Kestenbaum and Company: Rare Hebrew Books, from the Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul. Part II., 113, Brooklyn
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | HAGIZ, YA'AKOV. | Halachoth Ketanoth [responsa, including Shemoth Gittin (a list of proper names as required in a Bill of Divorce)]. |
Venice | 1704 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 53 | Group of Fifteen volumes. |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 | |||
| 54 | Group of Thirteen volumes. |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |||
| 55 | Chen Tov [sermons on the weekly Torah portion]. |
Venice | 1605 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 56 | * Talmud Bavli. Four volumes. * Maimonides. Mishneh Torah. Two volumes. * Yalkut Shimoni. * Ein Ya'akov. * Mishnayoth. * Chamishah Chumshei Torah. |
printed by the Horeb Verlag of Berlin. Berlin | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 812.50 | ||
| 57 | HOROWITZ, PINCHAS ELIYAHU. | Sepher HaBrith. |
Brunn (Brno) | 1797 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 58 | HOROWITZ, YESHAYA. (SheLa'H HaKadosh). | Shnei Luchoth HaBerith. Issued with: Vavei HaAmudim by Author's son Shabthai Sheftel Horowitz. |
Amsterdam | 1698 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 59 | IBN GABIROL, SHLOMO. | Mivchar HaPeninim ["Choice of Pearls."] |
Venice | 1546 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 60 | IMMANUEL BEN SOLOMON OF ROME. (Manoello Giudeo). | Sepher HaMachbaroth LeMar Immanuel. |
Brescia | 1491 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 61 | ISAAC NATHAN BEN KALONYMOS. | Meir Nathiv [Biblical concordance]. |
Venice | 1524 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 62 | Seder HaHa'arachah VehaHanhagah [communal regulations and obligations].Title within architectural arch. |
Mantua | c. 1783. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 343.75 | |
| 63 | Group of Eleven rabbinic volumes, all printed in Italy. |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,062.50 | |||
| 64 | JAFFE, MORDECHAI. | Levush Malchuth [elucidations and novellea to the Shulchan Aruch]. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,062.50 | ||
| 65 | Group of Eight volumes. |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |||
| 66 | Eliyahu Moshe Gallina. | Chochmath HaYad. Text in pointed Hebrew and Yiddish. With stamp of Ben-Zion ben Ya'akov Ettlinger. pp. 20. Zhitomir, 1868. |
Zhitomir. Livorno | 1868. 1792 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 67 | KAGAN, YISROEL MEIR OF RADIN. (The Chofetz Chaim). | Nidchei Yisrael. |
Warsaw | 1897 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 68 | KAGAN, YISROEL MEIR OF RADIN (The Chofetz Chaim). | Sepher Chofetz Chaim. Warsaw 1877. |
Warsaw | 1896. 1895 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 69 | KALATZ, YEHUDAH. | (Zeh HaSepher Hamepho'ar...) Sepher HaMussar [ethics]. |
Constantinople | 1536-37. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 70 | KARO, YITZCHAK. | Toldoth Yitzchak [novellae to the Chumash]. |
Mantua | 1558 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 71 | KARO, YOSEPH. | Shailoth U'Teshuvoth; Nashim - Even Ha'Ezer [responsa, with Talmud novellae]. Includes responsa by R. Yitzchak Karo relating to Yibum. |
Salonika | 1597 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 72 | KARO, YOSEPH. | Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law]: |
Amsterdam 1746 | 1749 and 1753. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 73 | KAYARA, SHIMON. (Attributed to) / (Ba'al HaBeHa'G). | Halachoth Gedoloth [Gaonic Rabbinic Code]. |
Venice | 1548 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 74 | KIMCHI, DAVID (RaDa'K). | Sepher HaShorashim ["Book of Roots": Biblical lexicon and grammar]. |
Naples | 1491 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 75 | KIMCHI, DAVID (RaDa'K). | Sepher HaShorashim ["Book of Roots": Biblical lexicon]. |
Salonika | (1533). | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 76 | KIMCHI, DAVID (RaDa'K). | Sepher HaShorashim ["Book of Roots": Biblical Lexicon]. |
Venice | 1546 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 500.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
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![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
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