Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Part I: The Solomon David Schloss Collection / Part II: Rare and Important Items, 97, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 08, 2024 - May 08, 2024
Page Size: 98 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
96

Letter from Rabbi Eliyahu Chaim Meisel, Rabbi of Lodz -- With Short Torah Responsum

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
97

Interesting, Lengthy Letter from the Rogatchover, Rabbi Yosef Rosen -- Shanah Tovah Blessing and Torah Thoughts

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
98

Letter of Blessings and Thanks from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz -- Kamenets, Tishrei 1932 -- "May God Grant You Long Life Full of Satisfaction, And Bless Your Business with All Blessings and Success..."

Kamenets 1932 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,875.00
99

Receipt from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz's Trip to the United States -- Brooklyn, Cheshvan 1928

Brooklyn 1928 USD 2,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,250.00
100

Two Letters from Rabbi Shmuel David HaLevi Ungar -- Trnava, 1930 / Nitra, 1937

Trnava 1930 / 1937 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,500.00
101

Eighteen Letters from Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl -- Trnava, Nitra, Vienna and Elsewhere -- 1930-1934

Trnava, Nitra, Vienna and Elsewhere 1930-1934 USD 10,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 18,750.00
102

Abudarham -- Lisbon, 1489 -- Incunabulum -- First Edition -- Second Book Printed in Lisbon

Lisbon 1489 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 37,500.00
103

Rabbenu Bachya on the Torah -- Naples, 1492 -- Incunabulum -- First Edition -- Frames Illustrated with Fine Woodcuts -- Handwritten Glosses

Naples 1492 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,000.00
104

Hasagot HaRamban on Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam -- Constantinople, 1510 -- First Edition -- First Printed Halachic Work of the Ramban

Constantinople 1510 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 31,250.00
105

Pirkei Rabbi Eliezer -- Constantinople, 1514 -- First Edition -- Copy of the Rothschild Collection, in Elaborate Binding

Constantinople 1514 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 75,000.00
106

Rashi Commentary on the Torah and Five Megillot -- Venice, 1522 -- Printed by Daniel Bomberg -- Exceptionally Rare Edition -- Early Handwritten Inscriptions, Including Sworn Commitment to Refrain from Gambling

Venice 1522 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 75,000.00
107

Itinerary of Rabbi Binyamin of Tudela -- Constantinople, 1543 -- First Edition -- Highly Important Jewish Travelogue

Constantinople 1543 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 106,250.00
108

Hanhagat HaChaim -- First Book Printed in Ladino -- Thessaloniki, 1564

Thessaloniki 1564 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,250.00
109

Sermon of Maharal of Prague for Shabbat HaGadol -- Prague, 1589 -- Rare First Edition

Prague 1589 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,500.00
110

Sefer Minhagim -- Venice, 1593 -- First Illustrated Edition, with the Famous, Frequently Reproduced Illustrations of Customs -- Exceptionally Rare

Venice 1593 USD 120,000.00 - 160,000.00 USD 100,000.00
111

Year-Round Ashkenazi Rite Siddur -- Venice, 1587 -- Exceptionally Rare Edition -- Fine Copy

Venice 1587 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 23,750.00
112

Ashkenazi-Rite Machzor, Part II -- Venice, 1600 -- Hundreds of Glosses (Book-Length) Handwritten by Rabbi Avraham Segre, Rabbi of Casale Monferrato -- Commentaries, Critiques, Emendations and Prayer Practices

Venice 1600 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,500.00
113

Siddur for Festivals -- Venice, 1603 -- Only Extant Copy

Venice 1603 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 18,750.00
114

Year-Round Roman Rite Siddur -- Venice, 1616 -- Only Extant Copy

Venice 1616 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 20,000.00
115

"Portae Lucis" -- Rabbi Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla -- Augsburg, 1516 -- First "Ilan Sefirot" to Appear in Print -- Copy Painted and Decorated by Hand

Augsburg 1516 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 12,500.00
116

Rabbi Jacob Judah Leon (Templo) -- Rare Edition of Two of his Works: Solomon's Temple and the Structure of the Tabernacle -- Large, Hand-Painted Gilt Engravings -- Amsterdam, 1669

Amsterdam 1669 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 23,750.00
117

"Las Excelencias de los Hebreos" by Isaac Cardoso, a Descendant of Marranos from Portugal -- Amsterdam, 1679 -- First Edition

Amsterdam 1679 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,375.00
118

"Letters to the Jews" -- Book in Defence of Judaism -- New York, 1794 -- Among the Earliest Jewish Books to be Published in the United States

New York 1794 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,250.00
119

Pietro Della Valle -- Memorial Book Dedicated to his Wife, Sitti Maani, 1627 / Book about the Persian Shah, 1628 -- Engraved Portrait of Sitti Maani after Jan Lucasz. van Hasselt

1627 / 1628 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,000.00
120

Lord Byron -- Hebrew Melodies, London, 1823 -- Copy with a Fore-Edge Painted Panorama of Jerusalem

London 1823 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
  • ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.
    ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.
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