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
26 ARAMA, YITZCHAK.

Yad Avshalom [commentary to the Book of Proverbs - Mishlei, with text].

Constantinople c. 1565 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
27 ARAMA, YITZCHAK.

Chazuth Kashah ["Grievous Vision" - philosophy].

Sabbioneta 1552 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,500.00
28 ARIPOL, SHMUEL.

Mizmor LeThodah [commentary to selected Psalms, with vocalized text].

Venice 1576 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
29 ARIPOL, SHMUEL.

Mizmor Lethodah [commentary to selected Psalms].

Prague 1610 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,000.00
30 AROBAS, ISAAC.

Emeth Ve'Emunah [Code of Jewish Law].

Venice 1672 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,250.00
31 ASCHKENAZI, ELIEZER BEN ELIJAH HA'ROPHE.

Ma'asei Hashem [commentary to the Six Days of Creation, Ethics of the Fathers, the Passover Hagadah (with text) and various Biblical portions].

Venice 1583 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
32 ASCHKENAZI, GERSHON.

Shailoth U'Teshuvoth Avodath HaGershuni [responsa].

Frankfurt am Main 1699 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
33 AVERROES.

Kitzurei ibn Rushd.

Riva di Trento 1560 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,375.00
34 AZULAI, CHAIM YOSEPH DAVID.

(The Chid'a). P'nei David [commentary to Chumash and Haftaroth].

Livorno 1792 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,062.50
35 AZULAI, CHAIM YOSEPH DAVID.

(The Chid'a). Devash L'Fi [alphabetic encyclopedic, mystical work].

Livorno 1801 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
36 BACHARACH, YAIR CHAIM.

Chavoth Yair [responsa].

Frankfurt a/Main 1699 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
37 (BAGHDAD).

Eliyahu Sulimam Mani. Sepher Karnoth TzaDI"K (David Tza'alach Ya'akov Katan) [penitential meditations relating to sexual purity].

Baghdad 1867 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
38 (BAGHDAD).

Chok Le'Yisrael.

Baghdad 1868 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 687.50
39 BALMES, ABRAHAM DE.

Mikneh Avram (Sepher Dikduk).

Venice, 1523 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,250.00
40 (BASSAN, YA'AKOV).

Yashresh Ya'akov [on the textual accuracy of the prayers].

Nuremberg (Altona) 1768 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
41 BIBAGO, AVRAHAM BEN SHEM-TOV.

Derech Emunah [philosophy].

Constantinople 1521 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 27,500.00
42 (BIBLE,

Hebrew). Complete bound in thirteen volumes.

Paris 1545-46. USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 12,500.00
43 (BIBLE,

Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [entire Twenty-four Books].

Frankfurt on der 1595-6. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,750.00
44 (BIBLE,

Hebrew). Chamishah Chumashei Torah (-end)

Leiden 1610 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,000.00
45 (BIBLE).

(Chumash and Haphtaroth). Tikun Sopherim - Quinque Libri Mosis.

Amsterdam 1726 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
46 (BIBLE).

Sepher Arba'ah Ve'Esrim. With commentary Minchath Shai.

Mantua 1742 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,125.00
47 (BIBLE,

Hebrew, Pentateuch). Chamishah Chumshei Torah.

Berlin 1931-33. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
48 (BINDING).

(Bible). Torah Nevi'im U'Kethuvim.

Amsterdam 1700-05. USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,250.00
49 (BINDING).

Sepher Tehilim [Book of Psalms]. (Vinograd, Amsterdam 1939).

Amsterdam 1767 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
50 (BINDING).

Appended: "Chut HaMeshulash" [responsa by later Algerian authorities: Solomon Duran, Solomon Serour and Abraham ibn Tawah].

Amsterdam 1738 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
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