Swann Galleries: HEBRAICA & JUDAICA BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, 1580,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 19, 1991 - December 19, 1991

Page Size: 354 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Isaac Herlesheim	AARON HALEVI OF BARCELONA (attributed to)	Venice	1600-01	USD 200.00 - 300.00	247.00
2	ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC	Pirush al Nevi'im Rishonim [exegesis to Former Prophets].	Hamburg	1686	USD 150.00 - 250.00	110.00
3	AGNON, SHAI SHMUEL YOSEF	Autograph Letter Signed, to the scholar Judah Bergmann (1874-1956); receipt of payment for article towards Festschriften (Vezot Leyehudah) for Chief Rabbi Judah Loeb Landau of South Africa.	Np	10th Nissan 1936	USD 100.00 - 150.00	55.00
4	ALMOSNINO, MOSES	Pirkei Moshe [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, with text].	Salonika	1563	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	715.00
5	ALTER, ABRAHAM (OF GER)	Autograph Postcard Addressed and Signed, regarding a prospective visit to a follower.	Warsaw	nd	USD 200.00 - 300.00	440.00
6	ALTMANN, NATHAN	Juedische Graphik. Text by Max Osborn.	Berlin	1923	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	935.00
7	Hirsch, Samuel	(AMERICAN JUDAICA.) Die Religionsphilosophie der Juden.	Leipzig	1842	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
8	Isaac Leeser	(AMERICAN JUDAICA.), The Occident and American Jewish Advocate.	Philadelphia	1843-50	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	1,650.00
9	J. Bien	(AMERICAN JUDAICA.), Origin of the Rites and Worship of the Hebrews.	New York	1859	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
10		(AMERICAN JUDAICA.), Minhag America.	Cincinnati	1872	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
11	Adler, Dr. Samuel	(AMERICAN JUDAICA.), Kovetz al Yad.	New York	1886	USD 80.00 - 120.00	55.00
12		(AMERICAN JUDAICA.), The Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Jews in the United States.	New York	1906	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
13	Adler, Rev. Dr. [Nathan Marcus]	(ANGLO-JUDAICA.)	London	1847	USD 200.00 - 300.00	385.00
14	Baer, Elvira	(ANTISEMITICA.)	Nuernberg	1936	USD 400.00 - 600.00	467.00
15	Guenee, Antoine	(ANTISEMITICA. PHILO-SEMITISM.)	Cincinnati	1845	USD 100.00 - 150.00	192.00
16	ARAMA, ISAAC	Akeidath Yitzchak [homilies on the Pentateuch].	Venice	1573	USD 300.00 - 500.00	440.00
17		(ARGENTINIAN JUDAICA).	Buenos Aires	1920	USD 200.00 - 300.00	330.00
19	(AUERBACH), PINCHAS BEN SHIMON ZE'EV	Halachah Berurah [commentary to Joseph Karo's Orach Chaim].	Wilhermsdorf	1717	USD 300.00 - 500.00	550.00
20		(AUTOGRAPH LETTERS.)	Vp		USD 500.00 - 700.00	935.00
21	AZULAI, CHAIM JOSEPH DAVID (CHYDA). Shiurei Berachah [Halachah]	Title within typographic border.	Salonika	1814	USD 150.00 - 200.00	143.00
22	BAMBERGER, SECKEL	Two Autograph Letters Signed, first requesting financial sponsorship in order to publish writings of his father (Simon Simchah Bamberger)		1922 and 1923	USD 100.00 - 150.00	192.00
23	BEN-YEHUDAH, ELIEZER	Autograph Letter Signed, to Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook requesting assistance in the translation of obscure words found in the Mishnaic Tractate of Mikva'oth.	Jerusalem	nd	USD 150.00 - 200.00	385.00
24	BEN-ZE'EV, JUDAH LEIB	Otzer Hasharoshim [Hebrew-German, German-Hebrew dictionary].	Vienna	1816	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
25	BEN-ZVI, ISAAC	Autograph Letter Signed to Zalman Shazar informing him of the closure of the Russian weekly Yevreyskiy Mir.	Jerusalem	20th Sivan 1911	USD 250.00 - 350.00	330.00
26	BERACHIAH BEN NATRONAI HANAKDAN	Mishlei Shualim---Die Fuchs-fabeln.	Berlin	1921	USD 100.00 - 150.00	330.00
27	Chamishah Chumshei Torah	(BIBLE.)	Antwerp	1573-74	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
28	(BIBLE. JEREMIAH.) Yirmiyah	Title within architectural arch.	Geneva	1617	USD 250.00 - 300.00	154.00
29		(BIBLE. PENTATEUCH, FIVE SCROLLS AND HAPHTAROTH.)	Hamburg	1663	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	990.00
30	Torah Nevi'im Ukethuvim	(BIBLE.)	Amsterdam	1700-05	USD 300.00 - 500.00	412.00
31	Shepher [sic] Tehilim	(BIBLE. PSALMS.)	Pisa	1816	USD 200.00 - 300.00	121.00
32	(BIBLE. PENTATEUCH.)	The Holy Bible in Hebrew.	London	1822	USD 500.00 - 700.00	935.00
33	La Bible. Mishlei. (Typophile edition)	(BIBLE. PROVERBS.)	Paris	1928	USD 150.00 - 200.00	88.00
34	Torah Nevi'im Ukethuvim---Die Heilige Schrift	(BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS.)	Stuttgart	1874	USD 500.00 - 750.00	495.00
35	Cockerell, Sydney C.	(BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS.),Old Testament Miniatures.	New York	1965	USD 100.00 - 150.00	132.00
36	Even Ozer [novellae to Seder Moed, Nashim and Nezikin]	(BIBLIOGRAPHY).	Zolkiew-Dyhernfurth	1776	USD 70.00 - 100.00	99.00
37	Modo'ah al Hadphasth Shas	(BIBLIOGRAPHY).	Warsaw	1858	USD 150.00 - 200.00	88.00
38	Greenstone, Julius Hillel	(BIBLIOGRAPHY).	Philadelphia	1907	USD 60.00 - 90.00	55.00
39	Hebraische Inkunabeln	(BIBLIOGRAPHY).	Leipzig	1913, 1475-1496	USD 70.00 - 100.00	110.00
40	Sassoon, David	(BIBLIOGRAPHY).	Oxford	1928	USD 100.00 - 150.00	330.00
41	Sassoon, David. Ohel Dawid	(BIBLIOGRAPHY).	London	1932	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	715.00
42	Herbert C. Zafren	(BIBLIOGRAPHY).	New York	1967	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
43		(BIBLIOGRAPHY).	Jerusalem	1936-47	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
44		(BINDING.) Machzor shel kol Hashanah [Festival prayers].	Venice	1742	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	4,620.00
45		(BINDING.), Machzor shel kol Hashanah [prayers for the entire year].	Venice	1772	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
46	Mordechai Morteira	(BINDING.) Seder Tephiloth [prayers].	Mantua	1866	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	1,320.00
47	Tephilath Yisrael---Gebete der Israeliten	(BINDING.)	Vienna	1871	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
48	Sephardic rite	(BINDING.), Machzor [Festival prayers].	Vienna	1890	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
49		(BINDING.), Machzor [Holiday prayers].	Vienna	1890	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
50	BIRNBAUM, MENACHEM	Chad Gadjo.	Berlin	1920	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,540.00
51		(BROADSIDES.)	Vp		USD 200.00 - 300.00	165.00
52	Luach Hashanah	(CALENDAR.)	Tarnapol	1814, 1815	USD 300.00 - 400.00	192.00
53	CARMI, JOSEPH YEDIDIAH	Kenaf Renanim [Kabbalistic prayers and poetry].	Venice	1626	USD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
54	Lewis, Thomas	(CEREMONIES.), Origines Hebraeae: The Antiquities of the Hebrew Republick.	Dublin and London	1725	USD 100.00 - 150.00	550.00
55	CHAGALL, MARC. Shtrom	Numbers 2-3 (of 5).	Moscow	1922	USD 250.00 - 300.00	165.00
56		CHAFETZ CHAIM, THE.		1888	USD 600.00 - 900.00	1,760.00
57	CHASSIDISM	(Isaac of Boyan.)	Np	nd	USD 300.00 - 500.00	192.00
58	(CHEVRA KADISHA.)	Antiquitates Judaicae Pragenses.	Prague	early 20th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	143.00
59	Giuoco	(CHILDREN'S GAME.)		16th March 1827	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	1,100.00
60		(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.)	Tel Aviv	1956	USD 100.00 - 150.00	143.00
61	CHWOLSON, D(ANIEL)	Achtzehn Hebraische Grabschriften aus der Krim.	St. Petersburg	1865	USD 200.00 - 300.00	165.00
62	(CUBA.) Aronowski, Eliezer	Cubaner Lieder.	Havana	1928	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
63	DANON, MEIR BENJAMIN MENACHEM	Be'er Basadeh [super-commentary to RaSHI on the Pentateuch and the comments thereon by Elijah Mizrachi].	Jerusalem	1846	USD 200.00 - 300.00	192.00
64	DEINARD, EPHRAIM	Group of 6 volumes.	Vp		USD 300.00 - 400.00	302.00
65	DEUTSCH, ELIEZER CHAIM OF BONYHAD	Autograph Letter Signed, con cerning Halachic matter.		1906	USD 300.00 - 400.00	192.00
66	EIBENSCHEUTZ, DAVID SOLOMON	Levushei Serad [commentary to Shulchan Aruch].	Mohilev	1812	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
67	EISENSTADTER, MEIR (MAHARAM ASH)	Autograph Letter Signed, matter of social concern to Rabbi Chaim Bezalel Panet of Toschnat.	Ungvar	before 1852 date undecipherable	USD 300.00 - 500.00	550.00
68	ELYASHAR, JACOB SAUL (YISA BERACHAH)	Autograph Letter Signed to Rabbi David Chai of Ancona regarding financial matter; CO-SIGNED BY SHALOM MOSES GAGIN.	Jerusalem	1873	USD 150.00 - 200.00	192.00
69	EMDEN, JACOB	Mitpachat Sepharim.	Altona	1768	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,540.00
70	EMDEN, JACOB	Moda'a Rabah Le'oraitha.	Altona	1769	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	1,210.00
71		(EPITHALAMIUMS.)	Jerusalem/Near East	late 19th-early 20th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	88.00
72	EPSTEIN, JACOB. Oyved, Moysheh	The Book of Affinity.	London	1933	USD 250.00 - 350.00	143.00
73	Zamenhof, Eliezer (Ludwik Lazar)	(ESPERANTO.)	Palestine	1930	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
74	ESTIENNE, ROBERT	Hebraea, Chaldaea, Graeca, et Latina Nomina Virorum . . .	Antwerp	1565	USD 600.00 - 900.00	440.00
75		(EX LIBRIS.)		20th century	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	605.00
76	EYBESCHEUTZ, JONATHAN	Ahavath Yonathan [homilies to the Haphtaroth and Book of Lamentations].	Hamburg	1765-66	USD 150.00 - 200.00	192.00
77	surgeon (Mohel) Moseh Henriquez	(FRENCH JUDAICA.)	Bordeaux	24th December 1766 and 21st January 1767	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
78	Heumann, G. Bath Yisrael---La Fille D'Israel, Recueil de Prieres pour la Femme Israelite	(FRENCH JUDAICA.)	Haguenau Alsace	1847	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
79	Imrei Lev	(FRENCH JUDAICA.)	Strasbourg	1848	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
80	Renan, Ernest	(FRENCH JUDAICA.)	Paris	1887-93	USD 200.00 - 300.00	121.00
81		(FRENCH JUDAICA.)	Paris	1917	USD 150.00 - 200.00	99.00
82	GROPPER, WILLIAM	56 Tzeichnungen fun Ratn-Farband.	Paris	1928	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
83	GUTMAN, NACHUM	The Palestine Disturbances, News and Telegrams in Illustra tions.	Warsaw	1929	USD 150.00 - 200.00	247.00
84	GUTMAN, NACHUM	Yetziat Mitzrayim [the Exodus Story].	Tel Aviv	1940	USD 150.00 - 250.00	110.00
85	Aschkenazi, Eliezer ben Elijah	(HAGADAH.)	Cracow	1584	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
86	Moses Shalit Katz	(HAGADAH.), Berith Mateh Moshe.	Berlin	1701	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
87	Seder Hagadah shel Pesach	(HAGADAH.)	Prague	1784	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	880.00
88	Hagadah shel Pesach	(HAGADAH.)	Offenbach	1795	USD 150.00 - 200.00	192.00
89	Hagadah shel Pesach	(HAGADAH.)	Vilna & Grodno	1836	USD 150.00 - 250.00	121.00
90	Seder Hagadah shel Pesach	(HAGADAH.)	Livomo	1847	USD 200.00 - 300.00	247.00
91		(HAGADAH.)	New York	1853	USD 500.00 - 700.00	302.00
92	Seder Hagadah shel Pesach, with Ladino translation	(HAGADAH.) Title within ornamen tal border; numerous historiated initial letters and woodcut illustrations, all delicately hand-colored including gilt.	Livorno	1867	USD 300.00 - 500.00	605.00
93	Moses Jacob and Aaron David Ialker	(HAGADAH.)	Poona	1874	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	2,200.00
94		(HAGADAH.),Ter Herinnering aan de Uittocht uit Egypte.		1941	USD 500.00 - 750.00	302.00
95	Hagadah shel Pesach	(HAGADAH.)	Poggia(?), Italy	1944 and 1945	USD 400.00 - 600.00	715.00
96	Hagadah Eretz-Yisraelit Lepesach	(HAGADAH.)	Tel Aviv	1946	USD 200.00 - 300.00	275.00
97		(HAGADAH.),Haggadah for Children.	New York, Givat Brenner	1952, 1956	USD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
98	Alex ander Scheiber	(HAGADAH.),The Kaufmann Haggadah (facsimile edition).	Budapest	1957	USD 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
99	Wengrov, Charles	(HAGADAH.), Haggadah and Woodcut.	New York	1964-67	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
100	Yerushalmi, Yosef Hayim	(HAGADAH.), Haggadah and History.	Philadelphia	1975	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
101		(HAGADAH.)	Vp	1954	USD 80.00 - 120.00	132.00

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

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