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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