Auction 15 · Lot 1
Menorath Hama’or. With: Pirush Nefesh Yehudah.
Hammer price $500
Auction 15 · March 12, 2002
Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
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AUCTION 15 - MARCH 12TH 2002
Auction of
Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
The Property of Various Owners including:
The Hallegua Family of Cochin, India
Selections from the Library of the Late Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber of London
(including his unpublished memoirs).
The Library of Mr. Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Connecticut
Together With:
A Significant Collection of Early Twentieth Century Russian-Jewish Illustrated Books
Sale Fifteen, held on March 12th, 2002, generated enthusiasm in the Judaica market with a broad collection of Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art from the Library of Mr. Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Connecticut, the Library of the Late Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber of London (including his unpublished memoirs), The Hallegua Family of Cochin, India, and A Significant Collection of Early Twentieth Century Russian-Jewish Illustrated Books.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SALE:
(prices include 15% buyer’s premium)
(HAGADAH). Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. THE SECOND MANTUA HAGADAH. EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT AND ELUSIVE. RARER THAN THE FIRST EDITION. SINCE THE WAR, ONLY THE PRESENT COPY HAS APPEARED AT PUBLIC AUCTION. Mantua, Joseph Shalit ben Jacob Aschkenazi, 1568. Sold for $86,250. Lot 194.
(BIBLE, Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehillim. Square Spanish Hebrew hand with vocalization and accents On Vellum.ff. 159. Initial word illuminated with decorative flourishes in red, green and black inks. 16mo. Spain, 15th Century. Sold for more than six times the low estimate at $80,500. Lot 435.
(Bible, Hebrew. FIVE SCROLLS & HAFTOROTH). On Vellum. Wide margins. Initial words illuminated with decorative flourishes in red, green and black ink. Double columns of twenty-seven lines. Germany, 13th Century. Sold for over twice the low estimate at $63,250.Lot 434.
MENDELSSOHN, MOSES. (Celebrated Philosopher of the German Enlightenment. 1729-1786). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew. Berlin, 29th Teveth, 1779. Sold for $9,775.Lot 483
SCHOR, ILYA. Prayers in the Synagogue. An uncommonly large canvas with a most distinctive Cubist influence, vibrant in color and style. Signed by artist, framed. Acrylic on board. American, circa 1950. Sold for $3,000. Lot 575
Lots in this auction
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Auction 15 · Lot 2
Perush Nevi’im Rishonim [commentary to Former Prophets]
Hammer price $6,500
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Auction 15 · Lot 3
Ma’ayanei Hayeshuah
Auction 15 · Lot 4
(Hayarchi). Sepher Hamanhig
Hammer price $15,000
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Auction 15 · Lot 5
Ben Hamelech Vehanazir [“The Prince and the Hermit”]
Hammer price $1,000
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Auction 15 · Lot 6
Sepher Ikrim [“Book of Fundamental Principles”]
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Auction 15 · Lot 7
Haskamah Chamurah [broadside granting sole Hebrew printing rights to Abraham Sassoon]
Hammer price $1,000
Auction 15 · Lot 8
ALFONSI, PETRUS
Hammer price $1,500
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Auction 15 · Lot 9
Tephilah Lemoshe [sermons and homilies to the Pentateuch, with treatise on the reading of the Shema upon retirement]
Hammer price $450
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Auction 15 · Lot 10
Torath Moshe [commentary to Book of Genesis]
Hammer price $300
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Auction 15 · Lot 11
(SALOMON, HAYM). The Freeman’s Journal Or, The North American Intelligencer
Hammer price $500
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Auction 15 · Lot 12
NASSY, DAVID DE ISAAC COHEN. Observations on the Cause, Nature, and Treatment of the Epidemic Disorder Prevalent in Philadelphia
Hammer price $3,300
Auction 15 · Lot 13
(BIBLE, Hebrew). Torah Nevi’im U’kethuvim- Biblia Hebraica...Edito Prima Americana
Hammer price $6,500
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Auction 15 · Lot 14
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
Hammer price $600
Auction 15 · Lot 15
Gomez, Isaac. Selections of a Father for the Use of his Children. In Prose and Verse
Hammer price $1,100
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Auction 15 · Lot 16
(Houston, George). Israel Vindicated, Being A Refutation of the Calumnies Propagated Respecting the Jewish Nation, in which the Objects and Views of the American Society for the Ameliorating and Condition of the Jews are Investigated. By an Israelite
Hammer price $1,200
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Auction 15 · Lot 17
Documents in Relation to the Dismissal of David G. Seixas, From The Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; Published for the Information of the Contributors, in pursuance of a Resolution of the Board of Directors
Hammer price $700
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Auction 15 · Lot 18
Moses, Myer. Oration Delivered at Tammany-Hall, on the Twelfth May, 1831, Being the Forty-Second Anniversary, of the Tammany Society, Or, Columbian Order. By Myer Moses, A Member of Said Society
Hammer price $800
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Auction 15 · Lot 19
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
Hammer price $1,500
Auction 15 · Lot 20
Seder Hatefiloth-Form of Daily Prayers. According to the custom of the Spanish and Portugese Jews
Hammer price $21,000
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Auction 15 · Lot 21
Lida, David. Sepher Sod Hashem [Mohel’s compendium]
Hammer price $12,000
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Auction 15 · Lot 22
(LITURGY). 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
Hammer price $800
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Auction 15 · Lot 23
Tephilah mikol Hashanah...Lehanossim Lemedinath America [prayers of the entire year]
Hammer price $1,700
Auction 15 · Lot 24
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Hammer price $1,200