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
77 ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Eliyahu Raba [commentary to Seder Taharoth].

Brunn 1802 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
78 ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Masecheth Avoth [commentary to the Ethics of the Fathers, and other minor Tractates]. Including commentary by Rashi.

Shklov 1804 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
79 ELIJAH , GAON OF VILNA.

Taharath HaKodesh [commentary to Tosephta Seder Taharoth, with text].

Zolkiev 1804 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
80 (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).

With commentary of R. Ovadia of Bartenura, Tosafoth Yom Tov, Tosafoth Rishon LeTzion, novellae by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, and with commentaries and additions by the Gaon of Vilna.

Vilna & Horodna 1818 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
81 (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).

Complete set with commentary by the Vilna Gaon.

Horadna and Vilna 1820 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,375.00
82 ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Edited by Samuel ben Joseph of Luknick.

Vilna and Horodna 1833 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
83 (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).

With commentary Biur HaGr"a.

Vilna 1867 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
84 (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).

Sepher Yetzirah. With commentaries to this Kabbalistic text by the Vilna Gaon, with corrections by his disciple Moshe Shlomo of Tolchin, plus a lengthy super-commentary Toldoth Yitzchak by Yitzchak Kahana.

Jerusalem 1874 (i.e. 1875). USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
85 ELIYAHU IBN CHAIM.

of Constantinople (RANa"CH). Teshuvoth Shailoth [responsa].

Constantinople c. 1610. USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
86 EMDEN, YA'AKOV.

Derush Tephilath Yesharim [sermon for Shabbath Shuva and anti-Sabbatianism].

Altona 1775 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
87 EMDEN, YA'AKOV.

Lechem Shamayim [commentary to the Mishnah].

Wandsbeck and Altona 1720; 1768 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
88 EPHRAIM SHLOMO OF LUNTSCHYTZ.

Ir Gibborim [sermons on Chumash].

Basle 1580 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
89 ETTLINGER, YA'AKOV.

Sepher Bikurei Ya'akov al Hilchoth Sukah VeLulav [Halachic law pertaining to Sukoth].

Altona 1836 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
90 FANO, MENACHEM AZARIAH DA & OVADIAH SFORNO.

Yemin Hashem Romemah [responsa on Hakafoth based on ruling by R. Shmuel Algazi, drawing upon Kabbalistic sources].

Venice 1605 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,500.00
91 FEINSTEIN, MOSHE.

Igroth Moshe - Yoreh De'ah [responsa].

New York 1959 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
92 (FRANCE).

According to the rite of the Holy Communities of the Comtat Venaissin.

Avignon 1765 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
93 GANZFRIED, SHLOMO.

Keseth HaSofer [laws governing scribal arts (Sofer STa"M)].

Ofen 1835 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
94 (GERMANY).

SCHUDT, JOHANN JAKOB. Judischer Merkwurdigkeiten ["Jewish Curiosities."]

Frankfurt and Leipzig etc. 1714-18. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
95 GERONDI, NISSIM.

(Ra'N). Chidushei Harav Rabbeinu Nissim [index of citations of Maimonides' Code].

Riva Di Trento 1559 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,125.00
96 GERSHON BEN SOLOMON OF ARLES.

["The Gate of Heaven" - encyclopedic work on natural science, mathematics and astronomy].

Venice 1547 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,187.50
97 GIKATILLA, YOSEPH.

Sha'arei Orah [Kabbalah].

Riva di Trento (1561). USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,625.00
98 (GUTTMACHER, ELIYAHU).

Yisroel Shain. Aliyath Eliahu [eulogy for R. Eliyahu Guttmacher].

Jerusalem 1875 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
99 HAI BEN SHERIRA.

With Midrashic material on the blessings of Ya'akov to his children, and Braitha Melacheth HaMishkan.

Venice 1602 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
100 HALPERIN (HEILPRIN), YECHIEL.

Seder HaDoroth [historiography].

Karlsruhe 1769 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 500.00
101 HALPERIN, YA'AKOV YEHOSHUA.

Nachlath Ya'akov [responsa].

Padua 1622 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
  • 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
  • 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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