relating to the new circumcision apparatus invented by the author] $500.00
(MaHaRa”M) OF ROTHENBURG. Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $1,500.00
*[Midrashic commentary to the Book of Psalms] MIDRASH SHMUEL [Midrashic commentary to the Book of Samuel] * Midrash Mishlei [Midrashic commentary to the Book of Proverbs]** $2,000.00
(Liturgy). Seder Zikaron Yerushalayim [daily prayers for the entire year]. According to Sephardic rite. $1,500.00
(MINIATURE BOOKS). $2,000.00
MONTEFIORE, SIR MOSES $5,000.00
Group of c.60 American anti-Semitic postcards. Many with inscriptions on verso. Contained within Album $3,000.00
Shir Hashirim - The Song of Songs $1,800.00
Jerusalem of Lithuania. Illustrated and Documented. [history of the Jews of Vilna] $400.00
Cheshbon-Katzar $600.00
Tikun Ha’shulchan [selected prayers, hymns and Torah portions for recitation at the dining table] $1,500.00
[on cosmogony and thaumaturgy]. Anonymous (Attributed to Abraham the Patriach) $7,000.00
“Verwunderlicher Anfang und schmählicher Aussgang des unlängst neuenstandeded Juden Propheten Nathan Levi und des....jüdischen Messiae Sabezae, folgends aber Josvahel Cam genannt....” $2,000.00
“Sabethai Sevi, Der Falsche Messias” $1,800.00
Avodath Halevi-Moreh Tzedek [listing of the precepts with reference to sources throughout Rabbinic literature] $400.00
Seder Hanikur [on the porging of meat] $4,000.00
Na’im Zemiroth Yisrael [Kabalistic commentary on three of Issac Luria's piyutim for the Sabbath] $700.00
Tractatus de Iudaeis et aliis infidelibus circa concernentia originem contractuum, bella, foedera, vltimas voluntates, iudicia, & delicta Iudaeorum & aliorum infidelium, & eorum conuersiones ad fidem $500.00
Kongl. Majts och Riksens Commerce-Collegie Reglemente, Foer them af Judeske Nationen, som wilja hit I Riket indflytta och sig haer nedsaetta [Regulation for those of the Jewish Nation Who Wish to Migrate to this Kingdom for Settlement] $1,000.00
CURNONSKY and J.W. BIENSTOCK (Editors). Le Juif Qui Rit. Dexième Série $1,500.00
Ink & Blood. A Book of Drawings by Arthur Szyk $1,500.00
Masechta Sotah [The Suspected Adulteress]. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc $5,000.00
Shas Ha’masbir- 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
Siphrah Detzeni’utha DeYa’akov [Kabbalistic annotations to the Pentateuch]. Edited by the author’s son Eliezer Lipman Temerls $500.00
Beith Elo-him [ethical philosophy] $600.00
Trial and Error. The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann, First President of Israel $800.00
Slonik, Benjamin of Grodno. Mitzvath Nashim Melamdah - Precetti da Esser Imparati dalle Donne Hebree $2,500.00
[Midrashic anthology to the Bible]. Attributed to Shimon the Preacher of Frankfurt $1,000.00
Herzl, Theodor. Der Judenstaat. Versuch einer Modernen Losung der Judenfrage. [“The Jewish State, An Attempt at a Modern Solution to the Jewish Question”] $4,000.00
The Jewish Colonial Trust (Jüdische Colonial-Bank) Limited Prospectus. $700.00
(Rosenbaum, Samson (Semyon). b. 1860-1934). Presentation document thanking Samson (Semyon) Rosenbaum for his trouble and turmoil on behalf the Jewish Community. Signed by over forty prominant Russian Jewish communal leaders and personalities $2,500.00
Grossman, A.L. Megilat Genutha [“Hidden Secrets”] $150.00
Adler, Cyrus. Memorandum on the Western Wall. Prepared for the Special Commission of the League of Nations on Behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine $600.00
Palestine: Statement of Policy by His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom. Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by Command of His Majesty, October 1930 [The “Passfield White Paper”] $700.00
Correspondence with the United States Government Regarding United States Rights in Palestine $500.00
Palestine Royal Commission. Summary of Report of the Palestine Royal Commission $700.00
Palestine: Statement of Policy. Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by Command of His Majesty May 1939 [The “MacDonald White Paper”] $700.00
The Political History of Palestine Under British Administration. Memorandum by His Britannic Majesty’s Government presented in July 1947, to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine $700.00
(MacMillan, G. H. A. Lt.-General). Proclamations Published by the Authority of the General Officer Commanding His Britannic Majesty’s Forces in Palestine $1,000.00
Kenner, Israel Tzvi (Dr.) Hagadah Le’yom Ha’atzmauth $300.00
BEN GURION, DAVID $600.00
A Rich, Enthralling and Historic Archive of Ephemeral Materials Relating to the First and All Subsequent Zionist Congresses $20,000.00
Sefer Ivronoth $7,000.00
BEN-GURION, DAVID $700.00
(First Prime Minister of the State of Israel, 1886-1973). Autograph Letter Signed on stationary of Minkin Brothers (general contractors and builders) to Yitzchak Ben Zvi (future President of the State of Israel) $700.00
(First Prime Minister of the State of Israel, 1886-1973). Autograph three paged Letter Signed on stationary of Jewish Socialist Labour Confederation- Poale Zion, London Bureau; to Rachel and Yitzchak Ben Zvi. $1,500.00
(Second President of the State of Israel. 1884-1963) $500.00
Teitelbaum, Rabbi Joel of Satmar $2,500.00
SHAPIRO, CHAIM ELAZAR OF MUNKACZ(Author of Minchath Elazar, 1872-1937) $2,500.00
SCHNEERSON, JOSEPH ISAAC. (Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1880-1950) $900.00
LANDMAN, URI OF PUDOLIA. Eulogy for Menachem Mendel Hager, Grand Rabbi of Vizhnitz and R. Chanoch Henach of Alesk. Also mentioned is R. Avraham Yaakov of Sadiger $900.00
Sefer Hamiloth [Milah Book] by Manoach Chaim ben Baruch Me-Ha’har (Tranquillo de Benedetto del Monte) $7,000.00
Shivah Einayim [selected novellea and discourses] $7,000.00
(Father of Political Zionism, 1860-1904). Group of three letters $4,000.00
PINKAS KAHAL ADATH YESURUN (Budapest). Communal Ledger $2,000.00
Ferdinando. Per la gratia di Dio [Confirmation of Privilages of the community and the bankers by Duke Ferdinando] $7,000.00
(Zionist activist, poet and soldier, 1880-1940). Signed bank-check, with additional material in his hand from the Jewish Colonial Trust $300.00
Ben-Uri, Meir. Lshon Beniyah Ba’torah Ha’kiyor Ve’kano $300.00
Moshe Yonah of Safed (disciple of Isaac Luria, Ar”I z”L). Kanphei Yonah $2,000.00
Toldoth HaAR”I $1,500.00
(LAND OF ISRAEL) $3,000.00
(LAND OF ISRAEL) $6,000.00
A Description of the Holy Land Which is Divided into Three Parts; Judea, Samaria & Galilea. $700.00
Sefirath Ha’Omer $6,000.00
Woman’s Prayers $4,000.00
Seder Hamilah Ve’Kamah Shirim Ve’Tehiloth... $6,000.00
Tikun Erev Rosh Chodesh Be’chadshoh [selected prayers for the Eve of the New Month and Yom Kippur Katan] $40,000.00
(Scroll of Esther). Black ink on vellum $600.00
(Esther Scroll). Black ink on VELLUM. Hebrew script 21 lines arranged in 20 columns on 5 membranes $2,500.00
Padom, Abraham. Fine hand-colored decorative Mizrach $900.00
RaMBa”M). Sepher Ha’mitzvoth [“The Book of Precepts”] $30,000.00
IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF ELEVEN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE BURNING OF THE TALMUD. $70,000.00
(First President of Israel). New Year’s postcard to the Van Geldor family in Cannonbury $700.00
(AMERICAN JUDAICA) $2,000.00
Arch Street Theatre. Painting on rafffier. Depicting the facade of the Arch Street Theater in Philadelphia. In elegant gilt carved wood frame. $700.00
Slavistary(?). Twelve Woodcuts of varying Biblical scenes. Signed by artist in pencil at bottom and numbered 166/500. $1,500.00
Raskin Der Melamed. Signed in pencil by Chagall and numbered 62/110. $4,000.00
(Poster). Etz Chaim he Le’machazikim bah… Drzewo Generalogiczne B. Szem Tow [Geneology of the Ba’al Shem Tov]. In blue and yellow. $2,000.00
“Blessing for the Home.” German Gothic characters intertwined with sprays of colorful flowers and budding foliate vines, with signature and date at lower right corner. Master: M. Hermann. $2,500.00
*Interior of Synagogue in Rome. Forced Missionizing Sermon. Together two lithographs by Hieronymus Hess.** $2,000.00
Talmudic Discussion. Watercolor. Signed below in pencil and dated 911 with inscription “Makai endre dr. uruak halas…” in Hungarian. Framed. $1,500.00
Numerous Biblical iconographic images framed by micrographic script in Dutch. With Masonic images. $5,000.00
Schedel, Hartmann. Destruction of Jerusalem. Liber Chronicarum. Illustrated by Michael Wohlgemuth and Hanns Pleydenwurff. $2,500.00
Schedel, Hartmann. Simon of Trent. Liber Chronicarum. Illustrated by Michael Wohlgemuth and Hanns Pleydenwurff. $1,500.00
Women at Prayer. Signed by artist below. $12,000.00
“Not so, for I and my family shall not budge right or left,” (Based on Macabees I, I:21-27), from the series The Macabees. Signed in ink by artist in Hebrew and English at either bottom corner $1,800.00
Contemplative Rabbi. With exhibition stamps and artist’s signature on reverse of panel. $4,000.00
Mother lighting candles for the Sabbath. Signed by the artist in pencil below image. $500.00
The Sabbath. Each numbered “58/100” and signed by the artist in pencil below image. $1,200.00
*Jewish Couple Gathering in the Field. Signed by artist bottom right. With sketch on reverse of board of Two Jewish Men in Conversation** $2,000.00

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AUCTION 19

March 11, 2003 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SALE:
(PRICES INCLUDE 15% BUYER’S PREMIUM)

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Product Title	AUCTION 19
Auction Date	Mar 10, 2003
Auction Time	1:00
Departments	Judaica
International Price	$0.00
Available for Sale	No
Short Description	AUCTION 19 - MARCH 11TH 2003 Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art Including: A Beautiful Liturgical Illuminated Vellum Manuscript by Nathan ben Samson of Mehzeritch, 1723 A Unique Collection of Contemporary Manuscripts Concerning the Burning of the Talmud in Italy, 1553 A Significant Collection of Documents relating to the Jews of Italy & France Early Printed Hebrew Books in Magnificent Period Bindings HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SALE: (PRICES INCLUDE 15% BUYER’S PREMIUM) An important collection of manuscripts concerning the printing of the Talmud in Italy, and the subsequent Public Burning of these tomes by order of the Pope in 1555. Sold for $149,500. Lot 227. A beautiful liturgical illuminated vellum manuscript of selected prayers by Nathan ben Samson of Mehzeritch, 1728. This fine example of 18th century Jewish art, with particularly well executed illustrations and calligraphy, is in very fresh condition and is being offered at public auction for the first time, having until now remained in private hands. Sold for $59,800. Lot 222 An additional highlight in the manuscript section is Maimonides’ The Book of Precepts, 1492. This manuscript includes almost the entire text of Maimonides’ The Book of Precepts in the original Arabic version. There are only six or seven complete or close to complete manuscript copies of the Arabic version extant. Sold for $23,000. Lot 226 Hebrew Bible printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice, 1524. This four-volume set was in fine condition. Sold for $86,250. Lot 38 Early printed Hebrew books in magnificent period bindings are also being offered including a Bible in a fine contemporary Grolier-style binding, Antwerp, 1573. Sold for $27,600. Lot 53 A Hebrew Bible, an attractive wide-margined copy of an exceptionally rare Venetian edition, dated 1528. Sold for $25,300. Lot 39 A book of Rabbinic code by Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi, Venice, 1521-2. This is a fine copy of an exceptionally rare and important edition. Sold for $43,700. Lot 3 An early Americana Marriage Contract on paper from 1751. This is one of the earliest American Kethuboth extant. Sold for $17,250. Lot 6

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