Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

AUCTION 24

June 29, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

Kestenbaum & Company
Sells Fine Judaica:
Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art & Holy Land Maps
Including
Judaic Ceremonial Art from the Collection of
Daniel M. Friedenberg,
Greenwich, Conn.

June 10, 2004 — Kestenbaum & Company will conduct an auction of Fine Judaica on Tuesday, June 29th at 3:00 p.m. The eclectic sale will include numerous Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Views and Ceremonial Art from the collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg, Greenwich, Connecticut.

An unusual French Torah Scroll with beautiful carved wooden rollers from 18th century Cavaillon is the top lot of the sale. The scroll features a unique combination of Aschkenazik and Sephardic influences and is estimated at $40,000-60,000. Also of note is a 14th century Yemenite manuscript of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, estimate $35,000-45,000 and a massive 6-volume Philo-Semitic Marrano manuscript dated from 1700-1725 at an estimate of $15,000-20,000. Additionally among the manuscripts are a number of Bible and other Hebrew fragments dating back to the 10th century as well as beautiful medieval illuminated leaves from Hebrew festival prayer books.

Kabbalistic texts, Jerusalem Imprints, Liturgies, Hagadahs, Illustrated Books, Early Printed Hebrew Texts from the 15th and 16th century, and many fine Bindings all feature prominently in the extensive book section of the sale. Highlights include a rare Pesaro edition of Rabbi Bachiah’s Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch, 1514, estimate $15,000-20,000, an exceptionally fine Hebrew-Spanish Prayer-Book from Venice, 1622, estimate $15,000-20,000 and a rare Ladino edition of the Passover Hagadah from Venice, 1740 in exceptional condition at an estimate of $7,000-9,000.

The book section also includes a selection of American Judaica, French Judaica, and British Government Reports of the Palestine Mandate Period. A good example of American Judaica is a rare Burial Society booklet from Surinam, 1827, at an estimate of $5,000-7,000.

A single owner collection of Holy Land Maps and Views features a large six-sheet map by Janssonius, 1658, estimate $3,000-4,000 and other maps by Ortelius, Visscher and Blaeu, plus views by Schedel and Ptolemaeus.

The Ceremonial Art section includes Judaic ritual and personal objects dating from the 18th -20th centuries. Many pieces have been consigned from the renowned Daniel M. Friedenberg collection. Among the items to be auctioned are numerous Hanukkah and Sabbath lamps, Passover Seder Plates and other items used in the synagogue and for the Sabbath and Jewish Festivals.

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Grouped product items
Product Name
(Father of Political Zionism, 1860-1904) $1,200.00
Shirath Dodi [an abridgement of the Mishnah of Tracteate Shabbath in rhymed prose] $200.00
*Vital, Chaim. Sha’arei Kedushah [Kabbalah]. BOUND WITH (As Originally Issued): Sepher Eilim Letruphah [letters of moral instruction by Moses Nachmanides and Elijah, Gaon of Vilna]** $1,000.00
Exquemelin, Alexandre Olivier. Piratas de la America [“Buccaneers of America”]. Translated into Spanish by Alonso de Bonne-Maison $7,000.00
Noah, Mordecai M. $500.00
Anonymous. Twenty -Six Points of Comparison Between Hebrew Slavery Under the Mosaic Dispensation...and British Colonial and American Slavery...in the Early Part of the Ninteenth Century $900.00
(SURINAM). Sepher Soph Adam $7,000.00
Mrs. E.C.A. Schneider. Letters from Broosa, Asia Minor... $400.00
Manuscript on paper. Letter in Judeo-German from Menachem b. Leib Goldsmith (E. L. Goldsmith) to Dr. S. L. Leiser in Amsterdam $2,500.00
(Bible, English). Torah Nevi’im u’Kethuvim- The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully Translated According to the Massoretic Text, After the Best Jewish Authorities and Supplied with Short Explanatory Notes. By ISAAC LEESER $3,000.00
Raphall, Morris J. Post-Biblical History of the Jews $1,500.00
Meeting of the Israelites of Charleston to Protest the Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara $1,500.00
The Jewish Messenger $2,500.00
B[ernhard] Felsenthal. Zwei Reden gehalten am Morgen des Neujahrsfestes 5625 (30. Sept. und 1 Okt. 1864) im Tempel der Ziongemeinde zu Chicago. [“Two Talks Held the Mornings of New Year 5625 in Temple Zion of Chicago.”] $400.00
Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations $900.00
Lazarus, Emma. Songs of a Semite: The Dance to Death, and other Poems $400.00
*JAFFE, SHALOM ELCHANAN. Sho’el Kinyan. With glosses Ma’ayan Eliezer by Eliezer Zalman Grayevski Bound with Meir Mann. Me’irei Halacha. Jerusalem, 1896** $600.00
Tephilah. Recited at a public gathering held at the Beith Ya’akov synagogue in Jerusalem $1,800.00
Weinberg, Morris. Hasepher Tehilim - This Book the Psalms of King David Written by Hand. (Facsimile edition). $1,500.00
Responsa in War Time $300.00
Manuscript on paper. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Various cursive Sephardic scripts and signatures. Official confimation in Dutch, dated 1766 $4,000.00
The London Chronicle [periodical]. 6th-8th May, 1773 $400.00
The Gentleman’s Magazine [periodical]. May, 1778 $500.00
Beith Tephilah [prayers]. According to Sephardic rite $500.00
(ANTISEMITICA). $800.00
Roblik, Eliam Liborium. Judische Augen-Glaser $2,500.00
Argens, Jean Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d’. The Jewish Spy $400.00
Baer, Elvira. Trau keinem Fuchs auf seiner Held und keinem Jud bei seinen Eid. Ein Bilderbuch fuer Gross und Klein $2,000.00
Heimer, Ernst. Der Giftpilz. Ein Stuermerbuch für Jung und Alt $2,000.00
Summa Contra Gentiles [Systematic exposition against non-Christians]. Translation by Joseph Ciantes $2,000.00
Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch] $500.00
Arugath Habosem [grammar, with section on Hebrew cryptography] $700.00
Emeth Ve’Emunah [Code of Jewish Law] $900.00
(Editor). Margalioth Tovah [super-commentaries to Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch] $700.00
Ex Ordinatione Inclyti Regni Gubernii [Laws concerning the Jews of the Habsburg Empire, specifically Prague, their religion, education, the constitution of their community, their population, foodstuffs, etc. ] $4,000.00
Circulare der k.k. [kaiserlich-königlich] Landesregierung im Herzogthume Oesterreich [Imperial Decree Restricting Jewish Marriage] $1,500.00
Die Israeliten bleiben fortan vom Handel mit Salpeter ausgeschlossen $800.00
Wahrheiten für den Sicherheitsausschuss $1,200.00
Biur al Hatorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch] $15,000.00
*(Editor). Dikdukim [Grammatical Treatises]. Bound together with: Elijah Halevi (Elijah Bachur). Sepher Harkavah and Moses ibn Habib. Marpeh Lashon** $1,200.00
Hebrew and Latin). Esrim Ve’arba ...Hebraica Biblia $10,000.00
Kethuvim - Hagiographa).With commentaries of Rashi, ibn Ezra, Kimchi (two), Targums etc. Edited by Cornelius Adelkind $900.00
PENTATEUCH & EARLY PROPHETS). Biblia Ebraica. Prepared by Elias Hutter $2,000.00
Hebrew.) Esrim Ve’arbah $10,000.00
Hebrew). The Sixth Biblia Rabbinica. With Targum and major classical commentaries. Revised by J. Buxtorf $5,000.00
Psalms.) Lyra Prophetica Davidis Regis [“The Lyre of King David.” A Linguistic Analysis of the Book of Psalms]. Edited by Victor Bythner $600.00
Chamisha Chumshei Torah with Targum and commentaries $900.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Sepher Ezrath Hasopher, Chamishah Chumashei Torah, Tikun Sophrim Vavei Ha’amudim $1,500.00
Pentateuch). Chamishah Chumshei Torah). Torath Hashem Temimah. Includes “Laws of Haphtaroth culled from…Sepher Be’er Yitzchak.” $900.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah- Tikun Sophrim. With Nikud $700.00
Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehillim. With commentary “Neveh Tehillah” by JACOB BEN JOSEPH HA’ROPhÉ $3,000.00
Hebrew. PENTATEUCH). Sepher Nethivath Hashalom. With the Biur commentary by Moses Mendelsohn as well as the commentary by Samuel David Luzzatto (Shada”l), Rashi, Targum Onkelus, etc. $500.00
Hebrew, PENTATEUCH). Chamisha Chumshei Torah. With commentary by R. Yaakov Tzvi Meklenburg of Koenigsberg and Targuma Devei Rav, a Judaeo- German translation based upon this commentary by R. Jonah Kossman, Rabbi of Maerkisch-Friedland $300.00
Isaiah Luzzatto. Reshimat Hamichtavim Hanidpasim .../ Catalogue des ouvrages édites et inédites de Samuel David Luzzatto $180.00
A Fine Collection of c.119 volumes of Bibliographical Studies. Includes works by: Zunz, Benayahu, Yaari, Habermann, Popper, Zeitlin, Roth, Berliner, Steinschneider, Silva Rosa, etc $6,000.00
Machzor im Kavanath HaPaytan [Festival Prayers]. With Judeo-German translation of religious poetry $3,000.00
Machzor shel Kol Hashanah [Prayers for the entire year]. Acccording to the Italian rite $1,500.00
Machzor LeShalosh Regalim. Sephardic rite according to the custom of Constantinople $2,500.00
(Liturgy). Seder Tephiloth Mikol Ha’shanah [daily prayers for the entire year]. According to Ashkenazic rite. $900.00
Machzor. Italian Aschkenazic rite $2,500.00
*(Bible). Torah, Nevi’im and Ketuvim. With commentary by Malbim. Chok LeYisrael with various commentaries** $700.00
Chaim Brody. Memorial Prayer for R. Israel Meir Kagan $500.00
BENJAMIN BEN AARON OF ZALOZCE. Torei Zahav [sermons on the weekly portions of the Pentateuch, and the Books of Lamentations and Esther] $1,800.00
NO LOT $0.00
NACHMAN OF BRESLAV. SIPUREI MAASIYOTH CHELEK SHEINI $3,000.00
Heilman, Chaim Meir. Beith Rebbi $400.00
(CHASSIDISM). $1,500.00
M. Moher. Tzipor P’la’im [“The Magic Bird.”] $600.00
Shtei Yadoth [“Two Hands”: essays on Bible, liturgy, etc.] $1,500.00
(DREYFUS AFFAIR) $3,000.00
(DREYFUS AFFAIR) $1,200.00
(DREYFUS AFFAIR) $900.00
(RaSHBa”TZ). Sepher HaTaSHBba”’TZ [responsa] $3,000.00
Cheshek Shlomo [Commentary on Book of Proverbs) $2,000.00
An Historical Account of the Ten Tribes Settled Beyond the River Sambatyon in the East $700.00
Tzedah LaDerech [“Provision for the Way”] $1,200.00
Minchath Yehudah [super-commentary to Rashi] $300.00
Viterbo, Asher. Be’nesu’ei Ha’chathan Hana’alah [Wedding Riddle]. Composed for the marriage of Pinchas ben Abraham Ha’kohen (Fellice Coen) and Guidicca Coen of Ancona. $3,000.00
Mazal Tov Modena. Im Tabit el Panai... [“If you behold my face, a man cannnot see me and live”] $3,000.00
Tochachoth Megulah Vehatzad Nachash [anti-Sabbatianism]. Two parts in one $2,000.00
Ya’aroth Devash [sermons and eulogies]. Two parts in one volume $500.00
Eine Wunderliche Neie Historie [“A Wonderful New Story”]. Alternate title: Ma’aseh shel Yerushalmi [“Story of a Jerusalemite.”] $3,000.00
Document acknowledging money owed by non-Jew to Jew $3,000.00
(FRENCH JUDAICA) $1,500.00
Jugement prevostal, rendu…qui déclare Abraham Israel, Juif, marchand bijoutier-quincaillier, dument atteint & convaincu du vol fait nuittamment & avec effraction dans une Hotellerie du Village de Passy, pour réparation le condamne à être pendu $1,500.00
Arrest de la cour des monnoies $1,500.00
Goulleau, Avocat. Requête des Marchands et Négocians de Paris; contre l”admission des Juifs $6,000.00
Arrest de la Cour des Comptes, Aides et Finances de Provence, portant condamnation du nommé Benjamin Beaucaire, surpris en fraude des Droits du Deux pour cent d’Arles $1,500.00
Arrest du conseil d’état du roi, qui enjoint aux syndics de la communauté des Juifs de Metz, de remettre au bureau de la ferme du contrôle de la marque d’or & d’argent $1,500.00
Torah Scroll with carved wooden rollers $60,000.00
Édit du Roi, Concernant la Noblesse de Provence [Royal Edict Concerning the Nobility of Provence] $1,500.00
Brevet qui permet au M. Nathan Elias Dreifuss, Juif, d’Alsace, de se marier $5,000.00
[Godard, Jacques]. Petition des Juifs établis en France, adressée à l’Assemblée Nationale, le 28 Janvier 1790 $3,000.00
Visme, [Devisme, Jacques Francois Laurent] de. Rapport fait au nom du Comité des Domaines, le 20 Juillet 1790, sur le droit de protection, levé sur les Juifs, par M. De Visme, Député du Vermandois et Décret rendu sur ce rapport $1,800.00
Bonaparte, Général en Chef [Napoleon Bonaparte] $1,800.00
(Napoleonica). Tekanoth asher Yesodu Anshei Shem Sanhedrin - Décisions Doctrinales du Grand Sanhedrin qui s’est tenu a Paris au mois d’Adar permier, l’an de la Création 5567 (Février 1807), sous les Auspices de Napoléon-Le-Grand $3,000.00
(FRENCH JUDAICA). $8,000.00
Leggi, e Costituzioni di Sua Maesta / Loix, et Constitutions de Sa Majesté $4,000.00
(NAPOLEONICA). Immanuel Sofer. Centenario Napoleonico 1821-1921 [Napoleonic Centennial 1821-1921] $700.00
(GERMANY) $900.00
Die Memoiren der Glückel von Hameln 1645-1719 $300.00
Sepher Mateh Aharon. With commentary by Aaron Teomim $1,500.00
(HAGADAH) $2,500.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Spanish rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Spanish (Ladino). Accompanied by Leone Modena’s abridged commentary of Isaac Abrabanel’s “Zevach Pesach.” $9,000.00
Machzor LeChol HaShanah [Festival Prayer Book]. According to the Aschkenazic Rite. With Passover Hagadah $1,800.00
Beith Chorin. With commentaries of Alsheich, MaHaRaL of Prague and R. Ephraim of Luntshits $3,000.00
Hagadah shel Pesach. Or, Service for the Two First Nights of Passover $6,000.00
Hagadah shel Pesach. Service for the Two First Nights of Passover. Prepared and translated by A. Alexander $1,500.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. Service for the Two First Nights of Passover $700.00
Hagadah shel Pesach keMinhag Sephardim. Orden de la Agadá de Pesah $4,000.00
Ma’aleh Beith Chorin vehu Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary together with instructions in Ladino and Yiddish $1,200.00
Gevuroth Hashem. Commentary by Gabriel Hakohen and Judeo-German translation by Wolf Heidenheim $1,000.00
A Peszach-Hagada - Leil Hithkadesh Chag. With translation by Adolf Kelemen $700.00
Offenbacher Haggadah $1,000.00
OSTROPOLER, SAMSON BEN PESACH. Mystery of “DeTZaCH, ADaSH, Be’ACHaV” [mnemonics of Rabbi Judah in the Passover Haggadah] $600.00
Sha’arei Zion [Collection of Kabbalistic Prayers] $2,000.00
(HEBRAICA) $1,200.00
Mosaf Ha-Aruch [A supplement of linguistic entries by the reknowned physician and philologist Benjamin Mussafia to the Aruch of R. Nathan b, Yechiel with new explanations to the Latin and Greek words cited in the Aruch.] $10,000.00
(HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL $2,500.00
Aaron Rumyaneck. Hitler’s Glocken Klangen $150.00
TEICHTHAL, ISSACHAR SOLOMON. Eim Habanim Semeichah $1,500.00
The Extermination of Polish Jews - Album of Pictures $900.00
Parshas “Exodus-1947” [The Chapter of “Exodus-1947”) $1,200.00
Reichspräsident von Hindenburg [Condolences of the Berlin Jewish Community on the passing of the National hero Marshal von Hindenburg and announcement of a memorial service.] $500.00
Mi Nathan LiMeshisah Ya’acov? [“Who Caused Jacob to be Despoiled?”] $700.00
(HOMILETICS AND ETHICS) $300.00
Megilath Sedarim $1,500.00
Eyn Israel / Beth Israel [today known as “Eyn Yaakov”: Legends of the Talmud] $600.00
(INQUISITION) $6,000.00
Gershon, Isaac. (Ed). Mashbith Milchamoth $700.00
Capitoli & Riforma delli Banchieri Hebrei [Chapters and Agreements with the Jewish Bankers: Papal Bull of Pope Sixtus V] $3,000.00
(ITALY) $2,000.00
Shir Le’Ma’aloth Chaburath Mishmereth HaBoker VeHaErev. $700.00
Decretum sacrae congregationis…Indice Librorum prohibitorum [Decree of the Holy Office…Index of Prohibited Books] $2,000.00
Tephilah LeRibui Chola’im [Prayer against the proliferation of illnesses] $900.00
Ho’ Ricevuto…[Two receipts from the Public Tax Office for the payment of imposts levied upon the Jewish Community of Venice] $600.00
Per essersi degnata clementissimamente la Maesta Sua col Cesareo R. Dispaccio de 22. Ottobre 1778 $2,500.00
Moda’ah Rabah [ban on secular studies in the Holy Land] $700.00
Kol Korei $800.00
Seven broadsides announcing eulogies for rabbinic leaders $1,500.00
Milgro’im. Zeitschrift fuer Kunst und Literatur in Jiddischer Sprache $150.00
NARKISS, MORDECHAI. The Hanukkah Lamp $1,000.00
(Commonly and erroneously attributed to). Yosippon [historical narrative of the Second Temple period] $500.00
She’erith Yoseph [on the Calendar and intercalary years]. With commentary by David Perachia Hakohen. Second part by Abraham Zacuto, translated into Spanish by Joseph Vicinho $6,000.00
De Antiquitatio [Antiquities]. De Judaico Bello [The Jewish War]. De Antiqua Judeo [Jewish Antiquities] $2,000.00
(Joodsche Historien) $2,000.00
RAZIEL HAMALACH. Anonymous $6,000.00
(RaDaK). Commentary on Psalms (Text of Psalms with commentary by Rabbi David Kimchi $4,000.00
Peirush - Commentarium Hebraicum Rabbi David Kimhi in Decem Primos Psalmos Davidicoscum Versione Latina. [Latin translation of Kimchi’s commentary to the first ten chapters of Psalms] $7,000.00
In Introductorio Grammaticae [Introduction to Grammar] $15,000.00
Juedisches Ceremoniel $4,000.00
Eulogies for Chief Rabbi Kook $1,500.00
GAGIN, CHAIM ABRAHAM. Sepher Hatakanoth Vehaskamoth $6,000.00
AVIEZER BEN ISAAC OF TITKIN. Sha’arei Tzedek LeZera Yitzchak (“Gates of Righteousness”: Kabbalistic Treatises) $1,500.00
HOROWITZ, CHAIM BEN DOV BER HALEVI. Sepher Chivath Yerushalayim [descriptions of the Holy Sites of Eretz Israel] $800.00
Sepher Meturgamon [Aramaic dictionary] $500.00
Be’er Esek [“Well of Strife”] $4,000.00
Seder Tefilloth KeMinhag HaSephardim. Orden de Oraciones segundo el uso Ebreo $20,000.00
Siddur Me’brocha [compendium of prayers through the entire year]. According to Italian rite. Including the Passover Hagadah $1,000.00
Seder Tikun Chatzoth [Midday Vigil for the Three Weeks, a rite instituted by the kabbalist R. Moses Zacuto] $500.00
Spanish). Orden de las Oraciones de Ros-Asanah y Kipur. $1,000.00
Machzor mikol Hashanah [prayers for the entire year]. According to Polish rite $600.00
Machzor le-Yamim Nora’im / Orazioni per il Capo d’Annno…per il Giorno dell’Espiazione . Translated from the French version by A. Orvieto. Sephardic rite $900.00
Sepher Mo’adei Hashem Ukeri’ei Mo’ed [Machzor for Three Festivals] $1,500.00
Machzor [festival prayers for the entire year]. Erech Hatephiloth ou Ritual de Toutes Les Grandes Fetes. Edited and translated by E. Durlacher $1,500.00
(MaHaRa”L of Prague). Derech Chaim [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, with text] $5,000.00
Yam shel Shlomo [novellae to Tractate Chulin] $4,000.00
Kinah / Elegia [Elegy on the passing of Abram Eliezer Levi, Chief Rabbi of Trieste] $180.00
LUZZATTO, SAMUEL DAVID $400.00
*Castro, Roderigo de. De Universa Muliebrium Morborum Medicina. Bound With: Medicus Politicus** $2,500.00
Asarah Ma’amaroth [kabbalah]. With commentary Yoel Moshe by Moses ben Solomon Halevi of Frankfurt $2,500.00
Jerusalem, oder ueber religiose macht und Judentum $700.00
(MIDRASH. $180.00
[on the Pentateuch and Megilloth]. With super-commentaries Matnoth Kehuna by Yissachar Berman (ASCHKENAZI) BEN NAPHTALI Hakohen and Yedei Moshe by R. Moshe Helin $300.00
(MINIATURE BOOK) $3,000.00
Mishnayoth $1,500.00
Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol [on the 613 precepts] $300.00
(Ed.) Shlosh Esrei Ikrim. Divrei Habayith Hasheini. Eser Galuyoth Yisrael - Tredecim Articuli Fidei Judaeorum (etc.) $7,000.00
Sepher ha-Shorashim ‘im Nigzarim [Dictionary of Hebrew roots and derivatives] $1,800.00
Cohen, Hananiah Elhanan Hay. Zemiroth Israel $300.00
Neginoth Baruch Schor [cantorial music] $800.00
A(lberto) Hemsi. Coplas Sefardies - (Chansons Judéo-espagnoles) $1,500.00
Tephilah Nechonah Le’She’elath Shalom...[“Prayer for the Welfare of the Rulers of Holland & West Vriesland…and of the City of Amsterdam.”] $3,000.00
Seder HaYom Lehithpalel...al odoth chathunath nesi’enu.../ Orden del Dia $2,500.00
De Sepulchris Hebraeorum [of Hebrew Sepulchers: burial practices and locations] $2,500.00
Joseph Süss Oppenheimer $7,000.00
Die Juden Böhmens in den lezten Tagen: Ein Wort eines Christen an seine Brüder $800.00
Meswa, Joseph ben David. Prodgama Chadasha [Open letter defending the author’s book MiBein haChidoth against the calumny of R. Anshel Worms] $3,000.00
Group of c.250 American Jewish New Year postcards. Numerous styles. Handful with inscriptions. Contained within album $3,000.00
Group of c.163 European (several Israel) Jewish New Year postcards. Numerous styles. Handful with inscriptions. Contained within album $2,000.00
Group of c.163 European (several Israel) Jewish New Year postcards. Numerous styles. Handful with inscriptions. Contained within album $900.00
Group of c.163 European (several Israel) Jewish New Year postcards. Numerous styles. Handful with inscriptions. Contained within album $3,000.00
Group of c.163 European (several Israel) Jewish New Year postcards. Numerous styles. Handful with inscriptions. Contained within album $3,000.00
Group of c.163 European (several Israel) Jewish New Year postcards. Numerous styles. Handful with inscriptions. Contained within album $700.00
CIGARETTE CARDS) $150.00
Freimann, Aron (Editor). Stammtafeln der Freiherrlichen Familie von Rothschild $600.00
Kol Shmu’ah [excommunication of Moses Meir of Zolkiew] $6,000.00
Torath Kohanim [Halachic Midrash on Leviticus with commentary “Asirith ha-Eifah” by R. Isaac of Komarno] $1,000.00
Na’im Zemiroth Yisrael [Kabalistic commentary to Isaac Luria's three piyutim for the Sabbath] $500.00
Anonymous (Attributed to Abraham the Patriach). With Commentary by Elijah, the Gaon of Vilna, ABRAHAM BEN DAVID of POSQUIERES (RAV”D), Nachmanides, etc. $600.00
Zohar $300.00
Shulchan Aruch HaRav [Code of Jewish Law] $700.00
SPIRA, JUDAH LEIB (FRANKFURTER, LOEB) $600.00
Venedig. Verses by Robert Hamerling. Illustrated by Hermann Struck $3,000.00
Lazarus Goldschmidt (Editor). Der Traktat Neziqin. Codex Hebraicum XIX Bibl. Hamburg. (The Hamburg Codex Facsimile) $2,500.00
Masechta Me’ilah, Kinim, Midoth, Tamid, etc. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc $4,000.00
Masechta Nedarim $7,000.00
Masechta Sukah $10,000.00
Talmud Bavli $15,000.00
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) $600.00
(VIENNA) $2,000.00
Masa Chaim Weizmann [Weizmann’s presentation before the Peel Commission in 1937] $700.00
Mekor Chaim [super-commentary to Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch] $600.00
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Inauguration, April 1st, 1925 $200.00
G. Hanoch. The Jewish Town - Tel Aviv $600.00
Palestine. Correspondence with the Palestine Arab Delegation and the Zionist Organisation. [The Churchill White Paper.] $900.00
League of Nations. Mandate for Palestine, together with a Note by the Secretary-General Relating to its Application to the Territory Known as Trans-Jordan $600.00
Palestine. Statement with Regard to British Policy $700.00
Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August, 1929. Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament...March, 1930. [“The Shaw Commission.”] $1,000.00
Palestine. Statement by His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom [The White Paper of November, 1938] $900.00
Exchange of Notes between His Majesty’s Government…and the Government of the United States of America Regarding the Constitution of a Joint Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry into the Problems of European Jewry and Palestine $500.00
(ZIONISM). $900.00
Proposals for the Future of Palestine $1,000.00
(ZIONISM) $900.00
Three regulations concerning Jewish military recruits from the district of Galicia $1,500.00
Chidushim [Halachic novellae] $10,000.00
I Chronicles 8:33-9:12; 13:3-15:9 (Two fragments) $1,800.00
Ezekiel, Chapter 41. (Fragment of Scroll) $1,800.00
I Samuel 5:9-6:5 (Fragment) $1,500.00
Deuteronomy 31:12-28 (Fragment) $1,500.00
Letter of Recommendation for Chacham Isaac Carigal $3,000.00
Sepher Eliah Mizrachi al HaTorah $5,000.00
Pinkas...Chevra Kadisha [ledger of the Burial Society] $1,500.00
Dein Kursaya De’Eliyahu z"l Mal’ach Haberith [“This is the seat of Elijah, of blessed memory, angel of the covenant] $2,000.00
Shivithi Ha’shem Lenegdi Tamid [talisman for newborn boy] $2,000.00
Appeal for funding for the Gateshead Women’s Seminary $500.00
Isaac ben Meir (Scribe) $4,000.00
FEINSTEIN, MOSHE. $500.00
Rabbinic Deposition. $2,500.00
Ibn Ezra, Abraham. “The Ages of Man” (Poem) $1,800.00
(Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land 1888-1959) Letter of Congratulations to the First President of Israel, Dr. Chaim Weizmann upon his His Seventy-Fifth Birthday $700.00
(Foremost Rabbinic leader in Germany, 1808-1888) $2,500.00
Illuminated manuscript Honor Roll (portion only?), probably from Ferrara. “Below are examples of the Virtuous Supporters of the Community” $500.00
Marriage Contract of a groom named “Abraham” (Fragment) $6,000.00
(Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land. 1865-1935) $900.00
Shadar Letter for emissary [shd”r = shelucha De-Rabbanan]. Signed by the leaders of the Perushim $7,000.00
Be-Shem Hashem HaMevorach...[Agreement signed between representatives of Sephardic and Aschkenazic communities of Jerusalem] $1,000.00
A call to Orthodox Jews throughout the Land of Israel to form a separatist community (Edah Charedith) not associated with the Chief Rabbinate $900.00
Account Book of a Jerusalem Antiquarian Book-store $1,200.00
(LAND OF ISRAEL) $5,000.00
ILLUMINATED MACHZOR For YOM KIPPUR. Aschkenazi rite. $6,000.00
Lecha od nakshivah [Piyut: A continuation of Athith ad dodim, poem for the Sabbath preceding the New Moon of Nissan] $1,500.00
EILU MEAH BRACHOTH, AND OTHER PRELIMININARY BLESSINGS AND PRAYERS. ROMAN RITE. $6,000.00
Piyut [Religious poem, possibly for Yom Kippur] $1,500.00
Tichlal. [Yemenite prayer book for entire year]. including the Passover Haggadah, with Judeo-Arabic translation and commentary $8,000.00
Machzor [for New Year and Day of Atonement]. According to the rite of Constantine, Algeria $6,000.00
MEGILATH ESTHER $10,000.00
Arur Haman - Kor’ei Megillah [Poems recited after the Megillah Reading] $600.00
Fano, Abraham Elijah. Blessings to be recited before and after the Megillah Reading. $250.00
(Scroll of Esther) $1,200.00
(Scroll of Esther). Composed by A.Z.B. Sporen (signed below first panel) $10,000.00
(MAIMONIDES / RaMBa”M). Mishneh Torah (Yad Hachazaka). Sepher Taharah, Book Ten (of 14) $45,000.00
Tikun HaNefesh $1,500.00
Henokh Kon. Bat-Sheva [Opera]. Libretto by Moshe Broderzon $7,000.00
NATHAN OF GAZA. Zemir Aritzim (et al) $5,000.00
A.G.S. [Unidentified author. Disputation against Christianity]. An untitled, unpublished manuscript. $20,000.00
Hilchoth Schechitah $3,000.00
Adam veChava Chutz Lilith [“Adam and Eve - excluding Lilith.”] $5,000.00
(Rabbi of Kovno and pre-eminent Halachic decisor (1817-1896) $1,000.00
Koch Tzetel [recipes for cookbook] $2,000.00
Joseph ben Sliman. Likutim Nechmadim [“Pleasant Collections”] $700.00
Schedel, Hartmann. Destruccio Iherosolime [Destruction of Jerusalem] $3,000.00
Schedel, Hartmann. Hierosolima [Jerusalem] $1,500.00
Ptolemaeus, Claudius-Servetus II. Tabula nova terrae sanctae (New Table of the Holy Land) $900.00
Ortelius, Abraham. Palestinae sive totius Terrae Promissionis nova descriptio, auctore Tilemanno Stella Sigenens [A new description of Palestine or the whole Promised Land] $700.00
Tirinus, Jacobus. Chorographia Terra Sanctae in Angustiorem Formam Redacta et ex Variis Auctoribus a Multis Erroribus Expurgata [The Chorography of the Holy Land with correction of the many errors made by various authors] $900.00
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon. Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina. [The Holy Land, Promised Land or Palestine] $600.00
Janssonius, Jan. [Palestine] $4,000.00
(MAP OF HOLY LAND). $700.00
Dapper, Olfert. Jerusalem $1,200.00
Mallet, Alain Manesson. Ancienne Jerusalem [Ancient Jerusalem] $600.00
Mallet, Alain Manesson. Jerusalem Moderne [Modern Jerusalem] $600.00
Visscher Family. The Forty Years Travels of the Children of Israel out of Egypt through the Red Sea and the Wildernesse in to Canaan, or the Land of Promise $400.00
M. Bonne [Bonne, Rigobert]. Carte des douze tribus d’Israel $400.00
LOTS 285-299 NO LOTS $0.00
Oval, on four cast feet; foliate decoration alternates with Hebrew dedicatory inscription. Hebrew identifying inscription embossed on lid. W: 140mm $6,000.00
Oval box, probably Western European, smooth surface, on four ball feet. Lid engraved with Hebrew quotation from Sukkoth liturgy. Marks (undeciphered) on base. W: 165mm $4,000.00
Oval container with removeable domed lid on flat base with sight undulations. H: 85mm. $3,000.00
SILVER HANUKKAH AND SABBATH LAMP Israel, ca. 1950 $700.00
On hexagonal raised base, flat shaft bears two arms, each with four cast candleholders; beneath each cup, graduated pendant shaft, all linked by undulating lower bar. Central shaft ends in Star of David. H: 205MM Some wear; lacking servant light. $300.00
Round base, cast leaf band surrounds base of knobbed shaft; eight curved arms with knobs supporting oil cups. Central shaft ends in Star of David. Servant light slides into channel at front. Marked on base. H: 140mm. $300.00
SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP Germany, ca. 1900 $5,000.00
Cast openwork back featuring branches; openwork side walls on feet support oil row. H: 240mm $3,000.00
On four cast feet, rectangular base supports row of eight urn form oil cups. Back wall is diapered with embossed pillars and floral border. Marked on front of base and lower back wall. H: 210mm. No servant light $700.00
Back wall embossed with reversed heart; border of convex circles echoed in decorative row at front of base. H: 220mm Some wear. See R.D. Barnett, catalogue of the Permanent and Loan Collections of the London Jewish Museum (1974), no.257, pl. LXXXI $1,800.00
Carved with raised servant light. W: 210mm. Worn. $700.00
In form of Star of David without lower point; brass bar supports eight tear-shaped oil cups along base. Ninth oil cup slides into channel at center. Hook at top. W: 410mm. Some wear. $4,000.00
BRASS HANUKKAH LAMP Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920 $800.00
BRASS HANUKKAH LAMP Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920 $800.00
Scroll: Parchment, Aschkenazi script The filigree forms scrolls, each center bearing a Star of David; including a gilt filigree band above the center section. Cast gilt finial. No marks found. H: 170mm $3,000.00
ILLUSTRATED SCROLL OF ESTHER IN JEWELLED METAL CASE. Scroll: Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920. Case: Middle East, late 19th - early 20th century. $2,000.00
Scroll: Parchment, Aschkenazi script Case: Formerly partially gilt; all filigree, triangular handle, coronet finial enclosing brass dome. Marked “Jerusalem” on pull. H: 165mm $2,000.00
Linen tablecloth with lace insertions, Kiddush cups and Paschal lambs and scenes embroidered with colored cotton. W: 1930mm xL: 3830mm. Stained. $12,000.00
Taupe velvet with machine embroidered gilt cotton inscription and Star of David; gilt tatted lace border. H: 285mm. $250.00
A: Miniature wheelbarrow formed of cast rectangular container, cast wheel. Marked on side. W:115mm B: Bucket, cast silver, with handle, foliate motifs. Marked on side. H: 50mm $2,500.00
Beaker with cast scene of the Exodus from Egypt, with appropriate Hebrew inscription. Marked on base. H: 72mm. $700.00
Concave plate with opalescent glaze, six petal-form depressions for ritual foods, each labelled in gold Hebrew letters; in center, Star of David with “Franzenbad” in center; background ridged and gilt. D: 270mm. $500.00
SILVERED BRASS SEDER PLATE. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920. $1,500.00
EMBROIDERED SILK MATZAH COVER. Jerusalem, 1925. $1,800.00
Slender brass baluster columns with pointed finials. H: 260mm. $300.00
PAIR OF GILT WOOD TORAH FINIALS Libya or Tunisia, prabably 19th century $6,000.00
PAIR OF BRASS TORAH FINIALS. Algeria, 1935. $600.00
On round shaft, three tiered architectural finials with cut out balustrades, filigree walls and bells pendant from doorways. At top, leaf-form brass finial. Unmarked. H: 420mm. Old repairs. $1,500.00
On slightly tapered shaft, two open ribbed crowns separated by waisted short shaft; pine-cone finial. Marked at base. H: 380mm. $3,000.00
Square upper section, twisted lower section; at top, flattened ball with chain; at base, cast hand with extended index finger. Marked on hand. L: 270mm. $1,000.00
SILVER TORAH POINTER. Russia, 1860. $900.00
PAINTED WOODEN SYNAGOGUE PLAQUE U.S.A., ca. 1900 $10,000.00
Rectangular box on lipped base, top with coin slot slides out for emptying, rectilinear handle. Engraved with Star of David and Hebrew word “Charity” at front. H: 100mm $300.00
SILVERPLATE CHARITY BOX Germany, early 20th century $2,000.00
BRASS CHARITY BOX Toplitz,Austro-Hungary, 1861 $7,000.00
Brass box, tooled red leather binding, with coin slot and lock. Inscriptions in Yiddish and Latvian. H: 115mm $800.00
COMMEMORATIVE SILVER CHARITY BOX Holland, 1933 $3,000.00
TIN CHARITY BOX Germany, early 20th century $500.00
Rectangular green box with coin slot at front, with Hebew inscription “Charity in memory of Rabbi Meir Baal Haness” and a labeled depiction of the Western Wall set within a circle. H: 125mm. $300.00
SILVER COMB FOR BURIAL SOCIETY Pressburg, ca. 1850 $3,000.00
Trefoil loop, bulbous shaft with five cast swirl and bead ornaments near top; near base, five candleholders on S-form arms atop 5 pointed star form oil container; drip bowl hangs from base of shaft. H: 500mm. $3,000.00
On four feet, baluster form, engraved and embossed with grapes and leaves; undulating cups with no bobeches. Marked on base. H: 395mm. Slight wear. $800.00
Round base, embossed with grapevine and floral patterns, on three openwork feet; one knob beneath reeded shaft. Tulip form candlecups; no bobeches. Marked on base. H: 310mm. Some wear $1,000.00
On square lipped base, baluster form candlesticks with embossed and engraved floral bands on canopies and knob, urn form candleholder; square bobeche. Marked on base. H: 285mm. Bases worn. $900.00
On three feet, baluster form with embossed floral deccoration. Engraved inscription on base notes dedication: “Gift of …Sisterhood of the Oldcastle Street Synagogue”. H: 290mm. Previous repairs. $500.00
On four feet, square base, tubular shaft, acanthus capital forms candleholder, no bobeche. Marked on base. H: 300mm $900.00
Smooth surface; round domed base, three bands beneath tapered shaft, urn form cup, no bobeche. Marked on base. H: 225mm. $900.00
Stemmed goblet, embossed leaf band on domed base, shaft bear stepped cup with bombe ring embossed with floral band. Formerly gilt interior. Marked on base. H: 150mm $300.00
Beaker which broadens slightly at lip, machine tooled with floral and geometric motifs. Gilt interior. Marked on base. H: 85mm. $800.00
Beaker with bombe lower section embossed with grapevines; upper section broadens, reinforced lip, embosssed floral band outlines oval medallion. Marked near lip. H: 90mm $700.00
Beaker with tapered waist and broad lip, engraved overall with foliate pattern. Gilt interior. Marked on base. H: 85mm. $800.00
SILVER LIDDED KIDDUSH CUP Probably Central Europe, 19th century $2,000.00
Beaker, slightly flared at lip, engraved with two lions flanking medallion containing Hebrew inscription. Marked on base. H: 70mm. $1,000.00
Round base, filigree square central section with pendant bells and pennants. Pennant atop steeple. Marked on base. H: 178mm. $300.00
FINE SILVER SPICE CONTAINER Berlin, 1750-1800 $6,000.00
In form of book; hinged lid engraved with depiction of Jerusalem; base bears depiction of Safed; each is labelled in Hebrew. Spine cross-hatched. Marked on lid edge. W: 70mm. See Vilnai, No. 98, p. 95. $1,500.00
On slightly domed base, shaft bears egg-shaped body with tiered lid bearing steeple with ball and pennant. Three pendant bells from base of steeple. Marked on base and lid $1,500.00
SILVER FILIGREE SPICE CONTAINER Post-Bezalel, Jerusalem, ca. 1940 $3,000.00
Hotam hevrath kerem Moshe Montefiore ve-Yehudith asher al nachlath Yehudah Touro / Verein Kerem Moses Montefiore Jehudit in Jerusalem 5646[1886] [Stamp of the Vineyard of Moses Montefiore and Judith upon the Inheritance of Judah Touro] $1,000.00
COMMEMORATIVE PIN AND RIBBON Bridgeport, Conn., early 20th century $600.00
In form of Star of David with inlaid floral motif in turquoise surround. W: 23mm. $500.00
Stiff cardboard-backed red velvet bag with applique and cut out silver plaques on bag and handle; includes name of owner, Maimon; son of Isaac Elkrief.” H: 195mm. Lightly worn. Handle re-attached. $700.00
Orange rectangular lidded box, on front, Yiddish inscription “A gift from your brothers and sisters in South Africa.” With a map of the Union of South Africa. H: 255mm. Some wear $600.00
Seven linked rectangular elements with filigree surfaces and turquoise stones set within floral elements; terminals are rounded with central hexagonal section. Marked with Russian and undecipherable mark on back of each section. L: 710mm. Some wear. $1,200.00
Rectangular purse, overall champleve enamel in blues, green red and white; lined and fitted with silk. W: 100mm. Chain replaced. $3,000.00
WOMAN’S PRAYERBOOK IN LEATHER AND SILVER BINDING. Book: Amsterdam, 1714. Binding: circa 1721. $5,000.00
Binding: Openwork, with central sunflower and radiating floral elements on front, back and spine. No marks. found. H: 140mm. Clasps replaced. $6,000.00
SILVER FOOTED BOWL Holland, probably 18th century $3,000.00
BRASS BOOKSTAND. Probably Continental, circa 1900. $300.00
Pear form base with trumpet top, with swirl and calligraphic decoration, including Arabic script. Both vases bear Hebrew inscriptions; one has an amuletic inscription; the other, the date. H: 280mm. $600.00
A caricatured figure of a Jewish man with tasselled cap, whose back is carved out to allow for insertion of a nut, stands on a tiered base; lower section rotates to turn screw within cavity. H: 260mm. $2,500.00
Plate with fluted rim, painted after firing with crest of Forti family in center, and Hebrew word “Hazak;” both mean “Strength.” Diam: 320mm $2,500.00
CERAMIC PITCHER COMMEMORATING BENJAMIN DISRAELI. London: Wedgwood,1881. $700.00
Mug with grey slip, and color depiction of the Jewish Hospital of Munich, with German inscription, dated 1917. H: 125mm $1,500.00
Silver pipe with filigree tip, ivory mouthpiece, pendant chain. Embossed band near lip reads “Bezalel Jerusalem” in Hebrew and English. W: 105mm $600.00
Rectangular box with indented corners; embossed organic band on sides and around perimeter of lid. Oval ivory plaque at center of lid carved with depiction of Hagar and Ishmael. Marked “Bezalel Jerusalem” on base. W: 120mm $2,500.00
THREE CERAMIC PLAQUES. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920. $600.00
Tray: Rectangular, mitered corners, raised rim, open handles. W: 260mm Cups: On four feet, oriform handle with leaf ornamentation, no base. H: Tray has plaque at center engraved in Hebrew: “Bezalel Jerusalem” $3,000.00
CARVED WOODEN BOX WITH DEPICTION OF JERUSALEM LANDMARKS. Palestine, early 20th century. $2,500.00
OLIVEWOOD PORTABLE DESK. Palestine, early 20th century. $4,000.00
SILVER WINE CUP Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca., 1920 $2,000.00
Green rug with profile of Herzl, and border of Menorahs. Cartouche with Farsi inscription "By order of Amini." 2190mm x 1380mm. Some wear. $5,000.00
A bearded Jewish man wears a reddish-brown overcoat, white high hat and vest, blue trousers; his extended right hand holds coins; he holds a case under his left arm. Unmarked. H: 195mm. Some wear $4,000.00
Papier-maché and plaster painted on wood base. A bearded gentleman with morning coat, beige trousers, light blue shirt, holdds a grey hat. On base. Head bobs. H: 175mm. $2,000.00
PAINTED CLAY SCULPTURE Zizenhausen (also spelled Sitzenhausen), Germany, late 19th century $3,000.00

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AUCTION 24

June 29, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Product Title	AUCTION 24
Auction Date	Jun 28, 2004
Auction Time	1:00
Departments	Judaica
International Price	$0.00
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Short Description	Kestenbaum & Company Sells Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art & Holy Land Maps Including Judaic Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg, Greenwich, Conn. June 10, 2004 — Kestenbaum & Company will conduct an auction of Fine Judaica on Tuesday, June 29th at 3:00 p.m. The eclectic sale will include numerous Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Views and Ceremonial Art from the collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg, Greenwich, Connecticut. An unusual French Torah Scroll with beautiful carved wooden rollers from 18th century Cavaillon is the top lot of the sale. The scroll features a unique combination of Aschkenazik and Sephardic influences and is estimated at $40,000-60,000. Also of note is a 14th century Yemenite manuscript of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, estimate $35,000-45,000 and a massive 6-volume Philo-Semitic Marrano manuscript dated from 1700-1725 at an estimate of $15,000-20,000. Additionally among the manuscripts are a number of Bible and other Hebrew fragments dating back to the 10th century as well as beautiful medieval illuminated leaves from Hebrew festival prayer books. Kabbalistic texts, Jerusalem Imprints, Liturgies, Hagadahs, Illustrated Books, Early Printed Hebrew Texts from the 15th and 16th century, and many fine Bindings all feature prominently in the extensive book section of the sale. Highlights include a rare Pesaro edition of Rabbi Bachiah’s Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch, 1514, estimate $15,000-20,000, an exceptionally fine Hebrew-Spanish Prayer-Book from Venice, 1622, estimate $15,000-20,000 and a rare Ladino edition of the Passover Hagadah from Venice, 1740 in exceptional condition at an estimate of $7,000-9,000. The book section also includes a selection of American Judaica, French Judaica, and British Government Reports of the Palestine Mandate Period. A good example of American Judaica is a rare Burial Society booklet from Surinam, 1827, at an estimate of $5,000-7,000. A single owner collection of Holy Land Maps and Views features a large six-sheet map by Janssonius, 1658, estimate $3,000-4,000 and other maps by Ortelius, Visscher and Blaeu, plus views by Schedel and Ptolemaeus. The Ceremonial Art section includes Judaic ritual and personal objects dating from the 18th -20th centuries. Many pieces have been consigned from the renowned Daniel M. Friedenberg collection. Among the items to be auctioned are numerous Hanukkah and Sabbath lamps, Passover Seder Plates and other items used in the synagogue and for the Sabbath and Jewish Festivals.

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