Swann Galleries: HEBRAICA & JUDAICA BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, 1580,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 19, 1991 - December 19, 1991
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | HAKOHEN, MESHULAM ZALMAN author of Bigdei Kehunah, Fuerth | Autograph Letter Signed to one Tevele Hirsch on Halachic matter concerning financial difficulties of a widow. | Np | 1806, 1807 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 467.00 |
| 103 | HALBERSTAM, SHALOM ELIEZER | Letter Signed to Solomon Joseph Sher, approbation for book. | Rotzford | nd |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 770.00 |
| 104 | (HEBRAICA.) | Vp | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,540.00 | ||
| 105 | (HEBRAICA. PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT EPHEMERA.) | Vp | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 357.00 | ||
| 106 | HEILPERN, RAPHAEL YOM-TOV LIPMANN | Shailoth Uteshuvoth Oneg Yom Tov [responsa]. | Vilna | 1880 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | HERZOG, ISAAC | Group of 5 Autograph Letters Signed all congratulating Rabbi Herzog upon his appointment to the Chief Rabbinate of Palestine in succession to Abraham Isaac Kook. | Vp | 1937 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 275.00 |
| 108 | HIRSCH, MAX MENKO, editor. | Frucht vom Baum des Lebens / Ozer Peroth Ez Chaim. | Berlin | 1936 i.e. 1937 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 143.00 |
| 109 | HIRSCH, SAMSON (BEN) RAPHAEL | Autograph Letter Signed to Rabbi of Nikolsburg enclosing his exegesis to the Book of Psalms. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 935.00 | ||
| 110 | (HOLOCAUST.) Detailed family, medical and work manuscript record kept by unnamed Jewish doctor. | Lundenburg Breclav, Czechoslovakia | 1944-45 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 715.00 | |
| 111 | Gershon Taffet | (HOLOCAUST.) Zaglada Zydostwa Polskiego---Extermination of Polish Jews. | Lodz | 1945 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 467.00 |
| 112 | HOROWITZ, PINCHAS HALEVI | Sepher Kethubah. | Offenbach | 1787 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 220.00 |
| 113 | Joseph ben Gorion | (INDIAN JUDAICA.) | Calcutta | 1841 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 192.00 |
| 114 | (INDIAN JUDAICA.) Entertainment Given at Bombay to Lord Elphinstone. | Bombay | 1859 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,200.00 | |
| 115 | Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurker | (INDIAN JUDAICA). Selichoth---The Jewish Propitiatory Prayer: Or A Prayer for the Forgiveness of Sins. | Bombay | 1859 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 88.00 |
| 116 | Suchri, Jacob | (INDIAN JUDAICA.) | Calcutta | 1882 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 88.00 |
| 117 | (INDIAN JUDAICA.) Seder Techinoth Ya'akov Veseder Vidui Hagadol [supplicatory, confessional and other prayers]. | Bombay | 1907 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 118 | ISRAEL BEN SAMUEL OF SCHKLOW | Pe'ath Hashulchan [laws and customs relating to the Holy Land]. | Safed | 1836 |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 119 | (ITALIAN JUDAICA.) Shir She'omrim Betephilath Arvith Veshacharith . . . | Padua | 10th Sivan 1797 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 121.00 | |
| 120 | (ITALIAN JUDAICA.) | Urbino | nd 1814 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 550.00 | |
| 121 | (ITALIAN JUDAICA.) | Urbino | September 1815 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 110.00 | |
| 122 | (ITALIAN JUDAICA.) | Torino | 20 June 1827 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 110.00 | |
| 123 | (ITALIAN JUDAICA.),Classroom Wall Chart. | Livorno | 1846 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,045.00 | |
| 124 | Morpurgo, A. V.; and Luzzatto, A., editors | (ITALIAN JUDAICA.) | Trieste | 1855 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 121.00 |
| 125 | Rev. M. N. Nathan and Lewis Ashenheim | (JAMAICAN JUDAICA.) Bikurei Hayam---The First Fruits of the West ... | Kingston | 1844 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 192.00 |
| 126 | (JERUSALEM IMPRINT.) Kamea Ushemirah [talisman for mother and child and against all evil]. | Jerusalem | 1874 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 247.00 | |
| 127 | Franco, Rachamin Joseph | (JERUSALEM IMPRINT.) | Jerusalem | 1881 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 128 | Kol Meihechal | (JERUSALEM IMPRINT.) | Jerusalem | 3rd Cheshvan 1888 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 330.00 |
| 129 | Salomon, Joel Moses | (JERUSALEM IMPRINT.) | Jerusalem | 13th Cheshvan 1898 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 330.00 |
| 130 | (JERUSALEM IMPRINTS.) | Jerusalem | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | 192.00 | ||
| 131 | Aronson, Boris | (JEWISH ART.) | Berlin | 1924 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 825.00 |
| 132 | Barnett, R. D. | (JEWISH ART.) | Hertford | 1974 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 715.00 |
| 133 | George Stenne | (JEWISH ART.) | Poissy | 1878 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 605.00 |
| 134 | RIMON | (JEWISH ART.), Italian Ketubbot. | Berlin | 1922-24 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 135 | ROTH, CECIL (editor), CUSIN, SILVIO, COLORNI, V. (et al). | (JEWISH ART.), Jewish Art.,Art in the Jewish Tradition. | Vp,Tel Aviv, Milan,Milan | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 275.00 | |
| 136 | WISCHNITZER-BERNSTEIN, RAHEL, PINKERFELD, YAAKOV., STADTISCHE KUNSTHALLE RECKLINGHAUSEN, DAVIDOVITCH, DAVID | (JEWISH ART.), Gestalten und Symbole der Judischen Kunst., The Synagogues of Italy.,Synagoga (Exhibition Catalogue), Wall-Paintings of Synagogues in Poland. | Vp, Berlin, Jerusalem, Jerusalem | 1935, 1954,1960, 1968 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 110.00 |
| 137 | Poppers, Meir | (KABBALAH.) | Warsaw | 1864 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 522.00 |
| 138 | Joseph Solomon Lutzki | (KARAITICA.), Aaron ben Joseph the Physician. | Goslow, Evpatoria | 1835 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 139 | Hadassi, Judah ben Elijah (Ha'avel) | (KARAITICA.) | Goslow, Evpatoria | 1836 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 440.00 |
| 140 | (KARAITICA.) | Cairo | 1946 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 192.00 | |
| 141 | KARO, JOSEPH | Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law]. | Amsterdam | 1697-98 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 330.00 |
| 142 | (KETHUBAH.) | Tunis | 1890 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 715.00 | |
| 143 | (KETHUBAH.) | Vp | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 990.00 | ||
| 144 | KROCHMAL, NACHMAN [ReNaK] | Moreh Nevuchei Hazeman. | Lemberg | 1851 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 220.00 |
| 145 | Asa, Abraham | (LADINO LITERATURE.) | Constantinople | 1749 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 275.00 |
| 146 | Zemlinsky, Adolf von | (LADINO LITERATURE.) | Vienna | 1888 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 121.00 |
| 147 | (LAND OF ISRAEL.) ATLAS OF ISRAEL. | Jerusalem | 1956 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 110.00 | |
| 148 | KAHANE, MOSES NEHEMIAH | (LAND OF ISRAEL.) | Odessa | 1867 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 110.00 |
| 149 | RICHIETTI, JOSEPH SHALLIT | (LAND OF ISRAEL.) | Mantua | 1676 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 440.00 |
| 150 | SHARNOPOLSKY, s. | (LAND OF ISRAEL.) | Tel Aviv | 1930 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 66.00 |
| 151 | (LAND OF ISRAEL.) | Jerusalem and Tiberias | late 19th-early 20th century |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 330.00 | |
| 152 | LAZARUS, EMMA | Songs of a Semite. | New York | 1882 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 247.00 |
| 153 | LEVIN, YITZCHAK MEIR | Autograph Letter Signed, to Aharon (Harry) Goodman of London regarding immigration certificates (presumably to Eretz Israel). | Warsaw | 28th Elul 1933 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 154.00 |
| 154 | Achiyah Shiloni, Hachozeh | [LEVISOHN, ISAAC BER.] | Leipzig | 1864 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 155 | LEVISOHN, DOCTOR MORDECHAI GUMPEL GEORGE | Shlosh-Esrei Yesodei Hatorah [on Maimonides]. | Altona | 1792 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 143.00 |
| 156 | Erich Hancke | LIEBERMANN, MAX: Sein Leben und seine Werke. | Berlin | 1923 |
Not Available | 110.00 |
| 157 | LISSITZKY, EL: Life, Letters, Texts | By Sophie Lissitzky-Kueppers. Revised edition. | London | 1980 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 158 | (LIVORNO IMPRINTS.) [Prayers.] | Livorno | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 385.00 | ||
| 159 | LURIA, SOLOMON (MaHaRSHL) | Atereth Shlomo [commentary to Isaac Dueren's Shaarei Dura]. | Basle | 1599 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 770.00 |
| 160 | Arbah Turim | (MANUSCRIPT.) | 14th/15th century |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 467.00 | |
| 161 | Bonfils, Immanuel ben Isaac, Ba'al Kenaphaim | (MANUSCRIPT.) | Italy | 3rd Av, 1509 |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 8,800.00 |
| 162 | Rieti, Moses ben Isaac da | (MANUSCRIPT.) | Italy | 16th century |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 357.00 |
| 163 | Tichlal | (MANUSCRIPT.) | Yemen | 1664 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 164 | (MANUSCRIPT.), Supplicatory prayer. | Padua | 1720 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 165 | (MANUSCRIPT.),Sepher Seder Haselichoth. According to the rite of Castile. | Turkish(?) | 1788 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 1,760.00 | |
| 166 | (MANUSCRIPT.), Seder Birchath Hamazon ... | Europe | 18th century |
USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 167 | (MANUSCRIPT.),Sabbath and Festival prayers before the Ark (prior to Torah-Reading). | German/Polish | 18th century |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 168 | (MANUSCRIPT.), Tephilath Hanashim [prayers for women]. | Italy | 18th century |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 715.00 | |
| 169 | (MANUSCRIPT.),Sepher Hazkaroth Neshamoth. | Schtamppen | 1800s |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 550.00 | |
| 170 | (MANUSCRIPT.),Minchath Todah Ulemizkereth Ahavah. | Hungary | 1850 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 605.00 | |
| 171 | MASECHTA AVOTH [Ethics of the Fathers] | With commentary of the Bartenura. | Frankfurt a/Main | 1713 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 88.00 |
| 172 | Hoffmann, Tassilo | (MEDALISTS.) | Frankfurt a/Main | 1927 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 220.00 |
| 173 | Zahalon, Jacob ben Isaac | (MEDICINE.) | Venice | 1683 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,100.00 |
| 174 | Gordon, David | (MEDICINE.) | Lyck | 1870 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 132.00 |
| 175 | MEGILATH ESTHER | [Scroll of Esther.] | Ancona | early 20th century |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 176 | MEGILATH ESTHER | The Kaniel Megillah. | Graz | 1984 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 440.00 |
| 177 | MEGILATH ESTHER | [Scroll of Esther]. | USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 550.00 | ||
| 178 | MEGILATH ESTHER | Printed Esther scroll on paper, each column framed by the wonderfully inventive line drawings of OTTO GEISMAR | Berlin | 1936 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 660.00 |
| 179 | Levi, Avigdor | (MEXICAN JUDAICA.) | Mexico City | 1952 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 165.00 |
| 180 | Menachem M. Scholtz | (MINIATURE BOOK.) | Warsaw | 1875 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 467.00 |
| 181 | MONTEFIORE, MOSES | Printed Letter (with Manuscript additions) Signed by LOUIS LOEWE (Eliezer Halevi) over printed Montefiore signature, to Chief Rabbis Samuel Salant and Raphael Meir Panzil. | 1886 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 247.00 | |
| 182 | MOSES OF COUCY. | Venice | 1547 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 660.00 | |
| 183 | MUENSTER, SEBASTIAN | Chachmath Hamazaloth . . . Kalendarium Hebrai- cum. | Basle | 1527 |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 4,620.00 |
| 184 | NATHANSON, JOSEPH SAUL | Autograph Letter Signed, Halachic matter to Jacob Solomon Halperin, President of the Beth Din of Przemyslany. | 5th day of the weekly Torah portion of Beshalach, 1864 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 605.00 | |
| 185 | OTTOLENGHI, SAMUEL DAVID | Meil Shmuel [abridgment of, and index to, Isaiah Horowitz's Shnei Luchoth Habrith]. | Venice | 1705 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 55.00 |
| 186 | Beigel, M. A. | (PAPER-CUTTING.) | Frankfurt a/Main | 1922 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 99.00 |
| 187 | PARODY., Dick, Isaac Meir | Masechta Aniyut [Tractate of Poverty] * Solomon Bloch Halevi. Masechta Purim [Tractate of Purim]. | Vilna,Vienna | 1878 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 110.00 |
| 188 | (PRAYERS.) [Machzor mikol Hashanah . . . ] | Sabbioneta, Cremona | 1556, 1560 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,650.00 | |
| 189 | (PRAYERS.), Seder Selichoth mikol Hashanah [penitential prayers for the entire year]. | Amsterdam | 1712 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 190 | (PRAYERS.), Seder Chamishah Ta'aniyoth [for the Five Fasts]. | Amsterdam | 1726 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 165.00 | |
| 191 | (PRAYERS.), Seder Selichoth mikol Hashanah [penitential prayers]. | Karlsruhe | 1798 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 99.00 | |
| 192 | (PRAYERS.), Selichoth Mikol Hashanah [penitential prayers for the year]. | Metz | 1822 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 193 | (PRAYERS.), Sidur Saphah Berurah. | Roedelheim | 1826, 1829 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 440.00 | |
| 194 | (PRAYERS.), Seder Tikun Leil Shavuoth Vehoshanah Raba [vigil for Holidays]. | Slawuta | 1827 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 275.00 | |
| 195 | (PRAYERS.), Beith Tephilah Le'Italiani [collected prayers]. | Livorno | 1837 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 196 | (PRAYERS.), Sepher Minchah Ve'arvith [incidental prayers]. | Livorno | 1851 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 197 | (PRAYERS.) | Vp | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 192.00 | ||
| 198 | RABAN, ZE'EV. Aleph-Bet | Verses by Levin Kipniss. | Berlin | 1923 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 247.00 |
| 199 | RABAN, ZE'EV | Shir Hashirim---The Song of Songs. | Jerusalem | 1930 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 715.00 |
| 200 | RABAN, ZE'EV; and GUR-ARIE, MEIR. Sargorodoska, Dr. P.; and Haefetz, Mina, editors | Aleph [collected nursery rhymes and stories for Festivals and throughout the year]. | Jerusalem | 1930 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,320.00 |
| 201 | RABAN, ZE'EV; and GUR-ARIE, MEIR. Sargorodoska, Dr. P.; and Haefetz, Mina, editors | Aleph. Second edition. | Tel Aviv | 1944 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
