Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

Auction 94 · Lot 1

(Attributed to). Sepher HaChinuch [“Book of Education” - exposition to the 613 precepts].

Hammer price $7,500

Auction 94 · Lot 2

(Attributed to). Sepher HaChinuch [“Book of Education” - exposition to the 613 precepts].

Hammer price $700

Auction 94 · Lot 3

(Ed.) Or HaYashar [divorce law].

Hammer price $450

Auction 94 · Lot 4

Menorath HaMa’or [ethics]. With Nephesh Yehudah commentary.

Hammer price $1,300

Auction 94 · Lot 5

Mirkeveth HaMishneh [commentary to the Book of Devarim].

Hammer price $2,300

Auction 94 · Lot 6

Peirush al HaTorah [commentary to the Chumash].

Hammer price $1,900

Auction 94 · Lot 7

Abudraham [commentary to the prayers].

Hammer price $90,000

Auction 94 · Lot 8

Yihya bar Joseph Amud. Pethach Ha’Ohel [on laws of divorce]. With glosses by Vidal Angel and selected laws of Jewish marriage from Shoshanath HaMelech by Solomon Habshush.

Hammer price $175

Auction 94 · Lot 9

Ma’aseh Ta’atu’im [“Act of Deception” - vehement polemic against R. Nathan Adler]. Anonymous (Leib Wetzlar).

Hammer price $1,300

Auction 94 · Lot 10

Nishmath Adam [ethical treatise on the origin and essence of the Soul, the purpose of human life and the After-life].

Auction 94 · Lot 11

Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].

Auction 94 · Lot 12

Hassagoth [“Critique” - philosophical polemic].

Hammer price $1,500

Auction 94 · Lot 13

Vital, Chaim. Sha’arei Kedushah [Kabbalah]. * BOUND WITH (as originally issued): Sepher Eilim Letrufah [letters of moral instruction by Moses Nachmanides and Elijah, Gaon of Vilna].

Auction 94 · Lot 14

(RI’F). Sepher Halachoth Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code]. With Mordechai and commentaries.

Hammer price $34,000

Auction 94 · Lot 15

Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text].

Hammer price $2,600

Auction 94 · Lot 16

Group of five works, bound in five volumes, uniformly bound and housed in fitted box:

Hammer price $2,700

Auction 94 · Lot 17

Torath Moshe [commentary to the Chumash].

Hammer price $1,200

Auction 94 · Lot 18

Romemoth E-l [commentary to the Book of Psalms, with text].

Hammer price $1,500

Auction 94 · Lot 19

Takanoth HaKehillah [regulations governing the administration of the Aschkenazi community of Amsterdam].

Auction 94 · Lot 20

Rinah U’Tephila La’E-l [prayer of thanksgiving for the victory at the Battle of Waterloo].

Hammer price $300

Auction 94 · Lot 21

Birchath Aharon [prayers for the welfare of King William I of the Netherlands]. Includes sermon by R. Aharon Krein.

Hammer price $300

Auction 94 · Lot 22

Hanhagoth Beth HaKnesseth de K”K Aschkenazim Be’Amsterdam [synagoguge regulations of the Aschkenazic Synagogue in Amsterdam].

Auction 94 · Lot 23

Sepher Tanya.

Auction 94 · Lot 24

Me’ir Tehiloth [commentary to the Book of Psalms, with text].

Hammer price $1,100