Swann Galleries: HEBRAICA & JUDAICA See Selective Subject Index BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING EARLY PRINTED BOOKS FROM THE ADOLPH LEWISOHN COLLECTION, 1630,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 24, 1993 - June 24, 1993

Page Size: 359 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
199	URIS, LEON	Exodus.	New York	1958	USD 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
200	Frankel, A. H. Lo Tirtzah	VEGETARIANISM. Yiddish text, unpointed. Four pamphlets of the series bound together.	New York	1899	USD 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
201	VITAL, HAYYIM B. JOSEPH. Ez Hayyim	MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER, 196 leaves, 224 x 155 mm, 29 lines per page.	Palestine	early 19th century	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
202	WEBER, MORDECHAI ELIEZER. Milhemet Hovah	Title within typographic border.	Jerusalem	1885	USD 100.00 - 200.00	66.00
203	Leiter, W.	WOMEN. Die Stelluns Der Frau Im Talmud. German text with Hebrew.	Amsterdam	1819	USD 80.00 - 120.00	99.00
204	Jacob b.	WOMEN'S LITERATURE. Isaac of Janow. Tzenah Ur'enah. Bible studies in Yiddish, printed in Tsur typography. Title within typographic border. Illustrated.	Sulzbach	1789	USD 80.00 - 120.00	66.00
205		WOMEN'S LITURGY. Zeh Seder Birkat HaMazon Ve'Birkhat HaNehenin Ve'Sefirat HaOmer Im Tikkun Kriyat Shema Al HaMitah Natati B'Matanah LeHakalah ... Pesseleh ... Ani Hakotev Kampel ben Kvod Harav Zissel Kronich [This is the Order of the Grace After Meals and	Bohemia-Moravia	18th century	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,320.00
206		POLISH BRASS FIVE LIGHT SABBATH CANDELABRA.		Mid-19th century	USD 350.00 - 550.00	385.00
207		POLISH BRASS SEVEN LIGHT SABBATH CANDELABRA.		19th century	USD 350.00 - 550.00	Not Sold
208		PALESTINIAN SILVER COMBINATION HANNUKIAH AND SABBATH LAMP, BY BEZALEL.		1930s	USD 300.00 - 500.00	660.00
209		SILVER SPICE TOWER.	Possibly American	early 20th century	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
210		GERMAN SILVER SPICE TOWER.		Late 19th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	302.00
211		SIX-SIDED STERLING SILVER SPICE TOWER.	Possibly American	early 20th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	302.00
212	Barbara W. Stanger	BRASS, COPPER AND SILVER SPICE TOWER.	American	1980s	USD 250.00 - 350.00	302.00
213		CONTINENTAL SILVER BIRD FORM SPICE CONTAINER.		Late 19th century	USD 400.00 - 600.00	715.00
214		PEWTER AND GLASS TRIANGULAR SPICE CONTAINER.	Probably American	20th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
215		NEAR EASTERN PARCEL GILT- AND SILVERED-METAL DOUBLE POMEGRANATE-FORM SPICE CONTAINER.	Turkish or Balkan	early 19th century	USD 300.00 - 500.00	605.00
216		MIDDLE EASTERN SILVERED POMEGRANATE-FORM SPICE CONTAINER.		20th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
217		IMPORTANT AMERICAN GOLD AND SILVER DOUBLE SIDED PENDANT ON A CHAIN.	New York	late 1950s	USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00	18,700.00
218		PAIR OF IMPORTANT AMERICAN SILVER SABBATH AND FESTIVAL CANDLESTICKS.	New York	1959	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	77,000.00
219		FINE AMERICAN SILVER KIDDUSH AND HAVDALAH GOBLET.	New York	late 1950s	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	9,350.00
219A		AMERICAN SILVER MEZUZAH.	New York	late 1950s	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	13,200.00
220		FINE AMERICAN SILVER SPICE TOWER.	New York	late 1950s	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	17,600.00
221		SILVER BROOCH.	New York	1950s	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,650.00
222		OVAL SILVER PIN.	Warsaw	1930	USD 500.00 - 700.00	880.00
223	CATRIEL	FINE EBONY AND SILVER MEZUZAH, BY CATRIEL.	Swann Galleries Auction Sale Number 1630, June 24, 1993. Jerusalem	1993	USD 400.00 - 600.00	770.00
224		LARGE CONTINENTAL SILVER PLATTER.		1900	USD 500.00 - 750.00	550.00
225		FINE PORCELAIN PASSOVER SEDER PLATE BY HEREND.	Hungary	1992	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	3,300.00
226		CONTINENTAL FAIENCE PASSOVER PLATE.	Probably German	18th century	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
227		CONTINENTAL PEWTER PASSOVER SEDER PLATE.	Probably German	19th century	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
228		TEPPER CERAMIC PASSOVER SEDER PLATE.	London, England	early 20th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	143.00
229		JERUSALEM STONE AND OLIVEWOOD MASONIC SYMBOLIC TOOL SET.	Palestine	1900	USD 200.00 - 300.00	220.00
230		PALESTINIAN WALL CARPET.		Early 20th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	302.00
231	Notila	TWO ITALIAN TO RAH BINDERS.			USD 350.00 - 550.00	440.00
232		GERMAN TORAH BINDER.		Dated 1862	USD 150.00 - 250.00	330.00
233		CONTINENTAL EMBROIDERED HALLAH COVER.	Early 20th century		USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
234	Mendel Friedman	PALESTINIAN PRINTED HALLAH COVER FOR SABBATH AND FESTIVALS.	Jerusalem	1900	USD 150.00 - 250.00	220.00
235		CONTINENTAL EMBROIDERED ATARAH.		Late 19th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	220.00
236		CONTINENTAL SILVER ATARAH.	Possibly German	late 19th century.	USD 150.00 - 250.00	440.00
237		POLISH SILVER THREADED SKULL CAP.		early 20th century	USD 100.00 - 200.00	165.00
238		CONTINENTAL COMMEMORATIVE MONTEFIORE TEXTILE.		1875	USD 80.00 - 120.00	357.00
239		COLOR PICTORIAL TIN CHARITY BOX.	Israel	1940s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
240		PALESTINIAN OLIVEWOOD TRAVELING CANDLESTICKS AND WINE GOBLET.		1930s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	192.00
241	Boris Schatz	BRASS BEZALEL WALL PLAQUE.	Palestine	1930s	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,870.00
242		THREE PALESTINIAN SILVER PLAQUES BY BEZALEL.	Jerusalem	1930s	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
243		AMERICAN CERAMIC ADVERTISEMENT ASHTRAY FOR LEVY'S REAL JEWISH RYE BREAD.		1970s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	715.00
244		AMERICAN POLITICAL AND JEWISH CAMPAIGN BUTTONS.		20th century	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
245		ADVERTISEMENT.	Palestine	1930s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	275.00
246		ADVERTISEMENTS.	Israel	1950s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	192.00
247		ADVERTISEMENTS.	Palestine	1950s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	154.00
248	Joseph Haim Sonnenfeld	AGUDAT ISRAEL.	Palestine and Israel	1944-58	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
249	ALEICHEM, SHALOM. Berkowitz, Y. D.	Das Shalom Aleichem Bukh. Published on the 10th anniversary of the passing of Shalom Aleichem. Illustrated. Yiddish text.	New York	1926	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
250	Greene, I.	AMERICAN JUDAICA.	Bronx, N.Y.	1940s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	165.00
251	L'Shanah Tovah Shipskaart	AMERICAN JUDAICA.	Germany	1920s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
252		AMULET.	Jerusalem	1874	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
253	Eliezer of Gromizer and the Vilna Gaon	AMULET.	Russia	1867	USD 150.00 - 250.00	302.00
254		AMULET.	Djerba (Tunis)	1930	USD 100.00 - 150.00	192.00
255	Lebegue	ANTI-SEMITIC CARICATURES.	France	20th century	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
256	AARONSON. Mark Chagall	ART. Yiddish text by B. Barukh. Illustrations, one in color.	Berlin	1922, 1924	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
257		BEZALEL MIZRAH PRINT.	Jerusalem	1916	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
258		BROADSIDE.	Jerusalem	1860	USD 300.00 - 400.00	302.00
259	Aloof Bait fir Kinder	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. 3 volumes. Three printings of the same book with slight variations in each. Hebrew text.	Oradea (Hungary)	1938	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
260	Byygal, M. A.	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.	Frankfurt am Main	1922	USD 100.00 - 150.00	192.00
261	Cohen, A. Z. Hapishta. Hinitish, A. H. Yirahmiel Hashoteh	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. 2 volumes from the Shibalim series of illustrated books for children and youth. Hebrew text, pointed.	Warsaw	19th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	220.00
262	Grimm Brothers	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. Kipa Aduma [Little Red Riding Hood]; and Arba'ah Banim [The Four Sons]. Adapted for children by A. Bin Nun. Illustrated by Tsvi Livni.	Tel Aviv	1950	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
263		CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. Group of 4 American illustrated children's primers.	U.S.A.	early 20th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
264		CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. Group of 4 illustrated children's books with stories and themes concerning life and travel in Israel. 2 Hebrew text, 2 English text.	Tel Aviv and U.S.A.	1950s-60s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
265		CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. Group of 6 volumes in Hebrew, all illustrated.	New York, Warsaw, Tel Aviv	1920s-30s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	99.00
266		CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. Lehem Le'fi Ha'Taf. Sefer Limud Raishit Da'at Sfat Ever. Illustrations throughout, a few in color.	Livorno	late 19th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
267	Mehler, Frieda	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. Feiertags-Marchen [Holiday Tales]. Illustrated by Dodo Burgner. German text.	Berlin	1937	USD 80.00 - 100.00	66.00
268		CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. Mendelshtam, Aryeh Leb. Aleph Bet. V'hu Sefer Hinukh N'arim. 2 volumes. Text in Hebrew, German and Weiberschrift.	Vilna	1849-50	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
269	Solis-Cohen Jr., Emily	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. David the Giant Killer and Other Tales of Grandma Lopez. With illustrations by Alfred Feinberg.	Philadelphia	1908	USD 400.00 - 600.00	302.00
270	Steinberg, Judah	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. The Breakfast of the Birds and Other Stories. With 4 color illustrations.	Philadelphia	1917	USD 300.00 - 500.00	220.00
271	Tomarov, M. and Hirsh. Shaharit. Helek Rishon and Helek Sheni	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. Together 2 volumes, one for each of the first 2 years of Hebrew study. Illustrated, and with tables and charts.	Boston	1918, 1920	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
272		CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. Two volumes from the Sifriah Gamliel series of handsome color illustrated children's books. Hebrew text: La'Sevivon.	Frankfurt am Main	1922	USD 300.00 - 500.00	412.00
273	Zilberman, Miriam	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.	Palestine	1947	USD 300.00 - 500.00	220.00
274	Yaakov Tzadek	CHILDREN'S GAME.	Israel	1950	USD 300.00 - 500.00	220.00
275		CHILDREN'S VIEW BOX.	Palestine	1920s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	154.00
276		CIGARETTE CARD ALBUM. Maspro Cigarette Company. Temunot L'divrei Yemei Yisrael. Images from Jewish history. 180 cards (17 lacking).	Tel Aviv	1930s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	247.00
277		DREYFUS AFFAIR.	France	27 September 1896, 16 July 1899	USD 300.00 - 400.00	412.00
278		ENGRAVING.	Delft	1698	USD 300.00 - 400.00	192.00
279	Abraham Friedberg	EPHEMERA/WEDDING.	Berlin	early 19th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
280	Shir HaShirim	FACSIMILE. Facsimile of the original illuminated manuscript written by Shabtai B. Yirahmiel Rubin. Hebrew text with decorated incipit letters and other decorative elements, with English translation.	Berlin	1924	USD 150.00 - 250.00	99.00
281	Min Haanavim, Benjamin	FACSIMILES. Sefer Massah Gei Hizayon. The Burden of the Valley of Vision. Facsimile of the first edition printed by Jacob Maurcaria in Riva di Trento in 1560. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. ONE OF 1000 COPIES * Das Lied der Lieder von Schelomo. Song of Songs. W	Israel, Germany	1985, 1965	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
282	Forst	FORST, SIEGMUND.	U.S.A.	1948	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
283	GASCARD, GASTON	Hand engraving of four rabbis at study.	Np	late 19th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	165.00
284	GUTMAN, NAHUM	Group of 6 volumes illustrated by Gutman, one Haggadah and 5 children's books.	Palestine and Israel	20th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	121.00
285	HEIDENHEIM, HANNS H. Holzschnitte Zur Bibel. Ijob	Twenty-three black-and-white plates with subjects identified in Hebrew in the plate.	Dusseldorf	1965-66	USD 150.00 - 250.00	275.00
286	Hole, William	ILLUSTRATED BOOK.	London	20th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	247.00
287	Tehillim	ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.	New York	1960, 1973	USD 200.00 - 300.00	302.00
288		ITALIAN JUDAICA.	Mantua	1785	USD 300.00 - 500.00	385.00
289	Benor-Kalter, J. Jerusalem	JERUSALEM VIEWS.	Palestine	1926	USD 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
290		KETUBAH.	Salmasa, Morocco	1926	USD 150.00 - 250.00	220.00
291	Ben-Gurion, D.; and Ben-Zvi	LAND OF ISRAEL. Y. Eretz Yisrael: In Pergangenhayt un Gegenvart. Illustrated. Yiddish.	New York	1908	USD 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
292	Jerusalem	LAND OF ISRAEL. Twenty-four Artistic Pictures in Heliogravure. Each image identified below in English, French and German.	Cairo	early 20th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	99.00
293	Preiss, Ludwig; and Rohrbach, Paul	LAND OF ISRAEL.	Stuttgart	1925	USD 150.00 - 250.00	110.00
294	Stone, I. F.	LAND OF ISRAEL. This is Israel. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Robert Capa, Tim Gidal, Jerry Cooke. With a foreword by Bartley C. Crum.	U.S.A.	1948	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
295	LICHTENSTEIN, ISAAC	A Jerusalem view.	Israel	20th century	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
296	LICHTENSTEIN, ISAAC	Watercolor and ink over pencil on paper of an ark framed within pillars, with opposing lions and the Tablets of the Law, with scrolling foliate motifs, signed in Hebrew by the artist.	Israel	20th century	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
297	LILIEN, E. M.	Two volumes illustrated by Lilien. Rosenfeld, Morris. Leider des Ghetto.	Berlin	nd, 1910	USD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold

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