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Auction 1 · Lot 1
Auction 1 · November 14, 1996
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
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The first Hagadah printed in London, 1770, which brought $12,650.
An illustrated manuscript on the rites of circumcision, (Germany 1820) that tripled its estimate to sell for $14,950.
A Yiddish Eye-Test Chart printed on cloth (American, early 20th century) that sold for $8,050.
Esther Levy's Jewish Cookery Book, the first Jewish Cook Book printed in America, sold for $2,875.
An interesting collection of postcards, catalogued in nine lots, fetched an impressive $28,250.
A most uncommon brass Vase produced by the Bezalel School of Art (Jerusalem c. 1920) reached $8,800.
In his review of the auction, Nicolas Barker commented, "It was a promising beginning..." (The Book Collector, Spring 1997).
Lots in this auction
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Auction 1 · Lot 2
(“Leone Ebreo”). Dialoghi di Amore.
Hammer price $380
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Auction 1 · Lot 3
Divrei Shalom [sermons and homilies on the Pentateuch].
Hammer price $380
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Auction 1 · Lot 4
Darash Moshe [homilies]
Hammer price $320
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Auction 1 · Lot 5
Ayelet Ahavim [Kabbalistic commentary to the Song of Songs, with text]
Hammer price $450
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Auction 1 · Lot 6
A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Under the Command of General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby G.C.B., G.C.M.G. July 1917 to October 1918.
Hammer price $300
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Auction 1 · Lot 7
The Book of Psalmes. * Liber Psalmorum.
Hammer price $2,200
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Auction 1 · Lot 8
Israel Vindicated; Being a Refutation of the Calumnies Propagated Respecting the Jewish Nation in which the Objects and Views of the American Society for Ameliorating the Condition of the Jews are Investigated.
Hammer price $200
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Auction 1 · Lot 9
The Testimony: An Address.
Hammer price $300
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Auction 1 · Lot 10
Jewish Cookery Book - Malecheth Habishul Baderech Nachon…
Hammer price $2,500
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Auction 1 · Lot 11
Hashomea Yitzchak. An Anthology of Wit, Anecdotes and Curiosities.
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Auction 1 · Lot 12
Self Knowledge: A Treatise Shewing the Nature and Benefit of that Important Science, and the Way to Attain it.
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Auction 1 · Lot 13
A Complete Hebrew and English Critical and Pronouncing Dictionary.
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Auction 1 · Lot 14
The Pennsylvania Journal and The Weekly Advertiser. No. 1510.
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Auction 1 · Lot 15
The Hope of Israel; Presumptive Evidence that the Aborigines of the Western Hemisphere are Descended from the Ten Missing Tribes of Israel.
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Auction 1 · Lot 16
Sepher Tanya.
Hammer price $550
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Auction 1 · Lot 17
The Hebrew and English Lexicon Improved.
Hammer price $300
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Auction 1 · Lot 18
The New Covenant Between God and His People; Or, The Hebrew Constitution and Charter; With the Statutes and Ordinances, the Laws and Regulations, and Commands and Covenants.
Hammer price $350
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Auction 1 · Lot 19
Toldoth Ya’akov [exposition of various Biblical and Talmudic passages]
Hammer price $130
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Auction 1 · Lot 20
Dinim de Sejita y Bedica Traducidos del Suljan Aruh En Idioma Espanola, Con todas Las Circunstancias, que Requiere nuestra Santa Ley, por Estilo muy Breve.
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Auction 1 · Lot 21
Report of Sir Moses Montefiore Bart. to the London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews on the Subject of his Mission to Rome.
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Auction 1 · Lot 22
Machzor im Kavanoth Hapaytan.
Hammer price $380
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Auction 1 · Lot 23
Tephilloth, Containing the Forms of Prayers Which are Publicly Read in the Synagogues, and Used in All Families.
Hammer price $3,600
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Auction 1 · Lot 24
The Great Synagogue London 1690-1940.
Hammer price $400