Kestenbaum and Company: Rare Hebrew Books: The Marx Library, 106, Brooklyn

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Auction Report
Auction Date
June 27, 2024 - June 27, 2024
Page Size: 242 items in 10 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ABOAB, SHMUEL.

Sepher HaZichronoth [ethics].

(Prague 1650 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
2 ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

Rosh Amanah [on the principles of faith].

Venice 1545 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,000.00
3 ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

Peirush Nevi'im Rishonim [commentary to the Former Prophets].

Hamburg 1687 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
4 ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

Peirush al Nevi'im Acharonim [commentary to the Later Prophets, with text]. Commendatory poem by Judah Abrabanel, son of the author, on verso of title.

(Amsterdam 1641 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
5 ACHAI GAON.

She'iltoth [homilies on Jewish law and ethics].

Venice 1546 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,750.00
6 (AGUNAH).

[responsa regarding the Agunah (an abandoned wife)].

Cairo 1924 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
7 AKRA, AVRAHAM.

(Ed.) Mehararei Neme'irim.

Venice 1599 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,250.00
8 ALASHKAR, MOSHE.

Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa].

Sabbionetta 1554 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,250.00
9 ALDABI, MEIR.

Shevilei Emunah [scientific and kabbalistic encyclopedia].

Riva di Trento 1558 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
10 (ALEPPO).

Igereth [poem "Mi Kamocha" recited on the Sabbath preceding Purim].

Aram Tzovah (Aleppo) 1867 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
11 (ALEPPO).

Shivchei Ha'Ari [biography of R. Yitzhak Luria].

Aram Tzovah (Aleppo) 1872 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
12 ALEXANDER SUESSLIN HAKOHEN OF FRANKFURT.

Sepher Ha'Agudah [Halachic compendium arranged in order of the tractates of the Talmud].

Cracow 1571 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
13 ALFASI, YITZCHAK.

(RI"F). Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code].

Riva di Trento 1558 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,125.00
14 ALKABETZ, SHLOMO.

Sepher Manoth HaLevi [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Esther, with text].

Venice 1585 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,062.50
15 ALMOSNINO, MOSHE.

Pirkei Moshe [commentary to the Ethics of the Fathers].

Salonika 1563 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
16 ALSHEICH, MOSHE.

Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa].

Venice 1605 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
17 ALSHEICH, MOSHE.

Rav Peninim [ethical commentary to Mishlei / Book of Proverbs, with text].

Venice 1601 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
18 (AMERICA).

Brandon, Benjamin Raphael Dias. Oroth HaMitzvoth [rational for the 613 precepts].

Amsterdam 1753 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
19 (AMERICA).

Tuv Ta'am [the necessity for Jews to maintain the laws of ritual slaughter].

New York 1875 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
20 (AMERICA).

Masechet Bikurim min Talmud Yerushalmi. With commentary by Avraham Eliezer Alperstein.

Chicago 1887 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,250.00
21 (AMERICA).

YOSEPH, YA'AKOV. LeBeith Ya'akov [novellae to the Chumash, Talmud, etc.]

Vilna 1888 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
22 (AMERICA).

Grodzinski, Tzvi Hirsch. Mikvah Yisrael [on the laws of Mikvah].

Chicago 1898 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
23 (AMERICA).

Fried, Yoseph Eliyahu. Ohel Yoseph [responsa].

New York 1903 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
24 (AMERICA).

[commentary to Bereishith and Shemoth].

Chicago 1904 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 562.50
25 ANAV, ZEDEKIAH HAROFE.

Shibolei HaLeket [Rabbinic Code].

Venice 1546 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,250.00
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
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