Kestenbaum and Company: Rare Hebrew Books, from the Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul. Part II., 113, Brooklyn

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Auction Date
September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025
Page Size: 199 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26

Chamishah Chumshei Torah - Chamesh Megiloth - Haphtaroth.

Sulzbach 1741 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
27

Chumash - Chamesh Megiloth [only].

Venice 1743 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 156.25
28

Chamishah Chumshei Torah - Chamesh Megiloth - Haphtaroth. With Rashi and Targum. Divisional title-page.

Amsterdam 1767 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
29

Motze Pi Hashaem: Chumash - Haphtaroth - Chamesh Megiloth.

Mantua 1779 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
30

Chamishah Chumshei Torah - Tikun Sofrim. With Haftaroth.

Paris 1809 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
31

Sepher Vayikra [All published].

Ostroh / Ostrog 1819 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
32

(Chumash / Pentateuch). Torath Ha'Elo-him: The Law of God. Edited, and with Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised by Rev. ISAAC LEESER.

Philadelphia 1845-6. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,500.00
33

Sefath Emeth. With commentaries including by R. Eliyahu Benamozegh.

Livorno 1854 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
34

(Ladino). El Libro de la Ley, Los Profetas, y las Escrituras, Trazladado en la Lengua Espanyola.

Constantinople 1873 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
36

Five sets of Chumashim, each printed in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,250.00
37

Group of Eight Hebrew Bibles. With side-notes in Latin.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 625.00
38

Group of Four Chumashim and one Na'ch.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
39

Three sets of Chumashim, each printed in London.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,062.50
40 (BREUER, YOSEF).

Mayim Amukim [responsa of R. Eliyahu Mizrachi (Re'em) and R. Eliyahu ben Chaim (Ra'anach)].

Venice 1647 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 562.50
41 CANTARINI, ISAAC.

Pi Sepharim.

(Venice) 1669 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 750.00
42

Minhagim.

Amsterdam 1707 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,187.50
43 CHARIF, ARYEH LEIB.

Kol Aryeh [novellae to the Talmud].

Jerusalem 1866 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 343.75
44

Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Likutei Torah.

Vilna 1878 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
45

Group of Seven rabbinic works bound in six volumes. Printed in Constantinople, Jerusalem and elsewhere.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,062.50
46 DE POMIS, DAVID.

Tzemach David / Dittionario Novo Hebraico.

Venice 1587 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
47 DELMEDIGO, JOSEPH SOLOMON OF CRETE.

Sepher Eilim - Sepher Ma'ayan Ganim - Sepher Ma'ayan Chathum.

Amsterdam 1628 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,250.00
48 EDELS, SHMUEL ELIEZER (MaHaRSh'A).

Chidushei Halachoth [commentary on select Talmud Tractates].

Vienna 1814 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 437.50
49 ELEAZAR BEN YEHUDAH OF WORMS.

Sepher HaRoke'ach [ethics, rabbinic law and customs].

Cremona 1557 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
50 ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Ayil Meshulash [mathematics - especially, the properties of triangles and the rules of astronomy and algebra]. Edited by Shmuel ben Yoseph of Luknick.

Vilna and Horodna 1833 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 812.50
51 FIGO, AZARIAH.

Binah Le'Itim [sermons and eulogies].

Venice 1648 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
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