Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

AUCTION 5

June 23, 1998 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Including Property From The Late Professor
Sefton D. Temkin and
The Late Sigmund S. Harrison
Kestenbaum & Company’s season ended with a rare assortment of Early Printed Hebrew Books from such important 16th century centers of Jewish life as Venice, Constantinople and Salonika, crafted by gifted printers: Soncino, Bomberg, di Gara, Bragadin, Adelkind, and Yaabetz — notable figures in the struggle for Jewish cultural continuity in the wake of the Spanish Expulsion.

Highlights included:

An exceptionally fine copy of the Yalkut Shimoni, a Midrashic anthology to the Bible, attributed to Shimon the Preacher of Frankfurt, Salonika, 1521-26, sold for $31,050.
Isaac Arama's Akeidath Yitzchak, philosophical and allegorical sermons on the` Pentateuch, Salonika, 1522, fetched $24,150.
The first printed edition of Ethics of the Fathers, printed in Soncino, by Joshua Solomon Soncino in 1484, which made $69,000.
Joseph de Caceres Spanish translation of the famous French epic-poem on the Creation by du Bartas, Los Siete dias de la Semana, Sobre la Criacion del Mundo, Amsterdam, 1612, sold for $33,350.
An illuminated Marriage Contract from Basra in the Persian Gulf dated the 3rd of Tamuz 1877, brought $5,750.
A fine calligraphic 19th century German Woman's Vernacular Prayer-book fetched $4,600.

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Grouped product items
Product Name
NO LOT $0.00
Minhagim $1,800.00
Minhagim $2,000.00
Minhagim $2,000.00
(INDIA). $6,000.00
DIKDUKIM: $3,000.00
(ZIONISM) $600.00
(LITURGY) $6,000.00
(DIORAMA) $5,000.00
(MISHNAH). $7,000.00
(MISHNAH). $900.00
(LITURGY). $900.00
Hamon Chogeg $400.00
Yosef Da’ath $5,000.00
Shir Hilulim $1,500.00
*Tzurath Ha’aretz. With (as issued): ELIJAH MIZRACHI. Kitzur Malecheth Hamispar.** $4,000.00
Abudraham [commentary to prayers] $3,000.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $2,000.00
Sepher Ikrim [philosophy] $700.00
Igereth [poem “Mi Kamocha” recited on the Sabbath preceding Purim] $300.00
Tzava’ah Yekara [ethics] $200.00
Sepher Halachoth Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code] $4,000.00
Sepher Halachoth Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code] $4,000.00
Sepher Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code] $3,000.00
Bnai Chayai [novellae and sermons] $400.00
Hanhagath Hachaim [ethics] $3,500.00
Me’ametz Ko’ach [sermons and eulogies] $900.00
Mesoreth Habrith Hagadol [masoretic readings] $900.00
(ANGLO-JUDAICA) $600.00
Pirush al Rambam [super-commentary to Maimonides] $5,000.00
Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical sermons on the Pentateuch] $25,000.00
Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical sermons on the Pentateuch] $500.00
Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical sermons on the Pentateuch] $600.00
Makhil Koheleth [commentary to the Book of Ecclesiastes, with text] $6,000.00
Tanchumoth E-l [homilies to the Pentateuch] $6,000.00
Or Hachaim [commentary to the Pentateuch] $900.00
Compendium Hebreae Chaldeae Quae Grammatices. $500.00
Biur Al Hatorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch] $3,000.00
Biur Al Hatorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch] $4,000.00
Kad Hakemach [philosophy] $700.00
Los Siete dias de la Semana, Sobre la Criacion del Mundo. $20,000.00
Mishlei Shu’alim [Hebrew version of Aesop’s Fables] $2,000.00
Rashi al Hatorah. $150.00
Die Heiligen Bücher des Alten Bundes. $500.00
PSALMS). Sepher Tehilim. $7,000.00
PROVERBS). Mishlei. With commentary Kav Venaki by David ben Solomon ibn Yachya. $6,000.00
Part One (of two) only. With Nikud (vowel-points) $1,500.00
With commentaries of Rashi, ibn Ezra, Kimchi (two), Targum etc. $6,000.00
PENTATEUCH, HAPHTAROTH AND FIVE SCROLLS). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. $4,000.00
Chamishah Chumashei Torah (-end) $2,000.00
The Sixth Biblia Rabbinica. With Targum and commentaries, Revised by J. Buxtorf. $1,000.00
PSALMS). Seder Tehilim. $20,000.00
PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Tikun Sopherim. - Quinque Libri Mosis. $12,000.00
Arbah Ve’esrim - Minchath Shai. $500.00
PSALMS). Sepher Tehilim. With Shimushei Tehilim and prayers on behalf of the sick. $5,000.00
PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Torath Moshe. Prepared by Wolf Heidenheim with commentary Minchah Chadashah. $1,500.00
PENTATEUCH, HAPHTAROTH AND MEGILOTH). The Holy Bible - Chamishah Chumshei Torah. $300.00
PENTATEUCH AND FORMER PROPHETS). Mikdash Hashem - Hebraica Biblia. Translated by Sebastian Muenster. Hebrew and Latin in parallel columns. $400.00
PSALMS). Tehilim. $8,000.00
PROPHETS AND WRITINGS). Sepher Hamagid. $900.00
PSALMS). Sepher Tehilim. $700.00
*PSALMS). Quadruplex Psalterium. Text in four columns extending on facing page. Bound With: Two Additional Exegetical Works. Basle, Froben, 1537.** $1,200.00
Biblia Hebraica. - Novum Testamentum Graecum. Each with interlinear Latin translation by Arias Montanus. Individual title-pages each with elaborate woodcut device. $1,500.00
Die Heilige Schrift der Israeliten. $500.00
TISSOT, J. JAMES. The Old Testament. Three Hundred and Ninety-Six Compositions Illustrating the Old Testament. $800.00
BÜTTNER, ERICH. Novellen aus der Bibel $250.00
FREIMANN, ARON (and Moses Marx) (Eds.) Thesaurus Typographiae Hebraicae Saeculi XV $500.00
Soncino-Blätter. Edited by Herrmann Meyer $500.00
Catalogo delle Edizioni Ebraiche S. Belforte & C. $300.00
(BIBLIOGRAPHY) $300.00
Kirchliche Verfassung der Heutigen Juden Sonderlich derer in Deutschland $4,000.00
Gallerie der Ausgezeichnetsten Israeliten aller Jahrhunderte, ihre Portraits und Biographien $1,800.00
Die Jüdische Bewegung $100.00
Concordantiæ Bibliorum Hebraicæ $500.00
Epitome Radicum Hebraicarum et Chaldaicarum. Basle, 1607. * (...) Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum. Basle, 1698. * (...) Epitome Grammaticae Hebrae. Leiden. 1716. * Noldis, Christian. Concordantiae Particularum Ebraeo-Chaldaicarum. Hanau, 1679 $300.00
KLAUSNER, ABRAHAM. Minhagim $6,000.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $1,500.00
Abraham Liessin (-Walt). Lieder un Poemen $600.00
Milchamoth Lehashem Cherev Lehashem [polemics] $1,500.00
JACOB JOSEPH HAKOHEN OF POLONNOYE. Ben Porath Yosef [homilies to the Book of Genesis, with responsa, discourses and a letter from the Baal Shem Tov to his brother-in-law] $4,000.00
KOZIENICE, ISRAEL HOFSTEIN (THE MAGGID OF). Avodath Yisrael [homilies to the Festivals, Pentateuch and Ethics of the Fathers] $300.00
TWERSKY, DAVID OF TALNA. Koheleth Dovid [homilies to the Pentateuch] $300.00
DAVID MOSES FRIEDMAN OF TSCHORTKOV. Sepher Divrei David [discourses] $150.00
BARNHOK, P. Far Unzere Kinder. $150.00
Ma’aseh Tuviah $4,500.00
Pirush Seder Avodath Yom Hakipurim [Kabbalistic commentary to the Day of Atonement] $900.00
Ho’el Moshe Be’er...Bamidbar [super-commentary to Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch] $5,000.00
Me’am Lo’ez: Sepher Shemoth [ethical-homiletical commentary to the Book of Exodus] $500.00
Turei Zahav [on Choshen Mishpat] $200.00
Kac (Katz), P.M. (Moshe). Dentistik. - Dentistry. An Essay, With Quotations from the Talmud, and Practical Directions For All $100.00
[super-commentary to Rashi on the Pentateuch]. Anonymous $1,000.00
Psst...! Numbers 1-85 (all published) $1,200.00
Holz, Joseph Michael. Iyov Bederch Shir - Hiob, Poems. $150.00
Sepher Yetzirah [commentary to Kabbalistic text] $600.00
Igereth Bikoreth [responsa relationg to castration and eunuchs] $1,800.00
Zoth Torath Hakana’oth $3,000.00
Mitpachath Sepharim $2,500.00
Tzitzim Uperachim [dictionary of the Kabbalah] $2,000.00
SASPORTAS, JACOB. Kitzur Tzitzath Novel Tzvi [abridged compendium of correspondences and polemics against Sabbatian messianism] $3,000.00
Derash Pesach Hagadol [sermon] $1,800.00
Derash Tephilath Yesharim [sermon] $1,800.00
Klei Yakar [homiletical commentary on the Pentateuch] $2,500.00
Shomer Emunim $400.00
Seder Tephiloth Hafalashim - Prières des Falashas ou Juifs d’Abyssinie $300.00
Pelach Harimon [abridgment of portion of Cordovero’s Pardes Rimonim] $700.00
Seder Avodah Raba Vezuta [Kabbalistic prayers and meditations] $500.00
Yemin Hashem Romemah [responsa based on ruling by Samuel Algazi, drawing upon Kabbalistic sources] $5,000.00
Die Juden in der Karikatur $150.00
Avel Yachid [eulogy for Akiva Eger] $500.00
Koheleth Ya’akov [Kabbalistic homilies to the Book of Ecclesiastes, with text] $12,000.00
Pa’amon Verimon with Assis Rimonim [Kabbalah] $400.00
Hatzarfatim Berusia [on the Napoleonic invasion of Russia] $250.00
Sepher Zevach Pesach. WIth commentary by Isaac Abrabanel $5,000.00
Seder Hagadah Shel Pesach $5,000.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Roman rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Italian. Accompanied by Leone Modena’s abridged commentary of Isaac Abrabanel’s “Zevach Pesach.” $6,000.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Roman rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-German. Accompanied by Leone Modena’s abridged commentary of Isaac Abrabanel’s “Zevach Pesach.” $8,000.00
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.” $7,000.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary of Abrabanel and occasional translation into Yiddish $600.00
HOROWITZ, JUDAH BEN MORDECHAI. Kerem Ein Gedi [commentary to the Seder song Chad Gadya) $600.00
Seder Hakuntress. According to the rite of “The Holy Communities that dwell in the Venaissin District.” $2,500.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $1,000.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $600.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $1,000.00
Seder Hahagadah Leleil Shimurim $500.00
Seder Hagadah $4,000.00
Seder Hahagadah shel Pesach $1,000.00
Hagadah shel Pesach-The Institution of Passover $5,000.00
Die Haggadah von Sarajevo. Eine Spanisch-Juedische Bilderhandschrift des Mittelalters $700.00
Hagadah shel Pesach. - Pessach Haggada $700.00
Seder Hagadah shel Pesach $300.00
Offenbacher Haggadah $500.00
Die Darmstadter Pessach-Haggadah...aus dem Vierzehnten Jahrhundert $900.00
Ritual da Ceia Pascal $300.00
Hagadah shel Pesach $200.00
Hagadah Leyeladim - Die Haggadah des Kindes. Edited by A.M. Silbermann. Illustrated by Erwin Singer $500.00
Hagadah di Hitler $700.00
Passover Service, Munich Enclave $1,500.00
Hagadah shel Pesach $400.00
The Bird’s Head Haggada $600.00
The Golden Haggadah $600.00
Die Darmstadter Pessach-Haggadah $600.00
The Pesach Haggadah $2,500.00
Facsimile edition of the Augsburg Hagadah, 1534 $1,500.00
The Diskin Orphan Home Series $500.00
(Gaon of Pumbeditha). Shirei Musar Haskal [ethical poem] $2,500.00
Ma’amar Bechinath Olam [commentary to Jedaiah Bedarsi’s ethical work] $2,500.00
Olevski, Rafael and Dawid Rosental and Paul Trepman. Our Destruction in Pictures $600.00
Pictorial Review, Vaad Hatzala Germany $500.00
Eileh Ezkerah. Biographies of Leaders of Religious Jewry in Europe who Perished During the Years 1939-1945. Edited by Isaac Lewin $300.00
Berith Avraham-Chesed Avraham [ethics] $5,000.00
(The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Shnei Luchoth Habrith. Issued with Vavei Amudim by Horowitz’s son Shabtai Sheftel $2,500.00
INCUNABLE LEAVES (HEBREW) $1,500.00
ELIAS ADENI. Seder Azharoth [piyutim for Shemini Atzereth]. $4,000.00
Seder Tephiloth Shevachoth Veshirim $3,000.00
Seder Tephiloth. $3,000.00
RAHABI, DAVID. Ohel David [on the Calendar, with astronomical and chronological tables] $7,000.00
WILSON, JOHN. The Rudiments of Hebrew Grammar. In Marathi, with the Points $4,000.00
FEINSTEIN, CHAIM JACOB HAKOHEN. Kuntress Imrei Shabbath $900.00
RUBIN, REBECCA (Ed.). The Bene-Israel Annual and Year Book 1919-1920 $200.00
Amudei Golah [abridgment of Moses of Coucy’s Sepher Mitzvath Gadol] $900.00
*Mashal Hakadmoni [collected fables and aphorisms] WITH: Sepher Hatapu’ach [Attributed to Aristotle]** $3,000.00
Le’ezrath Hashem Begiborim $500.00
WETTE, WILHELM MARTIN LEBERECHT DE. Lehrbuch der Hebräisch-Jüdischen Archäologie $150.00
AUSPITZ, JACOB. Be’er Haluchoth $5,000.00
LEHREN, HIRSCHEL. Sendschreiben an unsere Glaubensbrüder $300.00
KEITH, ALEXANDER. The Land of Israel According to the Covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob $200.00
TRUSEN, JOHANN PETER. Die Sitten, Gebräuche und Krankheiten der alten Hebräer $300.00
SHARNOPOLSKY, S. Palestine - Land of Health Resorts $150.00
TRIWAKS, ISAAC. Sepher Me’ah Shanah. [“The Land of Israel’s Men of Distinction and Earliest Pioneers.”] $150.00
The Anglo-Palestine Year Book - Including “The Middle East” 1947-1948 $150.00
SCHEINSON, Y. Eretz-Yisrael in Oyfboy [“Land of Israel in Construction”] $150.00
SOSKIN, ABRAHAM. Album of Tel-Aviv Views $300.00
*Matnath Kehunah [super-commentary to the Midrash Raba, with text]. Two Parts. With: Midrash Chamesh Megiloth Rabata [super-commentary to the Midrash on the Five Scrolls, with text]** $3,500.00
Biurim [super-commentary to Rashi on the Pentateuch] $700.00
(Tur) Choshen Mishpat [Rabbinic code] $1,500.00
(Tur) Even Ha’ezer [Rabbinic code] $1,500.00
(Tur) Even Ha’ezer [Rabbinic code] $1,000.00
(Tur) Orach Chaim [Rabbinic Code] $900.00
(Tur ) Choshen Mishpat [Rabbinic code] $900.00
Eisheth Chayil [on portion from Book of Proverbs] $2,000.00
ADLER, CYRUS AND I.M. CASANOWICZ. Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Objects of Jewish Ceremonial Deposited in the U.S. National Museum by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. From the Report of the U.S. National Museum for 1899 $150.00
Rimon. A Hebrew Magazine of Arts and Letters $300.00
GOLDSTEIN, MAKSYMILJAN AND KAROL DRESDNER. Kultura i Szutka Ludu Zydowskiego na Ziemiach Polskich [“The Culture and Art of the Jewish People in Poland.”] $600.00
MORDECHAI BEN NISSAN. Dod Mordechai [on Karaite history] $200.00
AARON BEN ELIJAH NICOMEDIA. Kether Torah [commentary on the Pentateuch]. Edited by Judah Savaskan $600.00
Toldoth Yitzchak [commentary to the Pentateuch] $3,000.00
Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law]. Yoreh De’ah $6,000.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $2,000.00
Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law]. Four parts in one $2,000.00
Michlol [Grammar] $900.00
Juedisches Ceremoniel $3,000.00
Prayer in Honor of Maria Theresa $2,000.00
Be’etzem Hayom Hazeh... $2,500.00
Chok Leyisra’el [on Maimonides’ Sepher Hamitzvoth with an abridgment of Nachmanides’ notes thereon] $600.00
Philologus Hebraeo-Mixtus $1,500.00
(Temunoth Techinoth Tephiloth Sefarad) $2,500.00
(Machzor) [selected prayers for the Days of Awe, with Ethics of the Fathers] $6,000.00
Malah Ha’aretz De’ah [prayers through the year, with Ethics of the Fathers] $6,000.00
Machzor Mikol Hashanah [prayers for the entire year] $3,000.00
Machzor Mikol Hashanah [prayers for the entire year] $3,000.00
(Seder Tephilah mikol Hashanah) [prayers through the year] $18,000.00
Machzor [Festival prayers] $4,000.00
Seder Selichoth Piyutim Vekinoth [penitential prayers] $1,800.00
Seder Tephiloth Leyamim Nora’im [prayers for the Days of Awe] $900.00
Machzor [prayers for the entire year] $900.00
Sha’ar Hashamayim [prayers through the year]. With Psalms, Biblical readings and Ma’amadoth. Compiled with commentary by Isaiah Horowitz (the SHeLa”H Hakodosh) $2,000.00
Sha’arei Rachamim [selected prayers, with mystical meditations] $2,500.00
Seder Tephiloth mikol Hashanah [prayers for the entire year] $1,500.00
Machzor [prayers for the New Year and Passover]. With Yiddish translation and commentary. Additional engraved title-pages depicting the Service of the High Priest and the Eating of the Paschal Lamb Both Printed in Red $600.00
Sephirath Ha’omer [compendium of prayers] $700.00
Seder Tephiloth [prayers for the entire year] $4,000.00
Machzor [Festival prayers] $1,500.00
Tikun Le’il Shevu’oth $700.00
Machzor [Festival prayers] $900.00
Seder Chamesh Ta’anyoth [prayers for the Five Fasts] $1,500.00
Machzor [prayers for the entire year] $300.00
Machzor [Festival prayers] $400.00
Seder Hatephilah [prayers through the year] $1,500.00
Kaftor Vepherach $600.00
Mesilath Yesharim $1,800.00
Coins of the Jews $150.00
TISSO, SAMUEL. Refu’oth Ha’am [medical compendium for the home, with addendum concerning women and children] $200.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $2,500.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $700.00
Tzaidah Laderech [code of laws] $4,000.00
Nishmath Chaim $2,000.00
[Midrashic commentary to the Book of Samuel]. Anonymous $700.00
Hanikra Yelamedainu [Midrashic homilies to the Pentateuch]. Attributed to Tanchuma bar Abba $6,000.00
Pirkei Avoth [Ethics of the Fathers] $70,000.00
Seder Zera’im (only).With commentaries $5,000.00
Lev Ha’aryeh [mnemonics] $1,000.00
Igroth [letters and responsa] $2,500.00
Mishneh Torah [Rabbinic Code]. With commentaries $6,000.00
...Megilath Setarim [super-commentary to Abraham ibn Ezra’s commentary on the Pentateuch] $900.00
Chachmath Hamazaloth...Kalendarium Hebraicum $5,000.00
Shlosh Esrei Ikrim. Divrei Habayith Hasheini. Eser Gilyoth Yisrael - Tredecim Articuli Fidei Judaeorum (etc.) $6,000.00
Modena, Buonaventura. Lamnatze’ach Shir Mizmor - Anniversario della Nascita di S.M. Napoleone il Grande [hebrew poems in honour of Napoleon on his birthday] $700.00
Yemei Tmimim [eulogy and poetry] $300.00
Adereth Eliyahu [Kabbalah, polemic] $300.00
Bilder aus dem Altjüdischen Familien-Leben $1,800.00
Mikra Kodesh $1,200.00
Igereth Dophi Hazman [ethics and rhetoric] $2,500.00
Otzer Lashon Hakodesh - Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae $1,000.00
Kotzer Otzar Lashon Hakodesh - Epitome Thesauri Linguae Sanctae $700.00
SOMMERHAUSEN, TZVI HIRSCH. Hagadah Leleil Shikurim [“Hagadah for the Night of Drunkards” - (i.e. Purim)] $500.00
FRIEDLAND, L. (pseud. i.e. David Apotheker). Sepher Hatikun $700.00
Histoire Generale des Ceremonies, Moeurs, et Costumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde $2,000.00
Tzemach David $900.00
Chageinu - Our Holidays $600.00
*Hagadah for Passover. Land of Palestine** $200.00
[Kabbalah]. Anonymous $700.00
Hon Ashir [commentary to the Mishnah] $300.00
Hashirim asher Leshlomo. Edited by Samuel Naumbourg, with Vincent d’Indy $600.00
Zein Leben un Shafen [“His Life and Work”] $900.00
Sepher Hachizayon [poetry, etc.] $700.00
[prayers and meditations from the Zohar] $700.00
[readings for the night of Pentacost and Hoshana Raba] $1,000.00
[Midrashic chronology]. Anonymous $3,000.00
[ethics]. Anonymous $900.00
Neveh Shalom [philosophy] $700.00
Emeth Veshalom [glosses to Chaim Vital’s Eitz Chaim and Lurianic themes] $400.00
Drashoth Hatorah [sermons on the Pentateuch and on Repentance] $10,000.00
Drashoth Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch] $2,000.00
Sepher Hazohar [the mystical “Book of Splendor] $900.00
Nora Tehiloth [commentary to Book of Psalms] $3,000.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $700.00
Avodath Halevi [listing of the precepts with reference to sources throughout Rabbinic literature] $700.00
(SCHOOL OF). Likutei Hapardess [Halachah] $7,000.00
Pirush Hatorah Vechamesh Megilloth [commentary on the Pentateuch and Five Scrolls] $5,000.00
Piskei Chalah [Rabbinic law] $5,000.00
Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa] $1,800.00
Shevet Yehudah [historiography] $8,000.00
Masechta Sanhedrin $7,000.00
Masechta Rosh Hashanah $6,000.00
Talmud Bavli. Complete in 19 Volumes $2,500.00
FRIEDLAENDER, SOLOMON JUDAH. Masechta Zevachim / Eirichin min Talmud Yerushalmi. With the commentary Cheshek Shlomo $200.00
Transactions of the Parisian Sanhedrin $500.00
Megilath Shir Hashirim [commentary to the Song of Songs, with text] $4,000.00
Beith Elo-him [ethical philosophy] $900.00
Maphte’ach Lashon Hakodesh - That is the Key of the Holy Tongue $2,500.00
Ohel Moed [lexicon of synonyms] $900.00
Der Moment - El Momento. Bi-weekly Yiddish Newspaper $600.00
Kether Torah [summary of the precepts, based on Maimonides] $6,000.00
Sota. Hoc est Liber Mischnicus de Uxore Adulterii Suspecta $400.00
Das Judenthum in der Musik $500.00
Masechta Avoth. With commentary Yayin Levanon [philological commentary to the Ethics of the Fathers, with text] $300.00
Rabbinismus. Oder Sammlung Talmudscher Thorheiten. In einer Reihe von Briefen als ein Zuruf an die jüdische Nazion $2,500.00
Pirush Chamesh Megilloth [commentary to the Five Scrolls, Psalms, Proverbs, Job and Daniel] $4,000.00
[Midrashic anthology to the Bible]. Attributed to Shimon the Preacher of Frankfurt $30,000.00
[Midrashic anthology to the Bible]. Attributed to Shimon the Preacher of Frankfurt $1,800.00
[Midrashic anthology to the Bible]. Attributed to Shimon the Preacher of Frankfurt $1,500.00
(YIZKOR-BICHER. “Memorial Books”). $600.00
*Tophteh Aruch [description of Hell]. With (as issued): Eden Aruch by Jacob Daniel Olmo** $400.00
FRIEDLAND, NATHAN. Selu Selu Hamesilah [on resettlement of the Land of Israel] $500.00
HERZL, THEODOR. Hakongress Habazilai $500.00
Yom Hamedinah $600.00
(The). Translated into English by Harry Sperling and Maurice Simon $100.00
Ilan Hakodosh. A beautifully composed and very lengthy Sefirot Tree. Incorporating numerous Kabbalistic devices, charts and other displays. Composed in an Asckenazi square script in black ink on vellum $2,000.00
Mechirath Yosef. Single vellum leaf, Aschkenazi script in black ink. A personal Kameyah written for a married couple to safeguard their home. Central elements are micrographic word-plays of Biblical passages relating to the House-holder’s name of Joseph $4,000.00
Manuscript Document of Attestation for a new Shochet (ritual slaughterer) in B’nai Braq. With 65 signatures at end (very possibly all the residents of the town) $500.00
(CIRCUMCISION RECORD-BOOK) $1,500.00
(CIRCUMCISION RECORD-BOOK) $2,500.00
(Physicist and Noble Prize winner. 1879-1955). Typed Letter Signed in English. In his capacity as Honorary Chairman of the Jewish Council of Russian War Relief of Boston, offering support of further relief for Russia. One page on printed letter-head $2,000.00
Adam Kadmon [“Primordial Man”]. Large esoteric Kabbalistic chart on a complex spherical grid, composed in an Asckenazi square script, black ink on large vellum folio sheet $3,000.00
Marriage Contract. Text in black ink, on paper. Sephardic square and cursive Hebrew script, text in Hebrew and Judeo-Persian $600.00
Marriage Contract. Text in black ink, on vellum. Italian square Hebrew script. Arched rectangular form $3,000.00
Marriage Contract. Text in black ink, on paper. Sephardic square and cursive Hebrew script $6,000.00
Marriage Contract. Text in brown ink, on vellum. Italian square and cursive Hebrew script $3,000.00
Marriage Contract. Text in black ink, on paper. Sephardic cursive Hebrew script, text in Hebrew and Judeo-Persian. $600.00
(Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land. 1865-1935). Autograph Manuscript Signed in Hebrew. Draft of a Proclamation entitled “Chazon Hageulah” concerning the revival of Jewish settlement in the Holy Land. 2 pages on printed letter-head $700.00
Piyutim [liturgical and other poems]. Manuscript in Moroccan square and cursive Hebrew scripts. Black ink on paper. Several names (not decipherable) before initial poems. Composition by Moses Zacuto and Solomon Hazak on p.127 $700.00
MEGILATH ESTHER $3,500.00
(Scroll of Esther). Black ink on vellum. Square Hebrew script 15 lines arranged in 46 columns on 6 membranes. Columns within attractive colored borders of floral garlands. On later turned wooden roller. $1,500.00
MEGILATH ESTHER $1,500.00
MEGILATH ESTHER $4,000.00
Lekach Tov [ethical poetry]. Autograph Manuscript in Italian cursive Hebrew script, brown ink on paper, 12 pages $3,000.00
Hagadah. 12 silkscreens. Each signed (or initialed) and numbered by the artist, one of 99. $2,000.00
“Schapiro’s Kosher Wines. The wine you can almost cut with a knife.” * With: “Tonight…bring home a Jewish friend for dinner! Introducing Kosher Wine made from the finest New York State Grapes.”. $150.00
Anson, Manfred. Wooden case with forty compartments, each containing an object representing an element of Jewish identity. $1,800.00
Group of c.89 book-plates of Jewish individuals and institutions, including David Sulzberger, David de Sola Pool, Solomon Schechter, etc. Also ex libris designed by Hermann Struck, Ze’ev Raban, Joseph Budko and Uriel Birnbaum (last two signed by artists). $1,200.00
Bust portrait of Hermann Struck facing right with cigar firmly clenched between teeth. $1,500.00
“Drink Cristal. Cristal’s secret is in the quality of the water.” Text in Hebrew. Painted in tones of red, yellow, green and white. $500.00
Scene of the Temple Mount and Jerusalem. With romanticized rural images. $300.00
Schiler’s Strictly Kosher Meats & Delicatessen.” Text in English and Hebrew. Painted in tones of blue and white. $1,500.00
Portrait of a bearded Jew. Pencil on paper. SIgned by the artist. $900.00
Group of c.141 postcards of multi-cultural life in Palestine, featuring views of Holy sites, Medieval fortresses, hotels and urban infrastructure in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, Tiberias, etc. $1,800.00
Group of c.99 postcards of synagogues in the United States. Many in color. $2,000.00
Group of c.93 postcards of Jews of accomplishment, almost all identified. $1,000.00
Group of c.136 postcards of Jewish life in the United States: street scenes, institutions, personalities and commercial advertisements. $1,800.00
Group of c.310 postcards of Jewish life in Palestine: scenes of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, portraits, personalities, agricultural work. Few with inscriptions on verso. $4,000.00
Group of c.200 postcards of life in Palestine: street scenes, holy sites and portraits. Few with inscriptions on verso. $1,000.00
Antiquitates Judaicae Pragenses. 25 tinted postcards all but 3 depicting graves in the Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague. Issued by the Chevra Kadisha. In original printed wrappers, bound by ribbon. $150.00
(ANTISEMITICA). D. Moor. “Oldest of Gods.” God is seen as a black cyclops, wearing Tephillin and a black prayer shawl, holding a pair of black tablets with the Decalogue. Russian text $900.00
A Grand-father’s Blessing. Oil on panel. Signed by the artist in Hebrew lower left. $1,500.00
Street Musicians, Jerusalem. Oil on canvas. Signed by the artist. $1,500.00
The Prophets. ONE OF 62 COPIES on Japan paper. Twelve color lithographs printed by Mourlot each numbered (“XXIV / LXII”) and signed by the artist in pencil. Each laid into printed sleeve. Introduction in Hebrew and English by Haim Gamzu. $7,000.00
Group of 12 charming woodcuts illustrating Jewish folk-life in Europe and the passage to America. Each numbered “40/75” and signed by the artist in pencil below image. $1,800.00
Military Officer. Pencil drawing on paper. SIgned and dated by the artist, lower left. Verso with two further bust portraits. $1,200.00
Cylindrical body and tapering handle worked with detailed filigree, surmounted by crown. Bar and ring-pull, fitted to complete manuscript scroll on vellum (possibly later) . Length of case: 130 mm $900.00
Hexagonal chased body and curved handle. Bar and ring-pull, fitted to complete manuscript scroll on vellum (later) . Length of case: 200mm $900.00
Beaded body and curved handle. Bar and ring-pull, fitted to complete illuminated manuscript scroll on vellum (later) . Length of case: 160 mm $900.00
Cylindrical body richly embossed and chased with roundels identifying the Twelve Tribes of Israel, the whole surmounted by crown Short curved handle below. Bar fitted to complete manuscript scroll on vellum. Length of case: 295 mm $4,000.00
Shaped backplate embossed with geometric patterns, fronted by a row of eight oil pans, with drip pan (later). 220 mm $500.00
Of traditional form, set on stepped square base. Marked. H:320 mm $1,500.00
Movable candle-holder with drip-pan set on skeletal frame, fitted with spice-drawer, on domed base. H: 218 mm $1,000.00
EXCEPTIONAL BOHEMIAN CUT GLASS COVERED GOBLET. $4,000.00
Engraved with scene of David in battle with Goliath, appropriate Hebrew verses surround. D: 264 mm $2,000.00
Rim inscribed with quotations from the Passover Hagadah. Center with the word Jerusalem amidst geometric design. D: 198 mm $1,500.00
Finely wrought, bearing Russian marks. L: 230 - 320 mm $2,000.00
The handle with image of Mohel and obverse featuring Sandek holding the child. . Blade later. L: 155 mm $5,000.00
Fruit-form realistically chased, hinged at mid-section. Set on leafy stem base. H: 145 mm $900.00
Rectangular body fitted with lock, interior lined in wood, hinged lid with gilt interior. Set on four supports with sheep-head elements. Marked “EB.”. 170x275 mm. H: 145 mm $1,500.00
Hinged lid set with vignette of steamship approaching the detention camps of Cyprus. Base set with limestone trim on three sides. 60x130x190 mm $500.00
Woven in tones of mauve, maroon and cream depicting half-length frontal portrait of Theodor Herzl, arms folded, in upper panel; Moorish arch with Eternal Light below within 3-part floral border. Approx. 615x1110 mm $1,000.00
Woven in tones of mauve, maroon and cream with central depiction of Solomon’s Temple (“Midrash Shlomo”) within Moorish arch, hung with Eternal Lamp. Hebrew Psalms 137:5 set all around. 610x835 mm $1,800.00
UNUSUAL INDIAN WOODEN PASSOVER TRAY. $4,000.00
Large baluster stem set with 8-light lamp of Star-form and three curled arms with flower-heads, prominent German double-eagle above with trefoil-loop at top. Detachable drip-bowl. With chain (later). Wired for electricity. H: approx. 930 mm $7,000.00

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AUCTION 5

June 23, 1998 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Product Title	AUCTION 5
Auction Date	Jun 22, 1998
Auction Time	1:00
Departments	Judaica
International Price	$0.00
Available for Sale	No
Short Description	Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property From The Late Professor Sefton D. Temkin and The Late Sigmund S. Harrison Kestenbaum & Company’s season ended with a rare assortment of Early Printed Hebrew Books from such important 16th century centers of Jewish life as Venice, Constantinople and Salonika, crafted by gifted printers: Soncino, Bomberg, di Gara, Bragadin, Adelkind, and Yaabetz — notable figures in the struggle for Jewish cultural continuity in the wake of the Spanish Expulsion. Highlights included: An exceptionally fine copy of the Yalkut Shimoni, a Midrashic anthology to the Bible, attributed to Shimon the Preacher of Frankfurt, Salonika, 1521-26, sold for $31,050. Isaac Arama's Akeidath Yitzchak, philosophical and allegorical sermons on the` Pentateuch, Salonika, 1522, fetched $24,150. The first printed edition of Ethics of the Fathers, printed in Soncino, by Joshua Solomon Soncino in 1484, which made $69,000. Joseph de Caceres Spanish translation of the famous French epic-poem on the Creation by du Bartas, Los Siete dias de la Semana, Sobre la Criacion del Mundo, Amsterdam, 1612, sold for $33,350. An illuminated Marriage Contract from Basra in the Persian Gulf dated the 3rd of Tamuz 1877, brought $5,750. A fine calligraphic 19th century German Woman's Vernacular Prayer-book fetched $4,600.

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