Kestenbaum and Company: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, and Autograph Letters, 107, Brooklyn

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Auction Date
September 19, 2024 - September 19, 2024
Page Size: 290 items in 12 pages

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

Yefeh To'ar [commentary to the Midrash Rabbah - Shemoth, with text].

Venice 1657 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 937.50
2 AZULAI, CHAIM YOSEPH DAVID -

Shem HaGedolim. * With: Va'ad Lechachim. Together, three volumes.

Livorno 1786 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
3 BASS, SHABTHAI.

Siphthei Yesheinim [the first Hebrew language bibliography of Hebrew books].

 Zolkiew 1806 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
4

Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With Targum Onkelos and Rashi.

Bologna 1482 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
5

(Hebrew, Pentateuch) Chamishah Chumashei Torah. With Targum Onkelos and commentaries of Rashi, Ramban and ibn Ezra. * And: Haphtaroth. With commentary by Radak.

Constantinople 1522 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,500.00
6

Torah Nevi'im U'kethuvim - Biblia Hebraica. Prepared by E. van der Hooght, (reproducing the Athias-Leusden text of 1666-7) with Latin introduction and explanatory notes.

 Amsterdam & Utrecht 1705 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
7

Biblia Hebraica. Torah, Nevi'im U'Kethuvim. With Latin translation by Sebastian Schmidt.

Leipzig 1740 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 343.75
8

Hebrew, Pentateuch). Ezrath HaSofer - Tikun Sofrim. Four (of five) volumes.

Amsterdam 1767 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
9

Machzor KeMinhag K"K Aschkenazim, Yishmerem Ha'El. With commentary following the PaRDe"S tradition.

Sulzbach 1709 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
10 BUZAGLO, SHALOM.

Sepher Mikdash Melech [commentary to the Zohar].

Kopyst 1810 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
11 CAMPANTON, YITZHAK.

Darchei Ha'Gemara [Talmudic methodology].

 Mantua 1592 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
12 CHAIM BEN BEZALEL.

Sepher HaChaim [ethics].

Cracow 1593 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,000.00
13

Alsheich al Masechta Avoth. The Rebbe's personal copy.

 Vilna 1862 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 343.75
14

Shmuel Kaminker & Tzvi Hirsch. Shnei HaMe'oroth: Or Rishon - Or Sheini.


Two title-pages. Stamp on title of Abba Leib Shapira. Prenumeranten list at end. Uncut copy. Marginalia.

 Kishinev 1896 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
15

(Chabad). HaKriah VehaKedusha. Monthly periodical issued by Agudas Chassidei Chabad, under the authority of the (Friediker) Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Brooklyn, New York 1940-45. USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
16

Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Likutei Amarim Tanya.

Brooklyn, New York 1984 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
17 DANZIG, AVRAHAM.

Chochmath Adam [halachic compendium on Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah].

Vilna 1815 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
18 EDELS, SHMUEL ELIEZER.

Chidushei Halachoth [commentary on select Talmud Tractates].

Homburg 1736 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 100.00
19 ELLES, YITZCHAK.

Yesod Teshuvah [ethics].

 Venice 1718 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
20 GANZFRIED, SHLOMO.

Lechem VeSimlah [on the laws of Niddah and Mikveh].

Lvov 1861 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
21 GERONDI, JONAH.

Four leaves of a 16th century edition of Sepher HaYirah. Stained and wormed.

Constantinople 1565 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
22

Nicolaes Cleynaerts. Luchoth HaDikduk - Tabulae in Grammaticam Hebraeam.

Cologne 1571 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,375.00
23 GUNZBERG, ARYEH-LEIB.

Sha'agath Aryeh [responsa].

Neuwied 1736 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
24

Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-German. Accompanied by Leone Modena's abridged commentary of Isaac Abrabanel's "Zevach Pesach."

 Venice 1663 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
25

Hagadah shel Pesach - The Institution of Passover. Prepared by the Brothers Moses Jacob and Aaron David Talker.

Poona 1874 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,250.00
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  • <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Bible, Arabic & Latin. <i>Biblia Sacra Arabica,</i> 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shepard (Ernest). <i>"Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison,</i> original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Economics.- Smith (Adam). <i>An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,</i> 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> More (Sir Thomas). <i>La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde,</i> first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). <i>De medicinali materia libri sex,</i> hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Albertolli (Ferdinando). <i>Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli,</i> Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Gregynog Press.- Euripides. <i>The Plays,</i> one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • <b><center>Gonnelli<br>Auction 54<br>Books, Autographs & Manuscripts<br>October 8th-10th 2024</center></b> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 € <b>Gonnelli:</b> Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 € <b><center>Gonnelli<br>Futurism</center></b> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 € <b>Gonnelli:</b> Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 € <b>Gonnelli:</b> Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 € <b>Gonnelli:</b> Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 € <b>Gonnelli:</b> Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 € <b>Gonnelli:</b> Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli
    Auction 54
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 8th-10th 2024
    Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €
    Gonnelli
    Futurism
    Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €
    Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €
    Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €
    Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €
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