Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

Auction 95

November 11, 2021 at 11:00am

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

Auction of Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

Thursday, 11th November 2021

OVERVIEW

After Kestenbaum & Company’s successful June 2021 auction, we are proud to present our autumnal Judaica auction that contains an especially broad range of fields of interest. The sale can be divided into six primary categories: Rabbinic Autograph Letters (Lots 1-56), Manuscripts (Lots 57-76), Hebrew Printed Books (Lots 77-289), General Printed Books (Including American-Judaica) (Lots 290-378), Illustrated Books and Graphic Art (Lots 379-392) and finally, Ceremonial Objects (Including Coins and Medals) (Lots 393-410).

Within Rabbinic Autograph Letters (Lots 1-56), manuscripts from rabbis hailing across the breadth of the Jewish world are on offer, including letters by Mahara”m Schick (Lot 40, Est. $3,000-5,000), Grand-Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vizhnitz (Lot 18, Est. $10,000-15,000) and R. Ya’akov Yisroel Kanievsky- the Steipler Gaon (Lot 24, Est. $1,000-1,500). So too, communications from R. Itzikel of Przeworsk (Lot 14, Est. $4,000-6,000), R. Yisrael Abuhatzeira- the Baba Sali (Lot 1, Est. $1,500-2,500), Grand-Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch (Lots 41-46) and R. Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook (Lot 25, $1,000-2,000) are also featured. Of special significance are a number of lots that contain groupings of letters from American Roshei Yeshiva, Vizhnitz and Rachmastrivka Grand-Rebbes, rabbinic leaders of Eretz Yisrael and so on. These curated lots will tremendously enhance any collection. See Lots 3, 7-8, 11-13, 32-34, 36 and 54.

Within Manuscripts (Lots 57-76), a Lost Prayer Authored by the Mahara”l of Prague (Lot 68, Est. $20,000-30,000) is a highly unique artifact, while a curious Burial Society Supplication for Forgiveness from the Dead (Lot 61, Est. $6,000-9,000) is of immense scholarly potential. An Illustrated Psalms Manuscript from 1910-13 (Lot 57, Est. $8,000-12,000) serves as one of the earliest examples of Jewish-American scribal art. Finally, an Autograph Manuscript from R. Moses Sopher (Chassam Sopher) (Lot 73, Est. $8,000-12,000) contains the draft of his commentary to the Torah portions of Balak-Pinchas.

The largest category within the auction, Hebrew Printed Books (Lots 77-289), stemming almost entirely from a private collection, contains classic Halachic works such as R. Yitzchak Alfasi’s ‘Ri”f’ (Lot 84, Est. $4,000-6,000), the Responsa of R. Shlomo ibn Adret (Rashb”a) (Lot 269, Est. $2,000-3,000), A Valmadonna copy of the Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol (Sma”g) (Lot 245, Est. $4,000-6,000) and R. Mordechai Jaffe’s complete Levushim (Lot 181, Est. $5,000-7,000). Also on offer are rare Jewish works of philosophy, polemic and poetry, such as R. Immanuel of Rome’s SepherMachbaroth (Lot 174, Est. $7,000-10,000), R. Shem-Tov ibn Shaprut’s Pardes Rimonim on Aggadah (Lot 267, Est. $2,000-3,000), R. Joseph Solomon Delmedigo’s Sepher Eilim- Ma’ayan Ganim- Ma’ayan Chathum (Lot 139, Est. $8,000-12,000) and R. Yonathan Eybescheutz’s Luchoth Eduth (Lot 149, Est. $2,000-3,000). Chassidic works (Lots 115-134) are also well-represented, with the First Edition of R. Dov-Baer of Lubavitch’s Biurei HaZohar (Lot 116, Est. $3,000-5,000), Second Edition of the famed Chassidic work Toldoth Ya’akov Yoseph (Lot 117, Est. $2,000-3,000) and the Sidrei Taharoth of Grand-Rebbe of Radzyn, Gershon Chanoch Leiner, including his important hand-colored map of the boundaries of Eretz Yisrael (Lot 125, Est. $5,000-7,000).

A strong series of offerings is found with American and Anglo Judaica (Lots 290-324), including a Royal Order from King George III (Lot 292, Est. $3,000-5,000) declaring that Moses Frank be reimbursed for supplying war provisions to soldiers en route to Martinique during the Seven Years War and a Proclamation Granting Jews Full Civil Rights in the Dutch West Indies (Lot 295, Est. $5,000-7,000). An 1803 document from one Jacob Lowe to Isaac Lowe of Hardin County, Kentucky proclaims the debt of a black slave (Lot 297, $2,000-3,000), serving as a testament to the complicated relations between these two American minority groups. An Autograph Letter from Judah Touro (Lot 301, Est. $4,000-6,000) and a Discourse delivered at Congregation Mikveh Israel in the Wake of President Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination (Lot 305, Est. $4,000-6,000) are two mesmerizing items relating to 19^th century American Jewry.

Another series of wide-ranging and fascinating items is found within General Printed Books (Lots 325-378). The highly desirable Account of Marrano Explorer Pedro Teixeira (Lot 376, Est. $30,000-40,000) records his adventures in the Near and Far East. Among other noteworthy lots can be found a detailed account of the 1636 Blood Libel against Marek (Moses) Markowicz (Lot 330, Est. $4,000-6,000) as well as Buenting’s Famed Cloverleaf Map within his Atlas (Lot 331, Est. $5,000-7,000) and the First Jewish Cookbook Printed in America (Lot 332, Est. $6,000-8,000). Two poignant items related to the Holocaust and the period just before it are a Letter of Protection to Two Hungarian Jews from Angelo Rotta (Lot 339, Est. $2,000-3,000) and the Cracow Phonebook from 1939 (Lot 371, Est. $3,000-5,000) containing many Jewish names.

Within Illustrated Books and Graphic Art (Lots 379-392), an illuminated manuscript facsimile of the Kennicott Bible (Lot 383, Est. $3,000-5,000) is one of a number of such limited reproductions on offer (See Lots 381-385). Another contribution is a Marc Chagall Lithograph of Moses on Sinai with the Tablets of the Law (Lot 389, Est. $3,000-5,000).

The final category within the sale, that of Ceremonial Objects (Lots 393-410), contains a Baroque Boxwood and Ivory Torah Pointer Lot 404, Est. $2,000-3,000) as well as an Exceptional Pair of Bohemian Torah Mantles (Lot 410, Est. $15,000-20,000). Additional offerings include a Rare German Wicker Matzah Basket (Lot 403, Est. $1,500-2,500) and a Bezalel Plated-Brass Hanging Chanuka Lamp (Lot 398, Est. $3,000-5,000).

Further details about any item in this sale including images, or information in regard to bidding at the auction itself can be obtained by contacting Jack Kestenbaum at (212) 366-1197 or[email protected]. To access the complete online catalogue, visit us at https://www.kestenbaum.net/auction-auction-95.

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Product Name
(Baba Sali, 1889-1984). Manuscript Signed. $5,000.00
(Grand Rabbi of Ger, 1895-1977). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to I.J. Pick of Los Angeles. $800.00
Group of c.12 Autograph Letters Signed written by US-based Orthodox Rabbis. $500.00
(Posek and Rosh Yeshivah of Kol Torah, 1910-95). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead to R. Simcha Bunem Klein of Kiryat Mattersdorf. $1,000.00
(Yosef Hayim ben Eliyahu, Haham of Baghdad, 1835-1909). $3,000.00
(Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin, 1832-1913) Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Aharon Mendel Cohen (1866-1927), Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in Cairo, Egypt. $1,500.00
Group of c. 12 Letters from US Post-War Chassidic Figures. $100,000.00
Group of c. 14 Letters from Israel-Based post-War Chassidic Figures. $300.00
(First Rebbe of Dushinsky and Head of the Eidah HaChareidis in Jerusalem, 1867-1948). Autograph Postcard Signed, on letterhead, written to a R. Naphtali, containing blessings and thanks. $1,500.00
(of Magrov / Ozheron, 1835-99). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to R. Meir. $1,000.00
Group of c.18 Letters from rabbinic leaders mostly all from Eretz Israel’s Old Yishuv. $1,500.00
Group of c.10 Letters from rabbinic leaders, 1960’s and on. $1,500.00
Group of c.14 Letters from rabbinic leaders, mostly from the early years of the State of Israel (few earlier). $1,000.00
(“Reb Itzikel” of Przeworsk, 1882-1976). Autograph Manuscript. Two-line Kvitel sent to <<R. Aharon, Grand Rebbe of Belz.>> Signed with his mother’s name. $30,000.00
(Rabbi in Nebraska, 1857-1947). Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew to Abraham (Edwin) Kraushar. $3,000.00
(The Tzehlemer Ruv, 1893-1980). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew on personal letterhead written to Rabbi Yehoshua Baumel. $3,000.00
(Damesek Eliezer, 1891-1946). Letter Signed and stamped, written on letterhead in Hebrew to Hanhalat Va’ad HaYeshivot of Jerusalem. $1,200.00
THIS LOT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN $800.00
(First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, 1888-1959). Autograph Postcard Signed written in Hebrew to Rabbi Herman Bick of Brooklyn. Addressed in autograph in English on verso. $600.00
(Dean of the Rabbiner Seminar, Berlin. 1820-99). Autograph Letter Signed written to Eliyahu Gutman. $400.00
(Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivath R. Chaim Berlin, Author of Pachad Yitzchak, 1906-80). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead to Abraham (Edwin) Kraushar. $400.00
Machzor, Chelek Sheini: Shalosh Regalim. According to the custom of Russia, Poland, etc. Nusach Ashkenaz. $10,000.00
(Grand Rebbe of Zidichoyv-Spinka, 1937-2009). Autograph Letter Signed, written in distinctive green ink on letterhead, to the Grand Rebbe of Vizhnitz, R. Moishe Yehoshua Hager. $400.00
Asher Anshil Worms. Biur Maspik [commentary to the Chad Gadya Seder song]. $2,500.00
(The Steipler Gaon, 1899-1985). Autograph Letter Signed, on letterhead, written to Rabbi Menachem Porush (of Agudath Israel, 1916-2010). $1,000.00
(First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1865-1935). Group of c. 40 items including Autograph, Typed, and Secretarial Letters Signed. $20,000.00
(Av Beth Din of Reyshe and Deputy in the Polish Parliament, 1879–1941). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead to Members of the Agudath Israel of Eretz Israel. $1,200.00
(Sdei Chemed, 1834-1904). Letter Signed, written to R. Akiva Yoseph Schlesinger. $1,200.00
(Chief Rabbi of Izmir, 1809-98). Letter Signed written to R. Shmuel Salant and Yoseph Benjamin of Slonim. $2,500.00
(1910-42). Autograph Letter Signed written to Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski. $700.00
(Grand Rebbe of Bolechow, 1880-1943). Autograph Letter written on letterhead in Yiddish to his daughter, Alte Bat-Tzion and son-in-law, R. David Moshe Shapira, Grand-Rebbe of Gevozdetz-Sadigura (1904-88). $1,000.00
(Grand Rebbe of Skulene, 1898-1982). Autograph Letter Signed, written to R. Yitzchak Meir Levin and the administration of the Agudath Israel. $3,000.00
Group of ten Autograph Letters Signed. All written to R. Yehoshua Baumel from pre-War European and American Rabbis; many discussing Talmud and Halacha. $4,000.00
Group of c. 17 Letters and documents from pre-War Europe. $12,000.00
Group of seven Letters from various Rachmastrivka Rebbes. $7,000.00
(The Rogotchover Gaon, 1858-1936). Autograph Postcard, written in Hebrew. $400.00
Group of six Autograph Letters from significant American (and one English) Heads of Yeshiva. $15,000.00
(“Reb Ahrele,” 1894-1947). Autograph Postcard Signed written in Hebrew on plain paper to R. Mordechai Dovid Blum of Dej. $600.00
(1875-1962). Autograph Letter Signed, written on personalized business card to Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel. $500.00
(Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, 1816-1909). Letter Signed, with personal stamp, written to <<R. Eliyahu Gutmacher.>> $500.00
THIS LOT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN $700.00
(Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). Typed Letter Signed, written to R. Sholom Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam. $3,000.00
(Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). Typed Letter Signed, written to Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim. $12,000.00
(Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). Typed Letter Signed written in Hebrew to Yehoshofat Alpert of Moshav Brosh, Israel. $2,000.00
(Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). Typed Letter Signed written to Yehoshofat Alpert of Moshav Brosh, Israel. $1,000.00
(Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). Typed Letter Signed written to Yehoshofat Alpert of Moshav Brosh, Israel. $600.00
(Seventh Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1902-94). Typed Letter Signed written to Yehoshofat Alpert of Moshav Brosh, Israel. $3,000.00
(Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka, 1874-1952). Printed Receipt Signed. $500.00
(Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir, 1902-79). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead to Menachem Shnechovitz of Montevideo. $1,500.00
Va’ad of the Otzar HaSeforim of the Chevron Yeshiva. Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Tzvi Puchowitz (1901-78). $1,000.00
(Progenitor of the Erlau Dynasty, 1850-1944). Autograph Letter Signed with stamp, written to R. Yisrael Weltz. $8,000.00
(“Rav Berel,” 1915-81). Autograph Letter Signed written to Naphtali Zvi Yehuda Reif. $50,000.00
(1883-1927). Autograph Postcard Signed written to Rabbi Shraga Gottesman. $5,000.00
(Kaliver Rebbe, 1923-2019). Autograph Manuscript Signed. $5,000.00
Group of ten Letters pertaining to Vishnitz Chassiduth. $5,000.00
(Makova Rov, 1862-1944). Autograph Postcard Signed, written to Rabbi Yonasan Steif (1877-1958). $4,000.00
(Szerdahely Rov, 1895-1944). Autograph Letter Signed, written on letterhead to. $1,200.00
Weinberg, Morris (Moshe). HaSepher Tehilim Kethivath Yad… This Book, the Psalms of King David, Written by Hand. $10,000.00
(Father of the Chid’a, 1702-65). Autograph Manuscript: Derush LeParshath Zachor. $600.00
Das Kommende [“He That Comes”]. Volume II. $400.00
Collection of nine manuscripts. Torah stemming from Sadigura, Boyan, and Ruzhin Chassidic dynasties. $5,000.00
Penitential Prayer for the possible communal sin of not suitably honoring the dead. $5,000.00
Permission granted to Moses Salomon to erect a Synagogue in the town of Tessin. $7,000.00
Group of early Hebrew manuscript fragments recovered from book-bindings. $2,000.00
(Foremost Orthodox Rabbi in Germany, 1808-88). Autograph Manuscript Signed, written in German and Hebrew. $1,500.00
Luach [Annual calendar]. $2,000.00
and Rabbi Emil Davidovic: An exchange of letters (a group). $2,000.00
Sepher K”Sh [Keriath Shema] shel Laylah [bedtime prayers before retiring]. $5,000.00
<<Maharal of Prague).>> Communal Prayer Booklet of Community of Eybeschutz. Prayers recited after the Torah Reading. With <<Rare Prayer Authored by the Mahara’l Against Informers (Mosrim).>> $6,000.00
Mazkir Neshamoth [liturgical Yizkor service]. $8,000.00
Chamisha Chumshei Torah - Tikun Sophrim [Pentateuch]. $2,500.00
‘Hashem Elo-him Tzeva-oth.’ Prayer in honor of the coronation of Czar Alexander III of Russia. Also records names of his wife Czarina Maria Feodorovna and heir, Prince Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia. $1,000.00
(“The Komarner,” 1806-74). Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew. Ma'aseh Oreg, Pnei Zaken [commentary on the Tosefta and Mishnah of the eighth chapter of Massechta Berachoth.] $400.00
<<(The Chasam Sofer,>> 1762-1839). Autograph Manuscript. Torah commentary to Parshiyoth Balak - Pinchas. $500.00
(Rabbi of the Eidah Chareidith of Jerusalem, 1848-1932). Michtav Shada’r. $7,000.00
Notification document of the Bailiff of the Court of Cervera concerning Samuel Cavaller(ia), a Jew from Cervera. $1,500.00
Techinah Prayers. Days of Awe. $3,000.00
Menorath HaMa'or [“The Candelabrum of Light”: Ethical Treatise] $700.00
Mashmia Yeshua [eschatology]. $500.00
Abudarham [commentary to prayers, including Passover Hagadah]. $400.00
Divrei Shalom [novellae to the Chumash]. $4,000.00
(Ed.) Mehararei Neme’irim. $500.00
Reishith Da’ath [“Beginning of Knowledge”: philosophic sermons]. $2,000.00
Sepher Ho’il Moshe [sermons]. $3,000.00
<<(RI”F).>> Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code]. $2,000.00
Sepher Zahav Seivah [novellae to the Talmud]. $400.00
Shalmei Tzibbur [laws of prayer]. $3,000.00
Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]. $1,500.00
Yedei Moshe [homilies to the Five Megiloth]. $2,000.00
Einei Moshe [commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]. $2,500.00
Arugath HaBosem [grammar and cryptography]. $40,000.00
Agadath Shmuel [literary prospectus]. $1,500.00
Mizmor LeTodah [commentary to selected Psalms]. $2,000.00
Tiphereth HaGershuni [commentary to the Chumash]. $2,000.00
Imrei Shefer [sermons for various occasions, some of a Kabbalistic nature]. $2,000.00
Yepheh To’ar [commentary to the Midrash Rabbah, Exodus, with text]. $2,000.00
<<(RO”SH).>> Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]. $1,000.00
Raphael Halevi of Hannover. Techunath HaShamayim [calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calendar]. Edited by Moshes ben Jekuthiel of Tiktin. $400.00
Yair Nethiv [on laws of divorce]. $400.00
Biur al HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]. $3,000.00
Chovoth HaLevavoth [ethics and pietism]. Translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon. $1,500.00
Mikneh Avram - Peculium Abrae [grammar]. $3,000.00
Sifthei Yesheinim [bibliography]. $2,500.00
Siphthei Chachamim [super-commentary to Rashi on the Chumash]. With glosses by Moshe Avraham Treves. $3,000.00
Yashresh Ya’akov [on the textual accuracy of the prayers]. $5,000.00
Chothem Tachnith [dictionary of Hebrew synonyms in the Bible, with commentary]. Edited by Gabriel Isaac Polak. $2,000.00
Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]. $1,000.00
Hebrew and Latin). Mikdash Hashem Esrim Ve’Arba - Hebraica Biblia. Prepared by Sebastian Münster. $1,000.00
(Hebrew and Latin). Biblia Hebraica. $15,000.00
Parody). Hagadah shel Pesach - MiMitzrayim va’ad heinah [concerning the politics of Palestine] $15,000.00
(Psalms / Tehilim. Hebrew and Latin). Psalmi Davidis Hebraici. $1,500.00
Biblia Hebraica. $5,000.00
(Chumash & Haphtaroth). Me’or Einayim. Prepared by <<Wolf Heidenheim.>> With commentary Ein HaKore and Ein HaSofer. $1,000.00
Kol Aryeh [novellae to the Talmud]. $1,000.00
*<<Israel Ben Benjamin of Belzec.>> Yalkut Chadash [kabbalistic midrashim]. Radvil, 1814. <<>> Bound with: <<DOVID TWERSKY OF TOLNA.>> Magen Dovid. Zhitomir, <<Shapira Brothers,>> 1852.** $6,000.00
<<Ze’ev Wolf of Zhitomir.>> Ohr Hameir. $500.00
<<DOV BAER OF LUBAVITCH>> (The Mittler Rebbe). Bi’urei HaZohar [commentary to the Zohar according to the doctrine of Chabad]. $1,500.00
<<Ya’akov Yoseph of Polonoye.>> Toldoth Ya’akov Yoseph [homilies to the Chumash, etc.] $1,000.00
Yitzchak of Corbeil (SeMa”K). Amudei Golah [abridgment of Moshe of Coucy’s Sepher Mitzvath Gadol]. <<FIRST EDITION>> with glosses by R. Yehoshua Zeitlish of Shklov “Hagahoth Chadashoth.” $1,000.00
<<SHNUER ZALMAN OF LIADI.>> Torath Chaim [Chassidic discourses Bereishith-Chayei Sarah, amplified and explained by Author’s son, R. Dov-Baer]. $6,000.00
<<Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov.>> Degel Machaneh Ephraim. $1,200.00
<<Simchah Bunim of Peshischa.>> Kol Simchah. $800.00
<<Kalonymus Kalman Epstein.>> Ma’or VaShemesh. $1,200.00
<<Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz of Nikolsburg.>> Divrei Shmuel. $4,000.00
Korban Minchah [prayers for the entire year]. $600.00
<<Gershon Chanoch Leiner.>> Sidrei Taharoth [commentary collecting all of the Talmudic literature pertaining to Masechta Keilim]. $300.00
<<YA’AKOV TZVI YALISH (YOLLES) OF DINOV.>> Parshath Derachim Zuta [Pilpul and Aggadah]. $1,000.00
Seder HaMe’ir L’Aretz [prayers]. With commentaries. $1,500.00
Seder Tephillah, im Torah Ohr [prayers]. With Sha’ar HaKollel, Derech HaChaim and other commentaries. $3,000.00
Elimelech of Lizhensk. Noam Elimelech [discourses on the Torah]. $600.00
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch <<(The Tzemach Tzedek).>> Derech Mitzvothecha. $1,000.00
Dov Baer ben Shneur Zalman of Lubavitch <<(The Mitteler Rebbe).>> Atereth Rosh. $500.00
Dov Baer ben Shneur Zalman of Lubavitch <<(The Mitteler Rebbe).>> Derech Chaim. $6,000.00
Dov Baer ben Shneur Zalman of Lubavitch <<(The Mitteler Rebbe).>> Ner Mitzvah VeTorah Ohr. $3,000.00
(Moses ben Gershon Gentili). Malecheth Machsheveth [novellae to the Pentateuch based upon the Natural Sciences]. $4,000.00
Ma’aseh Tuviah. $1,000.00
Sepher Girushin [Kabbalistic meditations]. $4,000.00
Tzemach David / Dittionario Novo Hebraico. $2,000.00
Reishith Chochmah ["Beginning of Wisdom": ethics]. $3,000.00
Sepher Eilim - Sepher Ma’ayan Ganim - Sepher Ma’ayan Chathum. $1,500.00
Ohel David [novellae on Tractate Yevamoth]. $3,000.00
Igereth Shmuel [commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text and Rashi]. $6,000.00
(RaSHBa”TZ). Kesheth U’Magen. Comprised of Duran’s Magen Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers] and his son Shlomo’s (RaSHBa’SH) Milchemeth Mitzvah [in defense of the Talmud]. $3,000.00
She’erith Israel - Ma’aseh Nissim [“A description of the whereabouts and miraculous living conditions of the Ten Lost Tribes.”] $1,000.00
Hazan, Yisrael Moshe ben Eliezer. Sepher She’arith HaNachalah [philosophy]. $1,000.00
Heichal HaKodesh [mystical commentary to the prayers]. With glosses by Aaron Sabuni of Saleh. Edited by Ya’akov Sasportas. $2,000.00
(RABa’N, attributed to). Ma'amar Haskel [enumeration of the 613 precepts]. $3,000.00
Na’oth Deshe [commentary to Book of Tehilim, with few responsa at end]. $1,500.00
Be’er Yitzchak [commentary to the Haftaroth through the year, including text with Nikud]. $300.00
Luchoth Eiduth [a defense, concerning the ‘Amulet Controversy.’] $3,000.00
Beth Yisrael [commentary to Jacob ben Asher’s Tur - Yoreh De’ah]. Subdivided into two commentaries “Derishah” and “Perishah”. $1,500.00
<<(ReM”A Mi’Pano).>> Sepher Teshuvoth [responsa]. $1,500.00
Asarah Ma’amaroth [Kabbalah]. With commentary Yoel Moshe by Moshe ben Solomon Halevi of Frankfurt. $1,200.00
Benjamin ben Tzvi of Frankfurt. Likutei Binyamin [laws of Ritual Slaughter]. $600.00
Sheva Pethiloth [commentary to Menorath HaMa’or]. $800.00
Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]. Published by the author's son Yedidiah Galante, with his novellae to several Talmudic Tractates. Includes novellae of R. Yitzchak Aboab to Betzah, Ra’N to Shavu'oth, and RITV’A to Bava Metzi'a. $800.00
Peirush Megilath Esther [commentary to the Book of Esther]. $700.00
Torath Zevach [laws of ritual slaughter, inspection, etc.] $700.00
Yoseph Yuspe Kosman. Noheg Ketzon Yosef [customs and laws]. $500.00
Raphduni BeTapuchim. [Aggadic interpretations]. $500.00
Ma’amar Ephsharith HaTivith [“Treatise on Natural Potentiality.”] $1,000.00
(of Prague). Vayakhel Moshe [Kabbalah]. $1,200.00
*Tov Ro'i [on laws of Shechitah]. With: Migdal David [commentary to Bereishith].** $800.00
Ma’aleh Beith Chorin. Including commentaries by Isaac Abrabanel, Moses Alsheich and others. Instructions in Judeo-German and Judeo-Spanish. $5,000.00
Ma’aleh Beith Chorin. Including commentaries by Moshe Alsheich, Yehudah Löw, Ephraim Luntschitz, et al. Translation into Judeo-German by Joel Brill. $10,000.00
The David Moss Hagadah: “A Song of David. - Hagadat Shir Hama’alot LeDavid.” $700.00
Techilath Chochmah [Talmudic Rules]. A companion to Tosafist R. Samson of Chinon’s Sepher Kerithoth. $400.00
(Gaon of Pumbeditha). HaMekach VeHaMemkar [laws of torts and securities]. $1,500.00
(The Elder). Lev Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, with text]. $40,000.00
Kethav Yosher VeDivrei Emeth. Moses Reinthal [polemic regarding the practice of speedy burial in Jewish Tradition]. $2,000.00
<<(’Tosfos Yom-Tov’).>> Ma’amar Bechinath Olam [Commentary to Yedaiah Bedarsi’s ethical work]. $2,000.00
Mivchar HaPeninim [“Choice of Pearls.”] $2,000.00
She’erith Yoseph [on the methodology of the Talmud]. $1,000.00
Lashon Limudim [grammar and the construction of poetry]. $2,000.00
Sepher HaMachbaroth [poetry]. $6,000.00
<<(SeMa”K).>> Amudei Golah-Sepher Mitzvoth HaKatzar [abridgment of Moses of Coucy’s Sepher Mitzvath Gadol] $1,000.00
Siach Yitzchak [grammar]. $7,000.00
<<(RIBa’SH).>> Teshuboth HaRav [responsa]. $20,000.00
Shivchei Yerushalayim [an anthology of works (including R. Chaim Vital and R. Isaac Luria) on the Holy Sites]. Edited by Yaakov b. Moshe Chaim Baruch. $2,500.00
<<(ReM’A).>> Mechir Yayin [homiletical and philosophical commentary to the Book of Esther]. $3,000.00
Apophtegmata Patrum - Pirkei Avoth [Ethics of the Fathers]. $6,000.00
Levushim [elucidations and novellea to the Shulchan Aruch]. $1,500.00
Group of c.12 volumes of prayers and practices relating to the Dead, Burial Rites and Cemetery visits. All issued in, or relating to Jerusalem. $1,200.00
Panim Chadashoth [index to responsa literature]. $20,000.00
Minchath Kohen [novellae to Tractate Menachoth]. $5,000.00
(Attributed to). Sepher Chassidim [pietism]. $600.00
Cordovero, Moshe <<(ReMa”K).>> Pardes Rimonim [Code of Kabbalah]. $600.00
<<SHIMON B’R YOCHAI>> (traditionally attributed to). Tikunei HaZohar. $5,000.00
<<SHIMON B’R YOCHAI>> (traditionally attributed to). Sepher HaZohar al HaTorah. With commentary by R. Yitzchak Luria and R. Moshe Cordovero. $2,000.00
<<SHIMON B’R YOCHAI>> (traditionally attributed to). Sepher HaTikunim - Tikunei HaZohar. $300.00
<<Raziel HaMalach.>> Attributed to the Angel Raziel as instructed to Adam HaRishon (Primordial Man) upon his expulsion from Paradise. $600.00
<<Raziel HaMalach.>> Attributed to the Angel Raziel as instructed to Adam HaRishon (Primordial Man) upon his expulsion from Paradise. $600.00
Abraham of Grenada (attributed to). Brith Menucha [theurgical work concerning the names of God and their associated powers]. $4,000.00
<<BASILEA, AVIAD SAR-SHALOM.>> Emunath Chachamim [“The Faith of Sages”: In defense of Kabbalah]. $5,000.00
(Chofetz Chaim). Ma’amar… Vegen Taharas HaMishpochah. $2,500.00
Even Bochan [ethics in the form of satire]. Appended: Demuth Kisei Shlomo HaMelech [legend of King Solomon's throne]. $7,000.00
Gidulei Taharah [laws of Mikvah, with responsa]. $4,000.00
Toldoth Yitzchak. $4,000.00
Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law]. Third edition. Three volumes of four (lacks Orach Chaim). Three title-pages, each with printer’s device. $1,200.00
Torah Shleimah - Encyclopedia of the Pentateuch. Volume 8 [only] $1,200.00
Sha’ar HaHachanah [deathbed ritual]. $1,500.00
<<(SHa’CH).>> Nekudoth HaKesef [commentary to the Turei Zahav (Ta’Z)]. $3,000.00
Binyan Shlomo [grammar]. $1,000.00
(Attributed to) / (Ba’al HaBeHa’G). Halachoth Gedoloth [Gaonic Rabbinic Code]. $2,000.00
<<(RaDa’K).>> Sepher HaShorashim [Biblical lexicon and grammar]. $2,500.00
Mahalach Shevilei HaDa’ath [grammar]. With super-commentary by Elijah Levita and an introduction by Benjamin ben Judah. With Latin translation and notes by Constantin L’Empereur. $1,500.00
Simchath HaNephesh [“Joy of the Soul.”] $1,000.00
<<(MaHaRaSH’K).>> Tiphereth Shmuel [novellae]. Published by the author’s son. $1,000.00
[“Omnia in Eo:” compendium of Jewish Law]. (Attributed to Aharon HaKohen of Lunel). $400.00
Me’il Tzedakah [responsa]. $1,000.00
Klei Chemdah [homilies on the Torah portions]. $1,000.00
Tavnith Heichal - Libellus Effigiei Templi Salomanis. $2,500.00
<<(Gersonides).>> To’aliyoth HaRaLBa”G. $4,000.00
<<(RaLBa’G).>> Milchamoth Hashem [philosophy]. $3,000.00
Eretz Tzvi [novellae to the Sabbath Haphtaroth]. $3,000.00
<<AARON BERACHIAH OF MODENA.>> Ma’avar Yabok [laws and prayers relating to death-bed and after]. $15,000.00
Machzor Yamim Noraim [High Holy Days]. According to Aschkenazi rite. With commentary plus Hadrath Kodesh. Instructions in Judeo-German. $3,000.00
Machzor. Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur. $4,000.00
Seder HaKaphoth LeYom Simchath Torah. According to the custom of the “Yechidei Segulah” of Mantua. $3,000.00
Alexander Ziskind ben Moshe of Grodno. Yesod VeShoresh Ha’Avodah [prayers according to Kabbalistic meditative order]. $30,000.00
Siddur Divrei Tzadikim. The Book of Daily Prayers for Every Day in the Year. According to the custom of German of Polish Jews. Edited by <<Isaac Leeser.>> $5,000.00
Group of c.20 volumes of prayers and practices relating to the Dead, Burial Rites and Cemetery visits. All are of the custom and rite of Italy. $2,000.00
Group of seven volumes of prayers and practices mostly relating to the Dead, Burial Rites and Cemetery visits. All issued in Amsterdam. $2,500.00
Group of c. 40 volumes of Hebrew prayers and practices relating to the Dead, Burial Rites and Cemetery visits. Most with translation into German. $1,000.00
Group of c. 50 volumes of Hebrew prayers and practices relating to the Dead, Burial Rites and Cemetery visits. Most with translation into English. $3,000.00
Group of c. 24 volumes of prayers and practices relating to the Dead, Burial Rites and Cemetery visits. $2,000.00
<<(MaHaRa’L of Prague).>> Derush Na’eh [sermon for Sabbath HaGadol]. $4,000.00
Torath Gittin [on the laws of divorce]. $500.00
<<(MaHaRSHa’L).>> Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]. $3,000.00
<<(MaHaRSHa’L).>> Chochmath Shlomo [corrections and novellae to the Babylonian Talmud and commentaries of Rashi and Tosafoth thereon]. $500.00
<<(AR’I z’l).>> Likutei HaShas [Kabbalistic commentary to Talmud]. $2,000.00
<<(AR’I Z’L).>> Shulchan Aruch [Kabbalistic Code of Jewish Law]. $10,000.00
Kaphtor VeFerach [novellae to the legends of the Talmud]. $5,000.00
Ben Shmuel [sermons]. $2,000.00
Kether Shem Tov [commentary to the Chumash]. $1,000.00
Mayim Rabim [responsa]. $15,000.00
Tapuchei Zahav [“Golden Apples” - abridgment of Elijah de Vidas’ Reishith Chochmah]. $600.00
Nishmath Chaim [on the immortality of the soul]. $600.00
Seder Olam Rabbah VeSeder Olam Zuta. With Megilath Ta’anith and Sepher HaKabbalah etc. by Avraham ben David of Posquieres (RAVa”D). $600.00
Midrash HaMechilta [Halachic Midrash to to the Book of Exodus]. Attributed to Rabbi Yishmael. Edited by R. Yochanan Treves. $4,000.00
Pirkei Rebi Eliezer (Attributed to Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, brother-in-law of Raban Gamliel). $1,000.00
Sepher HaMepho’ar [eschatological sermons]. $7,000.00
Kitzur Mordechai V’Simanav [abridgment of Sepher Mordechai]. Prepared by Yehoshua Boaz Baruch. $500.00
*Sepher Rav Mordechai [Halachic compendium]. ff. 192. << WITH:>> Simanei Mordechai [index] by R. Joseph Ottolenghi.** $600.00
Chamishim Derushim Yekarim - Givath Shaul [Fifty Homiletical Sermons]. $1,500.00
Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol (SeMa’G) [“The Great Book of Commandments”: Enumeration of the 613 precepts]. $800.00
Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol (SeMa’G) [“The Great Book of Commandments”: Enumeration of the 613 precepts]. $600.00
<<RaMBa’M).>> Midoth HaHigayon [introduction to logic]. With commentary by <<Moses Mendelssohn.>> $1,200.00
Zecher Rav [poetic rendering of the marvels of creation]. With Shoshan Emek translation and commentary by Yerachmiel Falk ben Nathan Cohen. $3,000.00
(Editor). Tumath Yesharim (including): $1,000.00
Aruch - Dictionarium Chaldaicum. Translated into Latin by Sebastian Münster. $700.00
(Attributed to). Sepher Aruch HaKatzar [Talmudic lexicon]. $500.00
Group of c.20 volumes of Hebrew prayers and practices relating to the Dead, Burial Rites and Cemetery visits. According to many local and particular rites. $500.00
Goren Nachon. $1,000.00
Lashon Naki. $1,200.00
Minchah Belulah [commentary to the Chumash]. $5,000.00
Piskei Halachoth [rabbinic law]. $1,200.00
Biur al Hatorah [Kabbalistic homilies to the Pentateuch]. $1,500.00
Ta’amei HaMitzvoth [Kabbalistic Halacha]. $1,000.00
*Shevuth Ya’akov [responsa]. Vol. I. With Pe’er Ya’akov [Talmudic novellae]. Halle, 1709. << AND:>> Shevuth Ya’akov Vol. II [on the rules of migo and sfek sfeka]. Offenbach, 1719.** $30,000.00
Teisha Shitoth [Talmudic novellae]. $5,000.00
Mikra’ei Kodesh [Kabbalistic exposition to the Festivals and precepts]. $50,000.00
Ner Mitzvah [sermons based on Maimonides’s Thirteen Principles of Faith]. $4,000.00
Toldoth Ya'akov. <<FIRST EDITION>> [on the Jerusalem Talmud]. $18,000.00
Har Tavor [responsa]. $1,500.00
Biur al HaTorah [commentary to the Chumash]. $2,500.00
Neve Shalom [philosophy]. $1,000.00
Pardess Rimonim [on Aggadah]. $800.00
<<(RaSH’I)>>. Likutei HaPardess. $4,000.00
<<(RaShB”A).>> Teshuvoth Shailoth LeRabbeinu Moshe bar Nachman [responsa]. $1,200.00
<<(RaSHB’A).>> Avodath HaKodesh [laws of Sabbath and Festivals]. $800.00
Shem Shmuel [Kabbalistic commentary to the Chumash]. $4,000.00
Megaleh Amukoth [252 Kabbalistic explanations to Moses’ prayer in the Biblical portion of “Va’ethchanan.”] $700.00
(Loeb Frankfurter). HaRechasim LeBikah [commentary to Chumash]. $1,000.00
<<(Pri Megadim.)>> Ginath Veradim [Talmudic methodology]. $800.00
<<(Pri Megadim.)>> Rav Peninim [commentary to Chumash]. $6,000.00
<<(Mahari”t).>> Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]. $1,200.00
Yesha Elo-him [commentary to the Book of Esther]. $4,000.00
Ohel Moed [lexicon of synonyms]. $800.00
<<(RaBa’CH).>> Alon Bachuth. $4,000.00
Nethiv Chaim [commentary to Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, along with commentaries Turei Zahav and Magen Abraham]. $400.00
<<(MaHaR’Y Weil).>> Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]. With final section of glosses and laws by R. Menachem of Mirzburg. $1,000.00
Chinuch Beith Yehuda [responsa]. $500.00
Biur al Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol [commentary to Moses of Coucy’s rabbinic code]. $2,500.00
Masa Melech [on communal taxation and administration]. $500.00
Ohr Yekaroth [homilies on the Pentateuch]. $1,200.00
Mekor Chaim [super-commentary to Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch]. $1,500.00
(Reb Avner). Tzir Ne’eman [novellae]. $2,000.00
Tiv Chalitzah [responsa concerning Chalitzah]. $5,000.00
Toldoth Rashi [biography]. $3,000.00
<<(SALOMON, HAYM).>> The Freeman’s Journal, or, The North American Intelligencer. $700.00
Whole Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Warrior; Also a Continuation of the History of the Jews. Edited by George Henry Maynard & Edward Kimpton. $4,000.00
<<(MARTINIQUE).>> King George III Royal Order. $10,000.00
<<(Jamaica).>> Leeser, Isaac. Sidur Sifthei Tzadikim - The Form of Prayers. Service for the Day of Atonement. Vol. III (only). Philadelphia, 1838. $5,000.00
<<(Jamaica / Cuba).>> Manuscript testimonial to <<Altamont de Cordova>> in gratitude for his assistance to Cuban exiles in Jamaica. $600.00
<<(Surinam).>> Gouvernements Blad No. 3. Publicatie Van’s Konings Besluit van den 2 April 1825, No. 149, intrekkende de privilegien der Israelitische Gemeente in de Kolonien van het Ryk, met verdere bepalingen te hunnen opzigte. $300.00
<<(Venezuela).>> Lindo, Moses. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to <<Isaac Leeser.>> $800.00
<<(Slavery).>> Autograph Document Signed. $2,000.00
<<(SLAVERY).>> George Gerson Belinfante. Het Eiland St. Martin, zijn toestand, uitzigten en goed regt, naar de jongste berigten. $4,000.00
<<(Canada).>> Statutes of the Province of Quebec. $600.00
<<Peixotto, Daniel Levy Maduro.>> Observations on the Climate and Diseases of the Island of Curacao. (pp. 395-417) in: The New York Medical and Physical Journal, Vol. I. $300.00
<<Touro, Judah.>> Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to Christopher G. Champlin of Newport, Rhode Island. $1,000.00
<<Morais, Sabato.>> (Rabbi of Mikveh Israel Philadelphia and founder of Conservative Judaism in America, 1823-97). <<Autograph Manuscript:>> “A Thanksgiving Sermon.” $400.00
<<Leeser, Isaac.>> Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to Jacob D. Vandever. $15,000.00
<<Abraham Lincoln.>> - Isaac Markens Archive. $20,000.00
A Discourse Delivered Before the Congregation Mikvé Israel of Philadelphia, On Thursday, June 1, 1865. $6,000.00
Commemoration of the Life and Death of William Henry Harrison. A Funeral Address Delivered on Sabbath, the Fifth Day of Passover, at the Synagogue Mikveh Israel by <<Isaac Leeser.>> $8,000.00
(Jones, Alfred T.) Address at the Mortuary Services in Memory of <<Rev. Isaac Leeser.>> Held at the Synagogue Beth El Emeth. $2,000.00
Military Commission to Europe, in 1855 and 1856. Report of <<Major Alfred Mordecai>> of the Ordnance Department. $400.00
A Lecture Delivered by the Hon. F.P. Stanton on the Navy of the United States, before the Mercantile Library Association. $500.00
<<(Moise, Penina).>> The Covenant, and Official Magazine of the Grand Lodge of the United States, [Independent Order of Odd Fellows]. Vol. III. $200.00
<<(Gratz, Simon).>> Brief of Title to the Willington Estate, Late of Simon Gratz, Deceased; Situate in the City of Philadelphia, Belonging to the Farmers and Mechanics Land & Building Association. $300.00
<<(Carvalho, Solomon Nunes).>> Scientific American (weekly journal). $600.00
Thomas’ Buffalo City Directory 1867. $800.00
Zacharie, Issachar. Surgical and Practical Observations on the Diseases of the Human Foot. $400.00
Raphall, Morris J. Post-Biblical History of the Jews. $300.00
Morris J. Raphall. Syllabus of a Course of Six Lectures on the Post Biblical History of the Jews. $200.00
Raphall, Morris Jacob. Nethiv al Maveth. The Path to Immortality, as Held by the House of Israel. On Repentance, a Future State and the Resurrection of the Dead. $5,000.00
Corcos, Joseph M. A Synopsis of the History of the Jews of Curacao. From the Day of their Settlement to the Present Time. $6,000.00
*Yiddishe Elteren! - Jewish Parents! Do you Want your Children to: Be Happy * Be Faithful Jews * Be Good Americans… Then Register your Children in a Yeshiva.** $4,000.00
<<(Harry Truman).>> Menachem M. Kasher. Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation [Torah Shleimah]. Translated from Hebrew into English under the editorship of Rabbi Dr. Harry Friedman. Volume I. $4,000.00
Gal’ed - The Hebrew Review and Magazine of Rabbinical Literature. Edited by <<MORRIS J. RAPHALL.>> $4,000.00
HaMe’assef. The Hebrew Review and Magazine for Jewish Literature. $3,000.00
Israel Solomons. Lord George Gordon’s Conversion to Judaism. $3,000.00
National Jewish Committee of the Communist Party. Party Reports (titles: see below). $3,000.00
Raphael Viau. Oh! Ces Jéroboam! $8,000.00
Alerta. Quiénes son los Judíos? $1,000.00
*HaMivta BeLashon Ha’Ivrit. << With:>> Reuven Brainin. HaSaphrut Ha’Ivrit Ve’Atidoteha.** $2,000.00
Rossi, Giovanni Bernardo De. Annales Hebraeo-Typographici Sec. XV. $1,500.00
Sacchi, Federico. I Tipografi Ebrei di Soncino. Studii Bibliografici. $20,000.00
Processus causae Inter Instigatora Iudicij Tribunalis Regni $1,200.00
*Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae. Das ist Ein Reisebuch, ueber di gantze Heilige Schrifft. << WITH:>> Itinerarium Novi Testamenti. / De Monetis et Mensuris Sacrae Scripturae.** $1,500.00
Esther Levy. Jewish Cookery Book, on Principles of Economy Adapted for Jewish Housekeepers. With the Addition of Many Useful Medicinal Recipes and other Valuable Information Relative to Housekeeping and Domestic Management. $4,000.00
Group of c.30 books on Kosher cooking. Almost all American, text in English. $1,000.00
Eurén, Gustaf Erik. Elementarkurs Hebreiska Språket [“Elementary Hebrew Language.”] $1,200.00
Frühling und Freiheit [“Spring and Freedom.”] $400.00
Jurgen Schmidt. Das Kohlenoxyd, seine bedeutung und verwendung in der technischen chemie [“Carbon Dioxide, its Meaning and its Use in Technical Chemistry.”] $5,000.00
Provvedimenti per la Difesa della Razza Italiana (Regio decreto-legge 17 novembre 1938-XVII, n. 1728). $1,200.00
Protective Pass issued to a Jew, Florian Kimpel, by the Swiss Legation in Budapest, led by Carl Lutz. $1,500.00
Letter of Protection (“Oltalomlevel”) issued to a Zsofia Gero, wife of Sandor Geleji. Signed by the Apostolic Nuncio in Budapest, Monsignor <<Angelo Rotta.>> $800.00
War and post-war document collage of Dr. Sándor Szendrő. $2,000.00
Autograph letter sent from Konzentrationslager Auschwitz. “Schutzhäftling” (protective custody prisoner) Jan Zemanek writes in German (as required) in pencil to his aunt Anna Krajowa in Cracow. $5,000.00
“Brotherhood Week. February 22-28, 1941. For Their Sakes - Work Together.” $300.00
Hesped Mar! $1,200.00
Shema Yisroel! A Royf tzu Teshuva un Tzurikher tzu Yiddiskeit!! [“A Cry for Repentance and a Return to Jewish Observance!!”]. $1,500.00
Rabbinic attestation concerning individuals and their experiences during the Holocaust victims. $1,500.00
Four manuscript documents related to cases of Agunoth (Chained Wives) in the immediate post-war years. $4,000.00
The Diary of Anne Frank. The Playbill for the Cort Theater Production. $2,500.00
(Newspaper). New York Times. $700.00
Small group of belongings obtained by an American-Jewish GI who was present in Paris at the time of the liberation of the city. $8,000.00
Thesaurus philologicus, seu, Clavis scripturae: qua quicquid fere orientalium Hebraeorum maxime, & Arabum, habent Monumenta de Religione. $20,000.00
<<Isaac Atias (Athias).>> Tesoro de Preceptos donde se encierran Las joyas de los Seys cientos y treze Preceptos que encomendó el Señor a su Pueblo Israel. $1,200.00
<<CARDOSO, ISAAC (FERNANDO).>> Las Excelencias de los Hebreos [“The Excellences of the Hebrews”]. $1,500.00
<<David Pardo.>> Compendio de Dinim [anthology of Halachic rules from the Shulchan Aruch] $1,000.00
<<MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL.>> Thesouro dos Dinim. $600.00
<<(António José da Silva Coutinho).>> Theatro comico portuguez, ou, Collecção das operas portuguezas, que se representárão na casa da theatro publico do Bairro Alto, e Mouraria de Lisboa. $800.00
Gustav Weil. The Bible, the Koran and the Talmud; or, Biblical Legends of the Mussulmans. Compiled from Arabic Sources and Compared with Jewish Traditions. $1,800.00
<<FULLER, THOMAS.>> A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted Thereon. $4,000.00
<<Cunaeus, Petrus.>> La Republique des Hebreux. Edited and translated by Willem Goeree. $1,500.00
<<Wells, Edward.>> An Historical Geography of the Old Testament. $3,000.00
Palestine Book. The Jewish Palestine Pavilion, New York World's Fair 1939. $1,000.00
(Newspaper). Detroit Free Press. $1,500.00
HaHitnavdut. Committee for the Celebration of… A Decade since the Appearance of the (Jewish) Brigade at the Front. $2,000.00
Be’ekvoth Milchemeth Yom Hakippurim [“In the Aftermath of the Yom Kippur War.”] Edited by Dov Ginzberg. $3,000.00
Iosippus de Bello Iudaico [“Wars of the Jews.”] $2,500.00
Aligoria di Purim. $500.00
Humoristische Albumblätter. Erstes Heft. Der kleine Bologneser, oder: Die Leiden des jungen Mortara. Ein Abschnitt aus der neuesten italienischen Geschichte. Humoristisch-Satyrisch [“The Sorrows of Young Mortara.”] $2,000.00
Riccardo Castelvecchio (pseud.) La Famiglia Ebrea. Dramma in quattro atti. $12,000.00
Dziecko Opatrzności albo kwiatek najczulszej i najgłębszej wdzięczności na grób nieśmiertelnej pamięci Wielkiego Papieża Piusa IX mojego najtroskliwszego Ojca i Opiekuna. $3,000.00
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John. $4,000.00
La Congregazione Municipale… Avviso. $4,000.00
Spis Abonentów Sieci Telefonicznych Dyrekcji Okręgu Poczt i Telegrafów w Krakowie na 1939 r. [“List of Subscribers of Telephone Networks…in Cracow, 1939.”] $1,500.00
Ministerstvo Voennoe [General Staff of the Ministry of War]. Kalendar Vazhnivism Evreiskim Prazdnikiam Na 1866 God [Calendar of Significant Jewish Festival Days in which Jews in the Military may take Leave.] $3,000.00
The Israel-USSR Friendship League mournfully announces the death of Joseph Stalin. “Father of the Victory over Hitlerism and the Flag-bearer of Worldwide Peace.” $8,000.00
*<<LUZZATTO, SHMUEL DAVID (Shada’l) & Almanzi, Joseph>> (Eds.) Avnei Zikaron. << With:>> Yaakov Hai Pardo. Commentary to Micah.** $10,000.00
The New Hebrew Typography. With an Introduction by Stanley Morison. Types drawn by Bertram F. Stevenson. $5,000.00
<<Pedro Teixeira>> [and Muhammad ibn Khavand Shah, called Mir Khavand]. $3,000.00
Benjamin II (Benjamin, Israel Joseph). Masa’ei Yisrael. $3,000.00
Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions. Translated into English, from the German of Dr. W. Wessely, by <<Miriam Wertheimer.>> $500.00
“The Victors in the World’s War of 1914-1919.” Issued by Tzvi Moshe Garti of Plovdiv (Philippopolis), Bulgaria. Composed by "Dancheva." Captioned in Hebrew, English, French and Russian. Temunah Biblith / Biblical Picture / Tableau Biblique. $10,000.00
The Book of Esther & The Book of Ruth. $4,000.00
Die Darmstadter Pessach-Haggadah…aus dem Vierzehnten Jahrhundert. $500.00
The Kaniel Megillah. Complete color facsimile of an 18th-century illuminated Scroll of Esther. $2,000.00
The Kennicott Bible. $10,000.00
The Rothschild Miscellany. $1,500.00
The Washington Haggadah. $800.00
Meisterwerke von Maurycy Gottlieb (1856-1879) $3,000.00
“Hebrew Teachers of America - Inaugural Conference.” $400.00
<<Jacob Benor Kalter.>> Jerusalem. $600.00
Moses on Sinai with the Tablets of the Law. $800.00
(After). “Moise de Michel Ange.” $4,000.00
Nine portrait sketches. Eight in pen-and-ink, and one in pencil. Each signed, titled and dated by the artist. $2,500.00
Flag Commemorating Theodor Herzl's 50th Birthday. $600.00
Issued to commemorate the Jubilee of Bucharest’s Hevrath Gemiluth Hasadim Aid Society. Established in Bucharest in 1856. $2,000.00
Collection of 19 medallions (few duplicates, see below). With four olive-wood stands; four olive-wood folding cases; and three plastic sleeves with descriptions. $3,000.00
Collection of six coins sets containing total of c.56 coins. Each set in custom case. Issued by Israel Government Coins & Medals Corp. $800.00
Collection of silver, gold and silver-plate pieces. Few marked Bezalel on verso. Sold not subject to return. $3,000.00
Elegant serpentine form, with heart-shaped filigree applied on rounded bowl and arabesque bands along shank and bit; Bezalel Jerusalem cartouche. Delicate chain along stem; with amber mouth piece. 4.75 inches. $2,000.00
In the form of a Roman lamp embossed and etched with fluting, foliage and Hebrew inscriptions; suspended from three chains. Set and interspersed with real inlaid stones. Lacking removable candle rack. Height: 27 inches (68 cm). $3,000.00
Turkish(?) Perfume Flacon. Painted glass. Of elongated square form. Etched in gilt on two sides: “Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. / World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893.” Lacking lid. Length: 7 inches (17.7 cm). $6,000.00
Charmingly petite, decorative filigree in traditional style. Filigree coronet finial and spindle. Thumb-piece engraved in Hebrew “Bezalel, Jerusalem.” Scroll: Manuscript in Aschkenazic hand. Length: 6.5 inches (16.5 cm). $6,000.00
Cylindrical case, central cartouche inscribed with owner’s name and date “1896;” surmounted by coronet topped by bird. Angled spindle. Fitted with complete manuscript Esther Scroll written on vellum. Length of case: 13 inches (33 cm). $3,000.00
Cylindrical case elegant openwork throughout. Removable lid at top Length: 11 inches (28 cm). $2,000.00
Of hoop form, oatmeal linen sides boldly embroidered in orange thread in Hebrew: “For Seven Days you shall Eat Matzoh” (Deuteronomy 16:3). Lacking handles. Diam. 12.5 inches (31 cm). $1,500.00
In the Baroque style, upper portion carved with depiction of the Akeidah, the Sacrifice of Isaac. Length: 11.5 inches. $500.00
Hexagonal bowl with Hebrew inscription around the rim (Psalms 116:13). Marked. Height: 5.5 inches (14 cm). $1,500.00
Bowl with Hebrew inscription around the rim. Marked. Height: 5 inches (12.7 cm). <<* Accompanied by:>> Fitted silver coaster. Rim with Hebrew verse and central Star-of-Savid at center. Diam: 4.5 inches (11.4 cm). $700.00
Hexagonal bowl with Hebrew inscription around the rim. Marked. Height: 3 inches (7.62 cm). $400.00
Engraved, traced, pierced, and cast. Maker: Johann Georg Balthaser Weilbach (active in Nördlingen, 1786-1819). With: Rare hanging pail. H: 7.5 x W: 6.5 inches (19 x 15 cm). $1,500.00
A fine, compact composition. Rampant lion above Hebrew legend: “Lehadlik Ner Chanukah.” Eight oil fonts in front. Height: 7 inches (17.7 cm); Width: 6 inches (15.2 cm). $3,000.00
Matching pair, each composed of gilt and multi-colored threads on silk. 22 x 39 inches (56 x 99 cm). Some loss. Each housed in older, fine gilt frames. $1,500.00

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Auction 95

November 11, 2021 at 11:00am

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Product Title	Auction 95
Auction Date	Nov 10, 2021
Auction Time	11:00am
Departments	Judaica
Available for Sale	No
Short Description	Auction of Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts Thursday, 11th November 2021 OVERVIEW After Kestenbaum & Company’s successful June 2021 auction, we are proud to present our autumnal Judaica auction that contains an especially broad range of fields of interest. The sale can be divided into six primary categories: Rabbinic Autograph Letters (Lots 1-56), Manuscripts (Lots 57-76), Hebrew Printed Books (Lots 77-289), General Printed Books (Including American-Judaica) (Lots 290-378), Illustrated Books and Graphic Art (Lots 379-392) and finally, Ceremonial Objects (Including Coins and Medals) (Lots 393-410). Within Rabbinic Autograph Letters (Lots 1-56), manuscripts from rabbis hailing across the breadth of the Jewish world are on offer, including letters by Mahara”m Schick (Lot 40, Est. $3,000-5,000), Grand-Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vizhnitz (Lot 18, Est. $10,000-15,000) and R. Ya’akov Yisroel Kanievsky- the Steipler Gaon (Lot 24, Est. $1,000-1,500). So too, communications from R. Itzikel of Przeworsk (Lot 14, Est. $4,000-6,000), R. Yisrael Abuhatzeira- the Baba Sali (Lot 1, Est. $1,500-2,500), Grand-Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch (Lots 41-46) and R. Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook (Lot 25, $1,000-2,000) are also featured. Of special significance are a number of lots that contain groupings of letters from American Roshei Yeshiva, Vizhnitz and Rachmastrivka Grand-Rebbes, rabbinic leaders of Eretz Yisrael and so on. These curated lots will tremendously enhance any collection. See Lots 3, 7-8, 11-13, 32-34, 36 and 54. Within Manuscripts (Lots 57-76), a Lost Prayer Authored by the Mahara”l of Prague (Lot 68, Est. $20,000-30,000) is a highly unique artifact, while a curious Burial Society Supplication for Forgiveness from the Dead (Lot 61, Est. $6,000-9,000) is of immense scholarly potential. An Illustrated Psalms Manuscript from 1910-13 (Lot 57, Est. $8,000-12,000) serves as one of the earliest examples of Jewish-American scribal art. Finally, an Autograph Manuscript from R. Moses Sopher (Chassam Sopher) (Lot 73, Est. $8,000-12,000) contains the draft of his commentary to the Torah portions of Balak-Pinchas. The largest category within the auction, Hebrew Printed Books (Lots 77-289), stemming almost entirely from a private collection, contains classic Halachic works such as R. Yitzchak Alfasi’s ‘Ri”f’ (Lot 84, Est. $4,000-6,000), the Responsa of R. Shlomo ibn Adret (Rashb”a) (Lot 269, Est. $2,000-3,000), A Valmadonna copy of the Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol (Sma”g) (Lot 245, Est. $4,000-6,000) and R. Mordechai Jaffe’s complete Levushim (Lot 181, Est. $5,000-7,000). Also on offer are rare Jewish works of philosophy, polemic and poetry, such as R. Immanuel of Rome’s SepherMachbaroth (Lot 174, Est. $7,000-10,000), R. Shem-Tov ibn Shaprut’s Pardes Rimonim on Aggadah (Lot 267, Est. $2,000-3,000), R. Joseph Solomon Delmedigo’s Sepher Eilim- Ma’ayan Ganim- Ma’ayan Chathum (Lot 139, Est. $8,000-12,000) and R. Yonathan Eybescheutz’s Luchoth Eduth (Lot 149, Est. $2,000-3,000). Chassidic works (Lots 115-134) are also well-represented, with the First Edition of R. Dov-Baer of Lubavitch’s Biurei HaZohar (Lot 116, Est. $3,000-5,000), Second Edition of the famed Chassidic work Toldoth Ya’akov Yoseph (Lot 117, Est. $2,000-3,000) and the Sidrei Taharoth of Grand-Rebbe of Radzyn, Gershon Chanoch Leiner, including his important hand-colored map of the boundaries of Eretz Yisrael (Lot 125, Est. $5,000-7,000). A strong series of offerings is found with American and Anglo Judaica (Lots 290-324), including a Royal Order from King George III (Lot 292, Est. $3,000-5,000) declaring that Moses Frank be reimbursed for supplying war provisions to soldiers en route to Martinique during the Seven Years War and a Proclamation Granting Jews Full Civil Rights in the Dutch West Indies (Lot 295, Est. $5,000-7,000). An 1803 document from one Jacob Lowe to Isaac Lowe of Hardin County, Kentucky proclaims the debt of a black slave (Lot 297, $2,000-3,000), serving as a testament to the complicated relations between these two American minority groups. An Autograph Letter from Judah Touro (Lot 301, Est. $4,000-6,000) and a Discourse delivered at Congregation Mikveh Israel in the Wake of President Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination (Lot 305, Est. $4,000-6,000) are two mesmerizing items relating to 19^th century American Jewry. Another series of wide-ranging and fascinating items is found within General Printed Books (Lots 325-378). The highly desirable Account of Marrano Explorer Pedro Teixeira (Lot 376, Est. $30,000-40,000) records his adventures in the Near and Far East. Among other noteworthy lots can be found a detailed account of the 1636 Blood Libel against Marek (Moses) Markowicz (Lot 330, Est. $4,000-6,000) as well as Buenting’s Famed Cloverleaf Map within his Atlas (Lot 331, Est. $5,000-7,000) and the First Jewish Cookbook Printed in America (Lot 332, Est. $6,000-8,000). Two poignant items related to the Holocaust and the period just before it are a Letter of Protection to Two Hungarian Jews from Angelo Rotta (Lot 339, Est. $2,000-3,000) and the Cracow Phonebook from 1939 (Lot 371, Est. $3,000-5,000) containing many Jewish names. Within Illustrated Books and Graphic Art (Lots 379-392), an illuminated manuscript facsimile of the Kennicott Bible (Lot 383, Est. $3,000-5,000) is one of a number of such limited reproductions on offer (See Lots 381-385). Another contribution is a Marc Chagall Lithograph of Moses on Sinai with the Tablets of the Law (Lot 389, Est. $3,000-5,000). The final category within the sale, that of Ceremonial Objects (Lots 393-410), contains a Baroque Boxwood and Ivory Torah Pointer Lot 404, Est. $2,000-3,000) as well as an Exceptional Pair of Bohemian Torah Mantles (Lot 410, Est. $15,000-20,000). Additional offerings include a Rare German Wicker Matzah Basket (Lot 403, Est. $1,500-2,500) and a Bezalel Plated-Brass Hanging Chanuka Lamp (Lot 398, Est. $3,000-5,000). Further details about any item in this sale including images, or information in regard to bidding at the auction itself can be obtained by contacting Jack Kestenbaum at (212) 366-1197 or[email protected]. To access the complete online catalogue, visit us at https://www.kestenbaum.net/auction-auction-95.

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