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

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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  1. Menorath HaMa’or [“The Candelabrum of Light”: Ethical Treatise]
    Lot 1
    ABOAB, ISAAC
     Menorath HaMa’or [“The Candelabrum of Light”: Ethical Treatise]
    Mantua, 1563
    Est: $500 - $700
    Hammer $500
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  2. Miphaloth Elo-him [“The Deeds of God”: on the question of creation ex nihilo, miracles, and prophecy]
    Lot 2
    ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC
     Miphaloth Elo-him [“The Deeds of God”: on the question of creation ex nihilo, miracles, and prophecy]
    Venice, 1592
    Est: $500 - $700
    Hammer $550
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  3. Atereth Zekenim [“Crown of the Elders”: philosophy]. Appended short essay by Abrabanel, “Tzuroth HaYesodoth” [medieval science].
    Lot 3
    ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC
     Atereth Zekenim [“Crown of the Elders”: philosophy]. Appended short essay by Abrabanel, “Tzuroth HaYesodoth” [medieval science].
    Sabbioneta, 1557
    Est: $1,200 - $1,800
    Hammer $1,200
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  4. Perush Nevi'im Acharonim [commentary to Later Prophets]. Along with text of Bible.
    Lot 4
    ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.
     Perush Nevi'im Acharonim [commentary to Later Prophets]. Along with text of Bible.
    Pesaro, 1520
    Est: $8,000 - $10,000
    Hammer $10,000
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  5. Divrei Rivoth [responsa]
    Lot 5
    ADARBI, ISAAC
     Divrei Rivoth [responsa]
    Venice, 1587
    Est: $400 - $600
    Hammer $400
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  6. Divrei Shalom [sermons and homilies to the Pentateuch]
    Lot 6
    ADARBI, ISAAC
     Divrei Shalom [sermons and homilies to the Pentateuch]
    Venice, 1597
    Est: $400 - $600
    Hammer $400
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  7. Sefer Ho’il Moshe [sermons].
    Lot 7
    ALFALAS, MOSHE
     Sefer Ho’il Moshe [sermons].
    Venice, 1597
    Est: $500 - $700
    Hammer $500
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  8. Chavatzeleth HaSharon [commentary to the Book of Daniel, with text]
    Lot 8
    ALSHEICH, MOSHE
     Chavatzeleth HaSharon [commentary to the Book of Daniel, with text]
    Venice, 1592
    Est: $400 - $600
    Hammer $500
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  9. Maroth Hatzovoth [commentary to Former Prophets]
    Lot 9
    ALSHEICH, MOSHE
     Maroth Hatzovoth [commentary to Former Prophets]
    Prague, 1620
    Est: $400 - $600
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  10. The New Jamaica Almanack and Register, Calculated to the Meridian of the Island for the Year of our Lord 1796.
    Lot 10
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     The New Jamaica Almanack and Register, Calculated to the Meridian of the Island for the Year of our Lord 1796.
    Saint Jago de la Vega (Spanish Town, Jamaica), 1795
    Est: $3,000 - $5,000
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  11. Mordecai, Jacob (1762-1838). Autograph (untitled) Manuscript, written in English (with some Hebrew): Analysis and refutation of Christian readings of the Hebrew Bible. 38 pages. Incomplete at end.
    Lot 11
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Mordecai, Jacob (1762-1838). Autograph (untitled) Manuscript, written in English (with some Hebrew): Analysis and refutation of Christian readings of the Hebrew Bible. 38 pages. Incomplete at end.
    1820’s
    Est: $12,000 - $18,000
    Hammer $11,000
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  12. A Form of Prayer for the General Fast to be Read in Synagogue on the 11th August in Commemoration of the Hurricane in the Year 1831. - A Form of Prayer for Tuesday 11th August 1835 After the Morning Amidah.
    Lot 12
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     A Form of Prayer for the General Fast to be Read in Synagogue on the 11th August in Commemoration of the Hurricane in the Year 1831. - A Form of Prayer for Tuesday 11th August 1835 After the Morning Amidah.
    (Barbados), 1835
    Est: $2,000 - $3,000
    Hammer $5,000
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  13. (Warder Cresson). Babylon the Great Is Falling! The Morning Star, or Light from on High. Written in Defence of the Rights of the Poor and Oppressed.
    Lot 13
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     (Warder Cresson). Babylon the Great Is Falling! The Morning Star, or Light from on High. Written in Defence of the Rights of the Poor and Oppressed.
    Philadelphia, 1830
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $900
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  14. Isaac Leeser. Discourses, Argumentative and Devotional, on the Subject of the Jewish Religion. Delivered at the Synagogue Mikveh Israel, in Philadelphia, in the years 5590-5597.
    Lot 14
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Isaac Leeser. Discourses, Argumentative and Devotional, on the Subject of the Jewish Religion. Delivered at the Synagogue Mikveh Israel, in Philadelphia, in the years 5590-5597.
    Philadelphia, 1837
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $900
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  15. Rosanna Dyer Osterman. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to her brother in Baltimore, Leon Dyer.
    Lot 15
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Rosanna Dyer Osterman. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to her brother in Baltimore, Leon Dyer.
    Galveston, Texas, 1848
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $3,600
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  16. Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. Service for the Two First Nights of the Passover.
    Lot 16
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. Service for the Two First Nights of the Passover.
    New York, 1850
    Est: $5,000 - $7,000
    Hammer $4,000
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  17. Jonas B. Phillips. My Old Wife. A Favorite Ballad Sung by Mr. J[oseph]. P[hillip]. Knight & Mr. [Henry] Russell. The Poetry by Jonas B. Phillips Esq. The MusicComposed & Respectfully Dedicated to Mrs. Frederick F. Backus of Rochester, NY by Henry Russell.
    Lot 17
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Jonas B. Phillips. My Old Wife. A Favorite Ballad Sung by Mr. J[oseph]. P[hillip]. Knight & Mr. [Henry] Russell. The Poetry by Jonas B. Phillips Esq. The MusicComposed & Respectfully Dedicated to Mrs. Frederick F. Backus of Rochester, NY by Henry Russell.
    New York, 1850
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $900
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  18. Large, albumen carte-de-visite photograph of <<Mordecai Manuel Noah.>>
    Lot 18
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Large, albumen carte-de-visite photograph of <<Mordecai Manuel Noah.>>
    New York, 1840’s
    Est: $6,000 - $9,000
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  19. Carte-de-visite photograph of a Union Cavalryman, with autograph signature on front: “Isidore Kastner.”
    Lot 19
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Carte-de-visite photograph of a Union Cavalryman, with autograph signature on front: “Isidore Kastner.”
    c. 1863
    Est: $2,000 - $3,000
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  20. A coin-silver soup-ladle made by <<Solomon Ralph Biesenthal >>of Louisville Kentucky (1829-1903). Engraved “Remember Jetta Gerstley.” Marked: “SRBiesenthal Louisville.”
    Lot 20
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     A coin-silver soup-ladle made by <<Solomon Ralph Biesenthal >>of Louisville Kentucky (1829-1903). Engraved “Remember Jetta Gerstley.” Marked: “SRBiesenthal Louisville.”
    Louisville, Kentucky, c. 1858
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $600
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  21. Lithograph portrait by Max Rosenthal of Dr. Isaac Leeser, Rabbi of the Jewish Congregation “Beth El-Emeth” Philadelphia. Born 1806 - Died Feb. 1st 1868.
    Lot 21
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Lithograph portrait by Max Rosenthal of Dr. Isaac Leeser, Rabbi of the Jewish Congregation “Beth El-Emeth” Philadelphia. Born 1806 - Died Feb. 1st 1868.
    Philadelphia, 1868
    Est: $2,000 - $3,000
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  22. The Constitution and By-Laws of the Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia.
    Lot 22
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     The Constitution and By-Laws of the Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia.
    Philadelphia, 1859
    Est: $5,000 - $7,000
    Hammer $4,500
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  23. Wise, Isaac Mayer (1819-1900). Autograph Letter Signed written in German to Rabbi Max Landsberg (1845-1927) on letterhead of The Israelite & Die Deborah. <<* On verso:>> Autograph response from Landsberg back to Wise. Written in pencil.
    Lot 23
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Wise, Isaac Mayer (1819-1900). Autograph Letter Signed written in German to Rabbi Max Landsberg (1845-1927) on letterhead of The Israelite & Die Deborah. <<* On verso:>> Autograph response from Landsberg back to Wise. Written in pencil.
    Cincinnati, July 10th, 1871, July 13th, 1871
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $3,000
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  24. Minhag America - The Daily Prayers, for American Israelites, Revised in Conference. With: Select Prayers for Various Occasions In Life. Edited by <<Isaac Mayer Wise.>>
    Lot 24
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Minhag America - The Daily Prayers, for American Israelites, Revised in Conference. With: Select Prayers for Various Occasions In Life. Edited by <<Isaac Mayer Wise.>>
    Cincinatti, 1872
    Est: $600 - $900
    Hammer $850
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  25. Mordecai Manuel Noah. Group of four items relating to his play: The Wandering Boys or the Castle of Olival.
    Lot 25
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Mordecai Manuel Noah. Group of four items relating to his play: The Wandering Boys or the Castle of Olival.
    Est: $1,200 - $1,800
    Hammer $1,000
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  26. The Constitution of New Hampshire as Amended by the Constitutional Convention Held at Concord, on the first Wednesday of December, 1876.
    Lot 26
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     The Constitution of New Hampshire as Amended by the Constitutional Convention Held at Concord, on the first Wednesday of December, 1876.
    Concord, 1877
    Est: $700 - $900
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  27. Congregation Shaaray Tefila. West End Synagogue… Ceremony of Laying the Corner Stone.
    Lot 27
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Congregation Shaaray Tefila. West End Synagogue… Ceremony of Laying the Corner Stone.
    New York, 1893
    Est: $500 - $700
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  28. Playbill for “The Jewel of Asia” a Comic Opera in Honor of the Seventeenth Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
    Lot 28
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     Playbill for “The Jewel of Asia” a Comic Opera in Honor of the Seventeenth Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
    Cincinnati, 1901
    Est: $400 - $600
    Hammer $400
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  29. “A Scroll Honoring the United Nations. Special V-Day Services Temple Oheb Sholom, Goldsboro, North Carolina. Commemorating the Unconditional Surrender of Nazi Germany.”
    Lot 29
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     “A Scroll Honoring the United Nations. Special V-Day Services Temple Oheb Sholom, Goldsboro, North Carolina. Commemorating the Unconditional Surrender of Nazi Germany.”
    Goldsboro, North Carolina, 1945
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
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  30. <<(MANHATTAN PROJECT).>> Rosh HaShana Sermon Delivered to Members of the Manhattan Project by Rabbi Elias Schwartz.
    Lot 30
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
     <<(MANHATTAN PROJECT).>> Rosh HaShana Sermon Delivered to Members of the Manhattan Project by Rabbi Elias Schwartz.
    Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1944
    Est: $5,000 - $7,000
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  31. Lancelot Addison. The Present State of the Jews: (More Particularly Relating to those in Barbary) Wherein is Contained an Exact Account of their Customs, Secular and Religious, to which is Annexed a Summary Discourse of the Misna, Talmud, and Gemara.
    Lot 31
    (ANGLO-JUDAICA)
     Lancelot Addison. The Present State of the Jews: (More Particularly Relating to those in Barbary) Wherein is Contained an Exact Account of their Customs, Secular and Religious, to which is Annexed a Summary Discourse of the Misna, Talmud, and Gemara.
    London, 1675
    Est: $500 - $700
    Hammer $500
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  32. John Xeres. An Address to the Jews …Containing His Reasons for Leaving the Jewish, and Embracing the Christian Religion.
    Lot 32
    (ANGLO-JUDAICA)
     John Xeres. An Address to the Jews …Containing His Reasons for Leaving the Jewish, and Embracing the Christian Religion.
    London, 1710
    Est: $500 - $700
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  33. Samuel Marochitanus). Tractatus Rabby Samuelis - Errorem Iudeorum Indicans.
    Lot 33
    (ANTISEMITICA).
     Samuel Marochitanus). Tractatus Rabby Samuelis - Errorem Iudeorum Indicans.
    N.p, 1538
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $1,000
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  34. Francisco de Torrejoncillo. Centinela contra Judíos puesta en la Torre de la Iglesia de Dios.
    Lot 34
    (ANTISEMITICA)
     Francisco de Torrejoncillo. Centinela contra Judíos puesta en la Torre de la Iglesia de Dios.
    Pamplona, 1720
    Est: $400 - $600
    Hammer $350
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  35. Heimer, Ernst. Der Giftpilz. Ein Stürmerbuch für Jung und Alt ["The Poisonous Toadstool: A Book for Young and Old.”]
    Lot 35
    (ANTISEMITICA).
     Heimer, Ernst. Der Giftpilz. Ein Stürmerbuch für Jung und Alt ["The Poisonous Toadstool: A Book for Young and Old.”]
    Nürnberg, 1938
    Est: $1,500 - $2,000
    Hammer $2,200
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  36. Group of 30 books and pamphlets, most anti-Semitic, few German-Jewish related. All German language.
    Lot 36
    (ANTISEMITICA).
     Group of 30 books and pamphlets, most anti-Semitic, few German-Jewish related. All German language.
    v.p, 1893-1943
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
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  37. Summa Divi Thomae Aquinatis Ordinis Praedicatorum Contra Gentiles quam Hebraice Eloquitur / Kitzur MeHaKadosh Thomas Me’Aqunio MiKet HaDarshanim Neged HaGoyim [systematic exposition against non-Christians].
    Lot 37
    AQUINAS, THOMAS
     Summa Divi Thomae Aquinatis Ordinis Praedicatorum Contra Gentiles quam Hebraice Eloquitur / Kitzur MeHaKadosh Thomas Me’Aqunio MiKet HaDarshanim Neged HaGoyim [systematic exposition against non-Christians].
    Rome, 1657
    Est: $700 - $1,000
    Hammer $1,500
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  38. Yosef Lekach [commentary to the Book of Esther, with text].
    Lot 38
    ASCHKENAZI, ELIEZER BEN ELIJAH HAROFÈ
     Yosef Lekach [commentary to the Book of Esther, with text].
    Cremona, 1576
    Est: $600 - $900
    Hammer $700
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  39. Abraham bar Hiya. Tzurat Ha’Aretz. Ashpira Hagadol (called Maroth Ha‘Ofanim). Sepher HaGalgal. Edited by Jonathan of Rozinai.
    Lot 39
    (ASTRONOMY)
     Abraham bar Hiya. Tzurat Ha’Aretz. Ashpira Hagadol (called Maroth Ha‘Ofanim). Sepher HaGalgal. Edited by Jonathan of Rozinai.
    Offenbach, 1720
    Est: $400 - $600
    Hammer $350
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  40. Kol Malecheth Higayon Le’Aristotle [philosophy - paraphrase of Aristotle’s Organon]. Translated into Hebrew by Jacob ibn Machir.
    Lot 40
    (AVERROES) MUHAMMAD IBN RUSHD
     Kol Malecheth Higayon Le’Aristotle [philosophy - paraphrase of Aristotle’s Organon]. Translated into Hebrew by Jacob ibn Machir.
    Riva di Trento, 1560
    Est: $400 - $600
    Hammer $800
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  41. (Abu Ali al-Hussein ibn Abdallah ibn Sina). HaKanon HaGadol - Canon Medicinae. Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Nathan of Cento (HaMe'ati).
    Lot 41
    AVICENNA
     (Abu Ali al-Hussein ibn Abdallah ibn Sina). HaKanon HaGadol - Canon Medicinae. Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Nathan of Cento (HaMe'ati).
    Naples, 1491-92
    Est: $30,000 - $50,000
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  42. Kad HaKemach.
    Lot 42
    BACHIAH BEN ASHER
     Kad HaKemach.
    Venice, 1546
    Est: $500 - $700
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  43. Biur al HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch].
    Lot 43
    BACHIAH BEN ASHER
     Biur al HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch].
    Venice, 1546
    Est: $600 - $800
    Hammer $650
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  44. Biur al HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]
    Lot 44
    BACHIAH BEN ASHER
     Biur al HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]
    Riva di Trento, 1559
    Est: $600 - $800
    Hammer $600
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  45. Shulchan (shel) Arba [on proper conduct at the table, benedictions, the Banquet in the World to Come, and resurrection of the dead].
    Lot 45
    BACHIAH BEN ASHER
     Shulchan (shel) Arba [on proper conduct at the table, benedictions, the Banquet in the World to Come, and resurrection of the dead].
    Prague, 1596
    Est: $400 - $600
    Hammer $400
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  46. Barchi Naphshi [ethical poem]. Translated into Italian by Jochanan Altrino. Hebrew and Italian on facing pages.
    Lot 46
    BACHIAH BEN JOSEPH IBN PAQUDA
     Barchi Naphshi [ethical poem]. Translated into Italian by Jochanan Altrino. Hebrew and Italian on facing pages.
    Venice, 1628
    Est: $10,000 - $15,000
    Hammer $9,500
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  47. Mikneh Avram (Sepher Dikduk)
    Lot 47
    BALMES, ABRAHAM DE.
     Mikneh Avram (Sepher Dikduk)
    Venice, 1523
    Est: $1,200 - $1,800
    Hammer $1,100
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  48. (“Hapenini”) Bechinath Olam [ethics].
    Lot 48
    BEDERSI, JEDAIAH
     (“Hapenini”) Bechinath Olam [ethics].
    Mantua, 1556
    Est: $500 - $700
    Hammer $600
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  49. Jacob ben Isaac of Janow. Tze’enah Ure’enah [interpretation of the Chumash and Haphtoroth for women and children]
    Lot 49
    (BERDITCHEV).
     Jacob ben Isaac of Janow. Tze’enah Ure’enah [interpretation of the Chumash and Haphtoroth for women and children]
    Berditchev, 1815
    Est: $4,000 - $6,000
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  50. Hebrew Proverbs, Mishlei). With commentary by Immanuel ben Solomon of Rome. Edited by Chaim bar Isaac Halevi Aschkenazi (see colophon).
    Lot 50
    (BIBLE,
     Hebrew Proverbs, Mishlei). With commentary by Immanuel ben Solomon of Rome. Edited by Chaim bar Isaac Halevi Aschkenazi (see colophon).
    (Naples, 1487)
    Est: $6,000 - $8,000
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