Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

AUCTION 3

November 25, 1997 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

The season opened with the rare honor of handling the deaccession of duplicates from the Rare Book Room of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The auction represented only the second time in its 100 year history that the Seminary has deaccessioned duplicates from its Library, known worldwide to be the most important repository of Hebraica and Judaica today. Respected members from private, academic, museum and library collections from around the world vied to outbid each other for the prestigious volumes new to the market. Anchored by the Seminary collection, 90% of the 337 lots in this auction found buyers.

Highlights included:

The Mishnah, with commentary by Moses Maimonides, Naples, 1489 which sold for $25,300.
Moses of Coucy's Great Book of Precepts — the first book printed by Gershom Soncino in the town of Soncino, 1488, fetched $27,600.
An extremely rare 16th century Hebrew Psalter, Mantua, 1571, brought $17,250.
An exceptionally rare first edition of Joseph ben Gorion’s Yossipon with Yiddish translation, full of finely wrought woodcut illustrations, said to be the most beautiful printed work in Old-Yiddish literature (Zurich 1546) sold for $8,625.

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Grouped product items
Product Name
(REFORM) $1,000.00
(Machzor) $2,500.00
DIKDUKIM: $1,800.00
(LITURGY). $2,500.00
Brith Avoth $300.00
Lashon Ash $400.00
Yoseph Ometz $600.00
Tov Veyapheh $1,500.00
Masa Be’arab $400.00
Divrei Hapurim [translation of the Targum Sheni on the Book of Esther] $600.00
Sepher Hachinuch [exposition to the precepts] $200.00
Lev Aharon [commentary to the Books of Joshua and Judges, with text] $300.00
Pirush al Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch] $600.00
Mehararei Nemeirim $700.00
Avudraham [commentary to prayers] $1,800.00
Avudraham [commentary to prayers] $350.00
She’iltoth [Halachah as derived from the Pentateuch] $600.00
Avir Ya’akov $300.00
Sepher Ha’agudah [Halachic compendium based upon Talmudic decisions] $900.00
Vayakhel Moshe [homiletical sermons] $600.00
Ayelet Ahavim [Kabbalistic commentary to the Song of Songs, with text] $600.00
Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text] $1,800.00
Me’ametz Ko’ach [sermons and eulogies] $300.00
Einei Moshe [commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text] $300.00
Masath Moshe [commentary to the Book of Esther, with text] $700.00
Devarim Tovim [commentary to the Book of Ecclesiastes, with text] $300.00
Chelkath Mechokek [commentary to the Book of Job, with text] $300.00
Shoshanath Ha’amakim [commentary to Song of Songs, with text] $400.00
Brant Shpigel [ethics]. Translated into Yiddish by Pinchas Heilpron $700.00
DIVREI HAYAMIM LEMOSHE RABEINU... [“Chronicles of Moses”] $900.00
SEDER OLAM RABA VESEDER OLAM ZUTA [Two Midrashic chronologies]. With Megilath Ta’anith and Sepher Hakaballah, etc. by Abraham b. David of Posquieres (RAVa”D) $700.00
TANA DEBEI ELIYAHU (RABA VEZUTA) [Midrash] $600.00
PESIKTA RABATHI [Midrash] $600.00
ORCHOTH TZADIKIM [ethics, according to the creed of the medieval Chasidei Aschkenaz] $200.00
BEN HAMELECH VEHANAZIR [allegorical tale] $500.00
AVKATH ROCHEL [eschatology] $2,000.00
Meir Iyov [commentary to the Book of Job, with text] $700.00
Me’ir Tehiloth [commentary to the Book of Psalms, with text] $700.00
Arugath Habosem [grammar, with section on Hebrew cryptography]. FIRST EDITION $700.00
Mizmor Lethodah [commentary to selected Psalms, with text] $400.00
Lev Chacham [commentary to the Book of Ecclesiastes, with text] $900.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $500.00
Isur Veheter [dietary and medical laws] $2,000.00
Sepher shel Rabi Anshel...Mirkeveth Hamishnah $1,500.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $500.00
Girsa Deyenuka [Hebrew grammar for children] $200.00
Chovoth Halevavoth [pietism] $300.00
Yehushua ben Sirak [the Apocryphal Wisdom of Ben Sira] $600.00
Megilath Yehudith [Hebrew rendering of the Aprocryphal Book of Judith] $200.00
Sepher Benyamin Ze’ev [responsa] $2,500.00
Oth Emeth [annotations to various Midrashic texts, as well as the liturgical Seder Kedusha] $2,000.00
Chamishah Chumshei Torah $400.00
Nevi’im Acharonim - Kethuvim. With commentaries of Rashi, ibn Ezra, Kimchi (two), Targums etc. $1,000.00
Nevi’im Rishonim - Acharonim With commentaries of Rashi, ibn Ezra, Kimchi (two), Targums etc. Edited by Cornelius Adelkind $900.00
Chamishah Chumshei Torah $15,000.00
Mikra Mepharesh $500.00
Schoene Artliche Geschichten [selected stories from the Decameron] $1,000.00
Birchath Hamazon - Dos Benshen. According to the custom of Poland and Germany $1,000.00
Birchath Hamazon - Dos Benshen [compendium of selected festive rites]. According to the custom of Poland and Germany $1,000.00
Tyrnau, Isaac. Minhagim $900.00
Devar Shmuel [commentary to Midrash Raba - Deuteronomy] $500.00
Kehunath Avraham $700.00
Mishlei Agur [poetic fables for children] $400.00
Pirush Seder Avodath Yom Hakipurim [Kabbalistic commentary to the Day of Atonement] $600.00
Sepher Girushin [Kabbalistic reflections] $600.00
Igereth Shmuel [commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text, and accompanied by commentary by RaSH”I] $2,000.00
Lechem Dimah [commentary to the Book of Lamentations, with text] $600.00
Ohev Mishpat [commentary to the Book of Job, with text] $500.00
Sepher Haroke’ach [ethics, rabbinic law and custom] $3,000.00
Yoreh Chata’im [selections on repentance extracted from the Sepher Harokeach] $200.00
Shevet Musar [52 ethical sermons] $300.00
Akitzath Akrav $1,500.00
Sephath Emeth Velashon Zehorith $1,500.00
Seder Olam Rabah Vezuta Umegilath Ta’anith [anonymous historical narrative]. With commentary by Jacob Emden $700.00
Tochachath Megulah Vehatzad Nachash $700.00
Luchoth Eiduth $500.00
Sepher Teshuvoth [responsa] $300.00
Pirush Megilath Esther [commentary to the Book of Esther] $600.00
Nechmad Vena’im [on astronomy, geography, as well as a rejection of astrology in Jewish tradition] $200.00
Shalsheleth Hakabalah “Sepher Yachya.” $400.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $1,200.00
Chidushei Harav Rabbeinu Nissim [index to Maimonides’ Code] $700.00
Derashoth [sermons] $2,000.00
Sha’arei Tzedek [Kabbalah - on the Sephiroth] $700.00
Sepher Minhagim Dekehilatheinu [prayers and customs particular to the community of Fuerth] $400.00
Seder Hagadah Shel Pesach $6,000.00
Seder Hagadah Shel Pesach $2,000.00
Hagadah Seder shel Pesach $600.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $500.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $600.00
Hagadah shel Pesach $500.00
Chelkath Binyamin $1,200.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $300.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $600.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $350.00
Seder Eli[yahu]-Das Buch Seder Elia $300.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $500.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $400.00
Sepher Yom Tov Mikra Kodesh Hazeh $300.00
Seder Hahagadah Leleil Shimurim $200.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $500.00
Seder Hahagadah Leleil Shimurim $200.00
Seder Hahagadah shel Pesach $300.00
Sepher P”H Yesharim $180.00
Hagadah, oder Erzaehlung von Israels Auszug aus Egypten $500.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $700.00
Seder Marbeh Lesaper-Vortrag fuer die beiden Abende des Ueberschreitungsfestes $300.00
Hagadah shel Pesach $500.00
Ma’aleh Beith Chorin $300.00
Seder Hahagadah shel Pesach-La Haggada ou Ceremonies des Deux Premieres Soirees de Paque $180.00
Hagadah shel Pesach...The Institution of Passover $1,800.00
Kitzur Hagadah Leleil Pesach-Family Service for the Eve of Passover $500.00
Service for the Two First Nights of Passover $700.00
The Haggadah According to the rite of Yemen...With the Commentary. Published for the First Time from Mss. of Yemen. With an Introduction, Translation and Critical and Philological Notes $200.00
Haggada de Pessah $700.00
Offenbacher Haggadah $1,800.00
Hagadah shel Pesach-La Haggadah de Pesaj $600.00
Safah Berurah [Biblical, Mishnaic and Talmudic dictionary] $500.00
Eim Hayeled [child’s Hebrew grammar] $180.00
Imrei Noam [Kabbalistic and grammatical super-commentary to Rashi and ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch] $500.00
Teshuvoth Harav [responsa] $2,500.00
Sepher Ha’itur [rabbinic law relating to personal application] $500.00
Lev Tov [ethical conduct, with laws and customs] $200.00
Mashal Hakadmoni [“Proverb of the Ancient”] $10,000.00
Meir Nathiv [Biblical concordance] $400.00
Meir Nathiv [Biblical concordance] $400.00
Amudei Golah [abridgement of Moses of Coucy’s Rabbinic Code] $1,800.00
Ibur Shanim [on the Calendar, and other customs through the year] $700.00
Terumath Hadeshen. PUBLISHED WITH: Pesakim Ukethavim [responsa] $900.00
Pirush Hatorah... (Rimzei Ba’al Haturim) $700.00
Tze’enah Ure’enah $600.00
Tze’enah Ure’enah $300.00
Yapheh Mareh [on the Aggadic portions of the Jerusalem Talmud] $500.00
Lekach Tov [children’s catechism] $300.00
Lashon Hazahav [commentary to Midrash Psalms, and super-commentary to Joseph Taitatzak] $500.00
Yosippon [historical narrative of the Second Temple period] $5,000.00
Yosippon [historical narrative of the Second Temple period] $900.00
Yosippon [historical narrative of the Second Temple period] $500.00
Biur al Sepher Mitzvath Gadol [commentary to Moses of Coucy’s rabbinic code] $500.00
Sepher Masoreth [on the traditional reading of the Bible] $600.00
Derech Chaim [commentary to the Ethics of the Fathers, with text] $1,200.00
Sepher Chassidim [pietism] $200.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth Hageonim [Geonic responsa] $700.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth Hageonim [Geonic responsa] $600.00
Si’ach Moshe [ethics] $400.00
Igereth Ba’alei Chaim [“The Animal’s Collection” - fables] $300.00
Toldoth Yitzchak [commentary to the Pentateuch] $2,000.00
Toldoth Yitzchak [commentary to the Pentateuch] $600.00
Halachoth Gedoloth [Gaonic Rabbinic code] $700.00
Mehalalch Shevilei Hada’ath [grammar] $300.00
Simchath Hanephesh [“The Joy of the Soul”] $600.00
Simchath Hanephesh [“The Joy of the Soul”] $200.00
Kav Hayashar [ethical tales] $500.00
Pirush al Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch] $600.00
Pirush Chamesh Megiloth [commentary to the Five Scrolls] $600.00
Dikduk...Sepher Habachur $900.00
Sepher Habachur - Libur Grammaticae $600.00
Nogah Hatzedek - Or Nogah $500.00
Machzor Kephi Minhag Roma. According to Italian rite. With Kimcha De’avishona by Yochanan Treves, and commentaries by Ovadiah Sforno and Maimonides. Includes the Ethics of the Fathers $3,000.00
Machzor Keminhag Roma [prayers for the entire year]. According to Italian rite. Includes Passover Hagadah and Ethics of the Fathers, Biblical Books and laws relating to Festivals $1,500.00
Malah Ha’aretz De’ah [prayers through the year, with Ethics of the Fathers] $6,000.00
Selichoth [penitential prayers for the whole year] $600.00
FRANKFURTER, SHIMON. Sepher Hachaim [prayers, laws and readings relating to the sick, the dead and those left in mourning] $200.00
Ma’aneh Lashon [prayers and readings relating to the dying and the dead] $150.00
FRANKFURTER, MOSES. Sha’ar Shimon [abridgement of the Author’s father’s work, Sepher Hachaim (See lot 158)] $150.00
Seder Le’arba Tzomoth [prayers for the Four Fasts, Four Sabbaths and other special occasions] $500.00
Selichoth mikol Hashanah $400.00
Seder Hatamid [prayers for the entire year, with Ethics of the Fathers and Scriptural Readings] $1,500.00
Tephiloth Yom Kipur Katan [monthly penitential prayers] $300.00
Seder Techinoth Ubakashoth [“Supplications and Petitions”] $300.00
Seder Selichoth Vetachanunim [penitential prayers for the Days of Awe and the Four Fasts]. According the rite of France and Germany $500.00
Beith Tephilah [prayers for the Days of Awe] $500.00
Pirush Hamiloth [lexicon to the Biblical Targum] $500.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $500.00
Amudei Shlomo [commentary to Moses of Coucy’s Rabbinic Code] $500.00
[The Apocryphal Books of Judith and Daniel] $600.00
(MAYSEH BUCH. - Exampla) $2,000.00
Piskei MaHaRaSHDa”M Part I [responsa] $1,200.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $700.00
Tola’ath Ya’akov [Kabbalistic exposition to the prayers] $700.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth...Manhir Einei Chachamim [responsa] $500.00
Koroth Ha’itim $200.00
*Mikveh Yisrael. Second edition. BOUND WITH: BENJAMIN OF TUDELA. Masaoth shel Rabi Benyamin [travel]** $500.00
...Pesakim Shailoth Uteshuvoth...[responsa] $700.00
With commentary by Moses Maimonides (RaMBa”M) with his lengthy introductions, translated from the Arabic by several hands $20,000.00
Teshuvoth Shailoth [responsa] $1,500.00
Sepher Rav Mordechai $1,200.00
Nefutzoth Yehudah [sermons and eulogies] $900.00
Torath Ha’adam [laws concerning the sick, the dying and the after-life] $400.00
Hanephesh Hachachmah [Kabbalistic discourses on Reincarnation, the Soul and the precepts] $400.00
Sepher Mitzvath Gadol (SM”G) [Rabbinic law] $500.00
...Megilath Setarim [super-commentary to Abraham ibn Ezra’s commentary on the Pentateuch] $600.00
Lekach Tov [philosophical commentary to the Pentateuch] $1,800.00
Aruch Hakatzur [abridged dictionary of the Talmud] $3,000.00
Michtevei Ivrith [writing-guide for children] $150.00
Mateh Dan-Kuzari Chelek Sheni $1,500.00
Mikra Kodesh $900.00
Gedulath Yoseph $400.00
Ma’arecheth Ha’elokuth [Kabbalah] $1,500.00
*Ner Mitzvah [commentary to Solomon ibn Gabirol’s Azharoth, with text] BOUND WITH: Yesha Elo-him [commentary to the Hoshanoth and Hakafoth with laws of Lulav]** $3,000.00
Tzemach David $400.00
Beith Moed [ethical sermons] $500.00
Minchah Belulah [homilies to the Pentateuch] $900.00
Biur al Hatorah [Kabbalistic homilies to the Pentateuch] $600.00
Tzeror Hama’or [Kabbalistic commentray to the Pentateuch] $600.00
Tzeror Hama’or [Kabbalistic commentray to the Pentateuch] $500.00
Mikra’ei Kodesh [Kabbalistic exposition to the Festivals and precepts] $600.00
Sepher TaSHBa”TZ [Rabbinic law and responsa - following the decisions of R. Meir of Rothenburg] $600.00
Torah Or [homilies to the Book of Genesis] $500.00
Divrei Yosher-Meilitz Yosher [grammar and Biblical dictionary, with Yiddish translation] $200.00
Biur Shir Hashirim Vekoheleth [commentary to the Song of Songs and Book of Ecclesiastes] $500.00
Biur al Sepher Tehillim [commentary to the Book of Psalms, with text] $600.00
Matzath Shimurim [on the Kabbalistic sources of selected precepts] $300.00
Tikunei Hazohar [Kabbalah] $900.00
Avodath Halevi [listing of the precepts with reference to sources throughout Rabbinical literature] $500.00
Chidushei Gittin [novellae to Talmud] $3,500.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $1,200.00
*Avodath Hakodesh [laws of Sabbath and Festivals]. PUBLISHED WITH: ABRAHAM BEN DAVID OF POSQUIERES (RAVA”D). Ba’alei Hanefesh [on menstrual laws and human sexuality]** $600.00
Shevet Yehudah [chronicle of the persecutions suffered by the Jews. With an account by Shabbthai b. Meir Cohen of the massacres in Poland, 1648-49] $500.00
Lechem Setarim [commentary to the Book of Daniel and the Five Scrolls] $600.00
Birchath Avraham [sermons, with commentary to Orach Chaim] $1,500.00
Chizuk Emunah [apology of Judaism and polemic against Christianity] $200.00
Ohel Moed [lexicon of synonyms] $600.00
Yad Hamelech [commentary to the Book of Esther, with text] $600.00
Chazon Lamoed [commentary to the Book of Daniel, with text] $600.00
She’erith Yoseph [on the methodology of the Talmud] $500.00
Reishith Hachachmah Hakatzar [on morals] $500.00
Mispad - Trauerrede... $300.00
Chakirath Halev [moral code] $600.00
Chakirath Halev [moral code] $200.00
Avtalyon [Hebrew grammar for children] $150.00
Tophteh Aruch $300.00
Mekor Chaim [super-commentary to Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch] $700.00
MODERN HISTORY of the Jews: Being a Continuation of the History of Josephus, from the Destruction of Jerusalem, to the Present Time. By a Literary Gentleman $700.00
Da’ath Kedoshim [grammar] $2,000.00
Tana Bikurim [diatribe against Shalom Cohen’s Shorshei Emunah (1815)] $1,200.00
Rules for Regulating the Congregation of the Bristol Synagogue $1,500.00
(ANGLO-JUDAICA). ELIAKIM BEN ABRAHAM (i.e. Jacob Hart) $3,500.00
A Song and Praise to be Performed at the Dedication of the Great Jews Synagogue, St. James’s, Duke’s Place, London, on Friday, March 26, 1790 $1,500.00
Laws of the Congregation of the Great Synagogue, Duke’s Place...Revised and Enacted A.M. 5587 $900.00
Takanoth Hachevra Kadisha Degemilath Chassadim Bebeith Hakanesseth Hamburg $1,500.00
*Laws of the Congregation of the Hambro Synagogue...Revised and Enacted A.M. 5605. BOUND WITH (As issued): Laws of the...Burial Society of the Hambro Synagogue** $900.00
Sepher Zikaron-The Jewish Chronicle (New Series) and Working Man’s Friend $1,500.00
Aresheth Sephathaim-Ode Spoken by One of the Girls of the Westminster Jews’ Free School, Greek Street, Soho $900.00
A Succinct Account of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews $700.00
Private Journal of a Visit to Egypt and Palestine, by Way of Italy and the Mediterranean $700.00
Belais, Abraham. The Dust of the World: A Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes $900.00
Finn, James. Sephardim: Or the History of the Jews in Spain and Portugal $600.00
Schapira, Eliezer Isaac (Translator). Podeh Umatzil [historical novel] $400.00
Salant, Samuel. An Open Letter Addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore...on the day of His Arrival in...Jerusalem...Together with a Narrative of a Forty Day Sojourn of the Holy land...By Sir Moses $700.00
Olam Chadash Ve’olam Haphuch $1,500.00
Olam Chadash Ve’olam Haphuch $1,800.00
Minchath Kena’oth [response to Solomon Bennett’s Tana Bikurim (see lot 231)] $1,200.00
Aleh Teruphah. With a Sermon by Abraham Nansich-Hamburger $1,800.00
Ascamot, Para o Governo da Congrega de Saar-Ashamaim, de Londres $1,800.00
(ANGLO-JUDAICA). (WEBB, PHILIP CARTERET). $1,800.00
Rosh Amunah [on the principles of Faith] $3,000.00
Penei Aryeh [responsa] $500.00
*Tehillim. ff. (88). Printed without a title-page. [Vinograd, Mantua 134-unseen, with erroneous pagination]. BOUND WITH: Seder Ma’amadoth [prayers]. ff. 92. [Vinograd, Venice 316]** $12,000.00
Sepher Tehillim $500.00
Shevilei Olam [on the nations of Asia] $400.00
Oroth Hamitzvoth [on the precepts] $900.00
Luach [calendar for the Hebrew Year 1956/7] $500.00
Tyrnau, Isaac. Minhagim $700.00
Kuntress Kithvei Kodesh [selected letters by the Rebbes of Slonim] $400.00
Finn, James. The Orphan Colony of Jews in China $700.00
Avak Sopherim [Biblical homilies and sermons] $700.00
Shevirath Luchoth Ha’aven $4,000.00
Me’irath Einayim [letters in support of Emden’s offense against J. Eybescheutz] $5,000.00
Shomer Emunim $600.00
Olath Chodesh: Ahavath David [against Sabbathian and Frankist beliefs] $1,000.00
Reshimath Anshei Mopheth [encapsulated bio-bibliographies of Jewish scholars] $400.00
Assis Rimonim [Kabbalah] $600.00
Seder Hagadah Lepesach $1,200.00
Seder Hagadah Lepesach $2,000.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach-Service for the Two First Nights of Passover. Hebrew and English title pages. Additional (third) engraved title depicting Festival scenes surrounding publisher’s letterpress overslip $1,000.00
Hagadah shel Pesach-Haggada, ou Ceremoniel des Deux Premieres Soirees de Paque $1,000.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach-Service for the Two First Nights of Passover. Hebrew and English title pages. Additional (third) engraved title depicting synagogue scenes surrounding publisher’s letterpress overslip. Half-title $1,000.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $400.00
Passover Haggadah. Edited by Lazarus Goldschmidt. Translated by Paul Goodman. $400.00
Shev Shmatatha [novellae to the Talmud] $700.00
Rahamim, Ezekiel David. Sepher Ya’aroth Hadevash-The Compendium of Hebrew Dictionary $500.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $700.00
...Bechinath Olam [ethics] $1,200.00
Paliastri, Judah. Zichron Beyerushalayim [prayers to be recited at the Holy Places] $600.00
Igereth Mesapereth Yechasuta Detzadikei [guide to the tombs of Sages and the Holy Places] $600.00
Sepher Ben-Gorion [Yosippon: historical narrative of the Second Temple period] $1,200.00
Nitei Sha’ashu’im [poetry and songs] $700.00
Masechta Purim [festive parody]. With the Penitential Prayers, “According to the rite of the Drunkards of Germany and Poland.” $600.00
Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law] $2,000.00
Be’etzem Hayom Hazeh... $2,500.00
Seder Selichoth Leleilei Ashmuroth Umachzor [prayers for the Days of Awe] $400.00
Ayeleth Hashachar [penitential prayers for the whole year] $600.00
Selichoth Le’ashmoroth Haboker Vetechinoth [Sabbathian penitential prayers] $2,000.00
Selichoth [penitential prayers for the whole year] $700.00
Sephirath Ha’omer. With Afternoon and Evening Prayers $600.00
Sepher Avodath Hatamid [selected prayers through the year] $500.00
Kuntress shel Minhag K.K. Posen [selected prayers and customs as observed by the Community of Posen (Poznan)] $600.00
Seder Selichoth [penitential prayers for the whole year] $300.00
Tephilah Lebenei Yisrael $500.00
Selichoth mikol Hashanah [penitential prayers for the whole year] $700.00
Machzor mikol Hashanah [prayers for the entire year] $1,000.00
Selichoth Mikol Hashanah [penitential prayers for the whole year] $900.00
Gebete der Hochdeutschen und Polnischen Juden. Translated into German by Isaac Abraham Euchel $400.00
Or Torah [on the Masorah] $300.00
Divrei Negidim $1,000.00
Seder Kodshim [sacrifices]. The Fifth (only) of the Six Orders of the Mishnah $3,000.00
Ostropoli, Samson. Segulah Niphla’ah [supplication against misfortune] $700.00
Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic Code] $4,000.00
Chidushei Baba Bathra [novellae to Talmud Tractate] $4,000.00
Sepher Mitzvath Gadol (SM”G) [“The Great Book of Precepts”] $25,000.00
Marpe Lanephesh [ethics] $900.00
Otzar Lashon Hakodesh-Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae sive Lexicon Hebraicum $600.00
Agadath Arba Kosoth $400.00
Simlin, Levi Reuben. Seder Hagadah Lemelamdim $300.00
(Hamburg Rabbinate). Eileh Divrei Habrith [collected letters denouncing Reform synagogue practices] $500.00
Bechinath Hakabalah [on Leone di Modena’s Kol Sechal and (it’s sequel) Sha’agath Aryeh] $300.00
Sepher Hazohar [the mystical “Book of Splendor”] $900.00
Chidushei Berachoth [novellae to Talmud Tractate] $4,000.00
Chidushei Gittin [novellae to Talmud Tractate] $4,000.00
Chidushei Chulin [novellae to Talmud Tractate] $4,000.00
Zichron Yoseph [responsa and novellae] $500.00
Masechta Shekalim [on the Shekel dues] $2,500.00
Matnath Yad [on charity]. ff. (2), 36. * BOUND WITH (As issued): RIMINI, MOSES CHAIM. Machar Chodesh [on the appearnce of the New Moon, astronomy and commentary to Nieto’s Mateh Dan]. ff. (1), 42, (1) $400.00
Nephesh Hachaim [ethics] $600.00
Sepher Hamidoth [philosophical essays] $300.00

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AUCTION 3

November 25, 1997 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Product Title	AUCTION 3
Auction Date	Nov 24, 1997
Auction Time	1:00
Departments	Judaica
International Price	$0.00
Available for Sale	No
Short Description	The season opened with the rare honor of handling the deaccession of duplicates from the Rare Book Room of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The auction represented only the second time in its 100 year history that the Seminary has deaccessioned duplicates from its Library, known worldwide to be the most important repository of Hebraica and Judaica today. Respected members from private, academic, museum and library collections from around the world vied to outbid each other for the prestigious volumes new to the market. Anchored by the Seminary collection, 90% of the 337 lots in this auction found buyers. Highlights included: The Mishnah, with commentary by Moses Maimonides, Naples, 1489 which sold for $25,300. Moses of Coucy's Great Book of Precepts — the first book printed by Gershom Soncino in the town of Soncino, 1488, fetched $27,600. An extremely rare 16th century Hebrew Psalter, Mantua, 1571, brought $17,250. An exceptionally rare first edition of Joseph ben Gorion’s Yossipon with Yiddish translation, full of finely wrought woodcut illustrations, said to be the most beautiful printed work in Old-Yiddish literature (Zurich 1546) sold for $8,625.

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