Auction 92 · February 18, 2021

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

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Lots in this auction

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Auction 92 · Lot 1

Attorney Dimitri Grigorivich Barsky (Chief defense lawyer for M.M. Beilis, 1871-1958). Autograph Manuscript written in Russian. Memoirs and Notes.

Hammer price $3,600

Auction 92 · Lot 2

Autograph Album. Originally issued on the 25th May, 1924, the occasion of the Brith Milah of Josef Flörsheim (1924-?).

Hammer price $1,200

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Auction 92 · Lot 3

Sepher Hazkarath Neshamoth [Yizkor recitation book].

Hammer price $450

Auction 92 · Lot 4

Burial Society board with prayers for funeral.

Auction 92 · Lot 5

Pinkas HaTakanoth [regulations of the Chevra Kadisha of Altona and Hamburg with a responsum from Chief Rabbi Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen].

Hammer price $2,000

Auction 92 · Lot 6

Yizkor… [chronological record of the names of deceased individuals over two centuries in] Frankfurt.

Hammer price $950

Auction 92 · Lot 7

Large archive of c. 350 documents and letters to, and accumulated by, Rabbi Isak Unna concerning the campaign to protect Kosher slaughter (Shechitah) in Germany.

Hammer price $3,000

Auction 92 · Lot 8

Pinkas of the Yeshiva Gedola Beth Chasam Sofer.

Hammer price $2,400

Auction 92 · Lot 9

Luach [Annual calendar].

Hammer price $1,200

Auction 92 · Lot 10

Thomas Ruyz de Velez. Breve Relacion del Auto Particular de Fee que el Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion de los Reynos y Prounincias de la Nueva Espana.

Hebrew Prayer for Averting a Cholera Epidemic.

Auction 92 · Lot 11

“Chewra Kadischa Wien. Kranzablösungsspendenm anlässlich der Beerdigung zu gunsten von armen und kranken begräbnistag am.”

Hammer price $700

Pinkas LeChevra Kadisha Reishith Tov [yizkor and prayer miscellanies].

Auction 92 · Lot 15

Auction 92 · Lot 19

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

Lots in this auction

Attorney Dimitri Grigorivich Barsky (Chief defense lawyer for M.M. Beilis, 1871-1958). Autograph Manuscript written in Russian. Memoirs and Notes.

Autograph Album. Originally issued on the 25th May, 1924, the occasion of the Brith Milah of Josef Flörsheim (1924-?).

Sepher Hazkarath Neshamoth [Yizkor recitation book].

Burial Society board with prayers for funeral.

Pinkas HaTakanoth [regulations of the Chevra Kadisha of Altona and Hamburg with a responsum from Chief Rabbi Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen].

Yizkor… [chronological record of the names of deceased individuals over two centuries in] Frankfurt.

Large archive of c. 350 documents and letters to, and accumulated by, Rabbi Isak Unna concerning the campaign to protect Kosher slaughter (Shechitah) in Germany.

Pinkas of the Yeshiva Gedola Beth Chasam Sofer.

Luach [Annual calendar].

Thomas Ruyz de Velez. Breve Relacion del Auto Particular de Fee que el Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion de los Reynos y Prounincias de la Nueva Espana.

Hebrew Prayer for Averting a Cholera Epidemic.

Hebrew manuscript. Single sheet, honoring the names of 67 Jews from the town of Buki (Ukraine) slain in pogroms.

Hilchoth Shechitoth U’Bedikoth [laws of ritual slaughter and examination].

“Chewra Kadischa Wien. Kranzablösungsspendenm anlässlich der Beerdigung zu gunsten von armen und kranken begräbnistag am.”

Pinkas LeChevra Kadisha Reishith Tov [yizkor and prayer miscellanies].

Tephiloth al HaKevaroth [prayers upon visiting a cemetery].

Seder Yekara DeShachvei [“Order of Honoring the Deceased.”]

Seder Mesirat Moda’ah [penitential prayers].

Hachnasath LeBeth HaKevaroth [prayers at cemetery].

Korban Aharon [Kitzur Ma’avar Yabok].

Selichoth [penitential prayers for the 21st of Kislev].

(Brooklyn, NY). Pinkas Chevrah Kadisha Anshei Torath Chesed VeZichru Torath Moshe.

(New York City). Pinkas DeChevra Kadisha Sredniker - Pinkas of the Sredniker Benevolent Association of Greater New York.

(New York City). Pinkas Chevra Kadisha - Independent Slonimer Benevolent Society.

Lots in this auction

Attorney Dimitri Grigorivich Barsky (Chief defense lawyer for M.M. Beilis, 1871-1958). Autograph Manuscript written in Russian. Memoirs and Notes.

Autograph Album. Originally issued on the 25th May, 1924, the occasion of the Brith Milah of Josef Flörsheim (1924-?).

Sepher Hazkarath Neshamoth [Yizkor recitation book].

Burial Society board with prayers for funeral.

Pinkas HaTakanoth [regulations of the Chevra Kadisha of Altona and Hamburg with a responsum from Chief Rabbi Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen].

Yizkor… [chronological record of the names of deceased individuals over two centuries in] Frankfurt.

Large archive of c. 350 documents and letters to, and accumulated by, Rabbi Isak Unna concerning the campaign to protect Kosher slaughter (Shechitah) in Germany.

Pinkas of the Yeshiva Gedola Beth Chasam Sofer.

Luach [Annual calendar].

Thomas Ruyz de Velez. Breve Relacion del Auto Particular de Fee que el Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion de los Reynos y Prounincias de la Nueva Espana.

Hebrew Prayer for Averting a Cholera Epidemic.

Hebrew manuscript. Single sheet, honoring the names of 67 Jews from the town of Buki (Ukraine) slain in pogroms.

Hilchoth Shechitoth U’Bedikoth [laws of ritual slaughter and examination].

“Chewra Kadischa Wien. Kranzablösungsspendenm anlässlich der Beerdigung zu gunsten von armen und kranken begräbnistag am.”

Pinkas LeChevra Kadisha Reishith Tov [yizkor and prayer miscellanies].

Tephiloth al HaKevaroth [prayers upon visiting a cemetery].

Seder Yekara DeShachvei [“Order of Honoring the Deceased.”]

Seder Mesirat Moda’ah [penitential prayers].

Hachnasath LeBeth HaKevaroth [prayers at cemetery].

Korban Aharon [Kitzur Ma’avar Yabok].

Selichoth [penitential prayers for the 21st of Kislev].

(Brooklyn, NY). Pinkas Chevrah Kadisha Anshei Torath Chesed VeZichru Torath Moshe.

(New York City). Pinkas DeChevra Kadisha Sredniker - Pinkas of the Sredniker Benevolent Association of Greater New York.

(New York City). Pinkas Chevra Kadisha - Independent Slonimer Benevolent Society.

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