Moreshet Auctions: Summer Auction includes Historical Chabad Category and more rare and expensive items, 85, Jerusalem

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Auction Report
Auction Date
July 02, 2025 - July 02, 2025
Page Size: 127 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Yesod! First Edition of Shut HaRashba (Attributed to the Ramban)

Venice 1519 Not Available USD 2,250.00
2 Rabbi Yosef Colon

yesod! First Edition of Shut Maharik -

Venice 1519 Not Available Not Sold
3 Rabbi Avraham de Balmes

First Edition of Mikneh Avram - Hebrew Grammar

Venice 1523 Not Available Not Sold
4

Fine Complete Set of the Miniature Edition of Torah Neviim and Ketuvim

Paris 1544-1546 Not Available USD 6,250.00
5

Rare Sefer Yesod with Dozens of Woodcut Illustrations! Mashal Hakadmoni

Venice 1547 Not Available Not Sold
6 Rabbeinu Moshe of Coucy

Sefer Yesod: Archetype Edition of Sefer Mitzvot Gadol

Venice 1547 Not Available USD 875.00
7 Rabbeinu Bahya

Perfect and Especially Fine Copy! An Important Sefer Yesod: Sefer Chovot Halevavot

Venice 1548 Not Available USD 10,000.00
8 Rabbeinu Yosef Karo

Yesod Hayesodot of Our People for 460 Years! Partial Set of the First Edition of the Shulchan Aruch

Venice 1565 Not Available Not Sold
9 Rabbeinu Avraham Shalom Ben Yitzchak

Rare! Sefer Neveh Shalom - Jewish Thought and Philosophy

Venice 1575 Not Available Not Sold
10 Rabbi Avraham Zacuto

Sefer Yesod: Sefer Yochasin - Rabbeinu Avraham Zacuto's Monumental Work - First Edition with Hagahot HaRema

Krakow 1580 Not Available Not Sold
11 Rabbi Yaakov ben Yitzhak Luzzatto

Rare: Sefer Kavanot HaAgadot (Kaftor v'Perach)---first edition from the author's lifetime,

Basel 1581 Not Available Not Sold
12 Shmuel ben Aderet

Yesod! First Edition of Torat Habayit Ha'aroch

Venice 1607 Not Available USD 500.00
13 Rabbeinu Yosef Samiga

Single Edition of Porat Yosef - Chidushim on the Rif and the Ran on the Sugyot of the Shas

Venice 1590 Not Available USD 625.00
14 Rabbi Moshe Alshich

Chavatzelet Hasharon - Commentary

Venice 1591 Not Available USD 687.50
15 Rabbi Shmuel Hagiz of Fes

Sefer Mevakesh Hashem

Venice 1596 Not Available Not Sold
16 the Geonim

Early and Rare Edition of Shut

Mantova 1597 Not Available USD 625.00
17 Rabbeinu Natan Ben Yechiel of Rome

One of the Treasures of the Basel printing House: Sefer HaAruch

Basel 1599 Not Available USD 437.50
18 Rabbi Shmuel Archevolti

First Edition of Sefer Arugay Habosem - a Gramar Book

Venice 1602 Not Available Not Sold
19 Rabbi Avraham ben Yechiel Rappaport

Single Edition of the Work Chavat Yair - Remazim and Gematria on the Bible

Venice 1628 Not Available Not Sold
20 the Rambam

Rare and Unique! Sefer Megillat Sefer with a Latin Translation - with an Addition of Letters by the Rambam and More

Basel 1629 Not Available Not Sold
21 Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena

Sefer Beit Lechem Yehuda -

Venice 1625 Not Available USD 375.00
22 Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena

Rare Sefer Yesod - Beit Yehuda

Venice 1635 Not Available USD 325.00
23 Rabbeinu Yaakov Baal HaTurim

Commentary on the Torah - Chidushim on Parashiyot HaTorah -

Venice 1544 Not Available Not Sold
24

Sefer Yesod with Important Signatures and Chassidic Approbations: the Baal Haturim Hashalem Commentary on the Torah - First Edition

Zholkva 1806 Not Available Not Sold
25

Yesod! A Unique Treasure - Mantova Bible with All the Magnificent Title Pages - with the First Edition of the Minchat Shai Commentary

Mantova 1742-1744 Not Available Not Sold
  • <b><center>DOYLE<BR>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>July 23, 2025</center></b> <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> WALL, BERNHARDT. <i>Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples.</i> Estimate $300-500 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. <i>The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909.</i> New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. <i>Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions.</i> San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000. <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. <i>Anna Karénina ... in eight parts.</i> New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> ROWLING, J.K. <i>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.</i> London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800
    DOYLE
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    July 23, 2025
    DOYLE, July 23: WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. Estimate $300-500
    DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
    DOYLE, July 23: [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800
    DOYLE, July 23: [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions. San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000.
    DOYLE, July 23: TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. Anna Karénina ... in eight parts. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600
    DOYLE, July 23: ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800
  • <center><b>Freeman’s | Hindman<br>Western Manuscripts and Miniatures<br>July 8, 2025</b></center> <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> FRANCESCO PETRARCH (b. Arezzo, 20 July 1304; d. Arqua Petrarca, 19 July 1374). $20,000-30,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE VITAE IMPERATORUM (active Milan, 1431-1459). $15,000-20,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> CIRCLE OF ATTAVANTE DEGLI ATTAVANTI (GABRIELLO DI VANTE) (active Florence, c. 1452-c. 1520/25). $15,000-20,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> FOLLOWER OF HERMAN SCHEERE (active London, c. 1405-1425). $15,000-20,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> An exceptionally rare, illuminated music leaf from a Mozarabic Antiphonal with sister leaves mostly in museum collections. $11,500-14,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> Exceptional leaf from a prestigious Antiphonary by a leading illuminator of the late Duecento. $11,500-14,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF MS REID 33 and SELWERD ABBEY SCRIPTORIUM (AGNES MARTINI?) (active The Netherlands, Groningen, c. 1468-1510). $10,000-15,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> Previously unknown illumination from one of the most renowned Gothic Choir Book sets of the Middle Ages. $6,000-8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman
    Western Manuscripts and Miniatures
    July 8, 2025
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. FRANCESCO PETRARCH (b. Arezzo, 20 July 1304; d. Arqua Petrarca, 19 July 1374). $20,000-30,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE VITAE IMPERATORUM (active Milan, 1431-1459). $15,000-20,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF ATTAVANTE DEGLI ATTAVANTI (GABRIELLO DI VANTE) (active Florence, c. 1452-c. 1520/25). $15,000-20,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. FOLLOWER OF HERMAN SCHEERE (active London, c. 1405-1425). $15,000-20,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. An exceptionally rare, illuminated music leaf from a Mozarabic Antiphonal with sister leaves mostly in museum collections. $11,500-14,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. Exceptional leaf from a prestigious Antiphonary by a leading illuminator of the late Duecento. $11,500-14,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF MS REID 33 and SELWERD ABBEY SCRIPTORIUM (AGNES MARTINI?) (active The Netherlands, Groningen, c. 1468-1510). $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. Previously unknown illumination from one of the most renowned Gothic Choir Book sets of the Middle Ages. $6,000-8,000.
  • <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper <br> 17th July 2025</center></b> <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Lucianus Samosatensis. <i>Dialogoi, editio princeps,</i> second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Boccaccio (Giovanni). <i>Il Decamerone,</i> Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Bible, English. <i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New,</i> Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Bond (Michael). <i>A Bear Called Paddington,</i> first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper <br> 17th July 2025</center></b> <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Yeats (William Butler). <i>The Secret Rose,</i> first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). <i>Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,</i> bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). <i>Fraternity,</i> one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. <i>De gli Elementi,</i> Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern<br>Now through July 10, 2025</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> Book of Hours by the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht, Use of Sarum, in Latin, Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c.1450. £20,000 to £30,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> Albert Einstein. Autograph letter signed, to Attilio Palatino, on his research into General Relativity, 12 May 1929. £12,000 to £18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> John Gould. <i>The Birds of Europe,</i> [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes, contemporary half morocco, subscriber’s copy. £40,000 to £60,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern<br>Now through July 10, 2025</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> Ian Fleming. A collection of James Bond first editions, 8 volumes in all. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> J.K. Rowling. <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1997, first edition, hardback issue. £50,000 to £70,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> J.R.R. Tolkien. Autograph letter signed, to Amy Ronald, on Pauline Baynes's map of Middle Earth, 1970. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
    Now through July 10, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Book of Hours by the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht, Use of Sarum, in Latin, Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c.1450. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Albert Einstein. Autograph letter signed, to Attilio Palatino, on his research into General Relativity, 12 May 1929. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: John Gould. The Birds of Europe, [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes, contemporary half morocco, subscriber’s copy. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
    Now through July 10, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Ian Fleming. A collection of James Bond first editions, 8 volumes in all. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: J.R.R. Tolkien. Autograph letter signed, to Amy Ronald, on Pauline Baynes's map of Middle Earth, 1970. £7,000 to £10,000.
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