Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Jewish Ceremonial Art and Photographs, 60, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025
Page Size: 378 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201

Collection of Booklets -- Prayer Services for the Installation Ceremonies of the Chief Rabbis of Great Britain -- London, 20th Century

London 20th Century Not Available USD 350.00
202

Two Responsa Booklets by Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky -- World War II -- London, 1940 / 1944 -- Divorce from Husband Suffering from Depression / Woman whose Husband was Killed in War at Sea

London 1940 / 1944 Not Available USD 137.50
203

Collection of Books Printed in the United States -- Chassidic and Homiletic Books -- Ca. 1906-1944

Ca. 1906-1944 Not Available USD 187.50
204

Statutes of the Ashkenazic Chevra Kadisha -- Amsterdam, 1776

Amsterdam 1776 Not Available USD 812.50
205

Two Prayer Booklets -- Amsterdam, 1755 -- After Lisbon Earthquake -- Portuguese Community in Amsterdam

Amsterdam 1755 Not Available USD 525.00
206

Order of Study for Night of Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba -- Spanish -- Amsterdam, 1734 -- Printed for Descendants of Marranos

Amsterdam 1734 Not Available USD 400.00
207

Shir HaShirim and Pirkei Avot, With Ladino and Spanish Translation -- Amsterdam, 1766

Amsterdam 1766 Not Available USD 300.00
208

Shir HaShirim and Pirkei Avot -- French Translation by Rabbi Mardochee Venture -- Nice, 1774 -- Early Leather Binding

Nice 1774 Not Available USD 237.50
209

Bikurei Chinuch -- Textbook for Teaching Hebrew and Fundamentals of Judaism -- Amsterdam, 1809 -- Hebrew and Dutch

Amsterdam 1809 Not Available USD 100.00
210

Sermao Heroico -- Amsterdam, 1809 -- Portuguese Sermon by Rabbi Daniel Cohen d'Azevedo-- Includes Part with Dutch Translation

Amsterdam 1809 Not Available USD 250.00
211

Two Prayer Books for Jewish Soldiers in the French Army in the World Wars -- Paris 1915 / 1939

Paris 1915 / 1939 Not Available USD 475.00
212

Three Talmudic Tractates Printed During the Holocaust -- Budapest-Miskolc, 1941 -- Decorated Title Pages

Budapest-Miskolc 1941 Not Available USD 1,375.00
213

Divrei Yitzchak -- Oradea, 1943 -- First Book of the Minchat Yitzchak, Printed during the Holocaust

Oradea 1943 Not Available USD 125.00
214

Machaneh Avraham -- Munkacs, 1943 -- Original Elaborate Leather Binding with Gilt Dedication from Author Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Unger Who Perished in the Holocaust

Munkacs 1943 Not Available USD 625.00
215

Tractate Nedarim -- Munich, 1946 -- First Post-Holocaust Printing of the Talmud

Munich 1946 Not Available USD 162.50
216

Tehillim -- Vaad Hatzalah -- Munich, 1947 -- Rare Edition -- Pocket Format

Munich 1947 Not Available USD 187.50
217

Collection of Passover Haggadot -- Printed for Holocaust Survivors and American Soldiers

Not Available USD 550.00
218

Five Passover Haggadot -- Printed for She'erit HaPletah in Germany -- Fohrenwald, Ca. 1946

Printed for She'erit HaPletah in Germany Fohrenwald Ca. 1946 Not Available USD 1,375.00
219

Pictorial Review -- Rescue Committee (Vaad Hatzala) in the Displaced Persons Camps, Germany, 1948 -- Handwritten Dedication by R. Nathan Baruch, Head of Vaad Hatzala

Handwritten Dedication by R. Nathan Baruch Head of Vaad Hatzala Not Available USD 350.00
220

Collection of Letters from Students of Novardok and Mir Yeshivas in Exile in Shanghai -- 1945-1946

1945-1946 Not Available USD 525.00
221

Collection of Letters -- Rescue and Immigration to Israel of Novardok Yeshiva Students -- Europe and Eretz Israel, 1940-1956

Europe and Eretz Israel 1940-1956 Not Available USD 400.00
222

Fragment of Manuscript -- Spain, 15th Century

Spain 15th Century Not Available USD 450.00
223

Manuscript, Sermon for Inauguration of Torah School -- Jerusalem, 1851

Jerusalem 1851 Not Available USD 400.00
224

Manuscript -- Divrei Eliyahu, Sermons -- Jerusalem, 19th/20th Century

Jerusalem 19th/20th Century Not Available USD 1,500.00
225

Manuscript, Sermons of Rabbi Shimon Aharon Pesach -- Larissa (Greece), 1864-1866

Larissa (Greece) 1864-1866 Not Available USD 1,000.00
  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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