Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Rare and Important Items - part 1, 104a, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 21, 2025 - October 21, 2025
Page Size: 105 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
81 Rabbi Shlomo Ayllon

Shabbat Sermon by Rabbi Shlomo Ayllon -- Amsterdam, 1723 -- Rare

Amsterdam 1723 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,875.00
82

Hanhagat HaChaim -- Amsterdam, 1729

Amsterdam 1729 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,500.00
83

Statutes of Even Yekarah Society -- Amsterdam, 1733 -- Rare

Amsterdam 1733 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,750.00
84

Dialogue of the Mountains -- Reuel Jesurun -- Amsterdam, 1767 -- With Rare Bibliographically Unknown Leaves (Declaration of Publisher)

Amsterdam 1767 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,000.00
85

Seder Berachot, With Passover Haggadah -- Spanish -- Amsterdam, 1650 -- Printed by Shmuel Soeiro, Son of Menasseh Ben Israel -- Rare

Amsterdam 1650 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
86

Weekday and Shabbat Siddur -- The Hague, 1734 -- Spanish -- Miniature Edition -- First Jewish Prayer Book Printed in The Hague -- First Printed Translation of Lechah Dodi

The Hague 1734 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
87

Order of Study for Night of Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba -- Amsterdam, 1734 -- Spanish -- Printed in Red ink

Amsterdam 1734 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,250.00
88

Sefer HaYirah, Sod HaTeshuvah and Igeret HaTeshuvah -- Amsterdam, 1627 -- Printed by Menasseh Ben Israel -- Miniature Format -- Early Decorated Leather Binding

Amsterdam 1627 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,500.00
89

Imrei Noam -- Amsterdam, 1628 -- Anthology of Prayers, Poems and Songs -- Printed by Menasseh Ben Israel -- First Edition -- Valuable Record of Sephardic Religious Poetry

Amsterdam 1628 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,750.00
90

Miniature Book of Tehillim -- Amsterdam, 1635 -- Printed by Menasseh Ben Israel -- Early Parchment Binding

Amsterdam 1635 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,875.00
91

Mishnah -- Proofread by Menasseh Ben Israel -- Amsterdam, 1643-1644 -- Miniature Format -- Fine Leather Binding -- Many Glosses

Amsterdam 1643-1644 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,250.00
92

Miniature Siddur, Sephardic Rite -- Amsterdam, 1648 -- Printed by Yosef son of Menasseh Ben Israel -- With Exceptionally Rare Parts for Festivals, High Holidays and Fast Days

Amsterdam 1648 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,375.00
93

Year-Round Spanish Machzor, Part I -- Edited by Menasseh Ben Israel -- Amsterdam, 1650 -- Early Parchment Binding -- Rare

Amsterdam 1650 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
94

Five Books of the Torah and Haftarot in Spanish -- Menasseh Ben Israel -- Amsterdam, 1654-1655

Amsterdam 1654-1655 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,875.00
95

Mikveh Yisrael -- Amsterdam, 1698 -- Work by Menasseh Ben Israel on the Lost Tribes and the Redemption-- First Hebrew Edition -- Early Decorated Leather Binding

Amsterdam 1698 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,875.00
96

Tikun Keriah Lechol Yom -- Order of Sabbatean Tikunim Edited by Nathan of Gaza -- Frankfurt, 1666 -- Rare

Frankfurt 1666 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,000.00
97

Tikun Keriah Lechol Lailah VeYom -- A Sabbatean Order of Tikunim Compiled by Nathan of Gaza -- Amsterdam, 1666 -- Early Parchment Binding

Amsterdam 1666 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
98

A Sabbatean Order of Tikunim Compiled by Nathan of Gaza -- Spanish -- Amsterdam, 1666 -- Exceptionally Rare

Amsterdam 1666 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
99

Commentary of the Ramban on the Torah -- Pesaro, 1513-1514 -- Printed by Gershom Soncino

Pesaro 1513-1514 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,000.00
100

Likutei HaPardes (Halachic Rulings Attributed to Rashi) -- Venice, 1519 -- First Edition -- Printed by Daniel Bomberg -- With Several Other Works

Venice 1519 USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 52,500.00
101 Rabbi Ovadiah Sforno

Or Amim by Rabbi Ovadiah Sforno -- Bologna, 1537 -- First Edition

Bologna 1537 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,000.00
102

Pocket-Size Bible -- Paris, 1543-1546 -- Complete Seventeen-Volume Set -- Fine Leather Bindings

Paris 1543-1546 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 17,500.00
103

Responsa of the Rivash -- Constantinople, 1546 -- First Edition -- Early Binding Contemporaneous with Printing -- Signature of Rabbi Ber Adler, Signatures and Glosses

Constantinople 1546 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,750.00
104

Meshal HaKadmoni -- Venice, 1547 -- Many Woodcut Illustrations

Venice 1547 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 16,250.00
105

Moreh Nevuchim -- Sabbioneta, 1553 -- With Rare Leaves

Sabbioneta 1553 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,750.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.