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
106 the Rama

Mechir Yayin by the Rama -- Cremona, 1559 -- First Edition of First Work of the Rama -- Mishloach Manot Gift

Cremona 1559 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,000.00
107

Chavatzelet HaSharon (Commentary of Alshich on Daniel) -- Constantinople, 1563 -- First Edition of First Printed Work of Alshich -- Early Leather Binding

Constantinople 1563 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,625.00
108 Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh of Modena

Sur MeRa by Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh of Modena -- Denouncing Card Games -- Venice, 1595 -- First Edition -- Exceptionally Rare

Venice 1595 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 15,000.00
110 Salamone Rossi

HaShirim Asher LiShlomo by Salamone Rossi -- Venice, 1622 -- Polyphonic Musical Notations for Prayers -- First Edition -- First Hebrew Book with Musical Notation -- Earliest Work on Jewish Liturgy -- Very Rare

Venice 1622 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 23,750.00
111

Shnei Luchot HaBrit (Shlah) -- Amsterdam, 1648 -- First Edition

Amsterdam 1648 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 37,500.00
112 the Shach

Selichot and Kinot for the Chmielnicki Pogroms, By the Shach -- Amsterdam, 1651 -- First Edition -- Exceptionally Rare Edition

Amsterdam 1651 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,000.00
113 Rabbi Yitzchak Chaim Cantarini

Pachad Yitzchak (by Rabbi Yitzchak Chaim Cantarini) -- Story of Miraculous Salvation of Padua Community and Buda Purim -- Amsterdam, 1685 -- First Edition

Amsterdam 1685 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,250.00
114

Responsa Pri Etz Chaim -- By Rabbis of Etz Chaim Beit Midrash in Amsterdam -- First Torah Periodical -- First Two Parts (With Responsa 1691-1701) -- Amsterdam, 1728-1741 -- Exceptionally Rare

Amsterdam 1728-1741 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,250.00
115

Mesilat Yesharim (Ramchal) -- First Edition -- Amsterdam, 1740 -- Fine Copy in Early Leather Binding -- Handwritten Dedication

Amsterdam 1740 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 37,500.00
116

LaYesharim Tehillah, by the Ramchal -- Amsterdam, 1743 -- First Edition Printed by the Author in Only 50 Copies -- Wide Margins -- Additional Handwritten Leaf with Poem for Bride and Groom, and Another Printed Leaf with Riddle in Their Honor

Amsterdam 1743 USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 40,000.00
117

Tefillot, Shevachot VeShirim -- Shingly (Cochin) Rite -- Amsterdam, 1757 -- First Edition

Amsterdam 1757 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
118

Talmud Yerushalmi -- Zhitomir, 1860-1867 -- Complete Set

Zhitomir 1860-1867 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
119

Manuscript, Commentary on the Ketubah -- Autograph by Rabbi Avraham son of Rabbi Shabbetai Del Vecchio -- Italy, 1610s-1630s

Italy 1610s-1630s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,750.00
120 Rabbi Chaim Vital

Manuscript, Otzrot Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital -- Central Europe, 1770 -- Illustrated Title Page

Central Europe 1770 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,625.00
121

Decorated Miniature Manuscript -- Minchah and Maariv Siddur -- Baghdad, 1859 -- Sassoon Ms. 60

Baghdad 1859 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,250.00
122

Memorial Notebook -- Lehren Family -- Amsterdam, 1850s-1860s / Leaf Handwritten by Rabbi Meir Fishels-Bumsla, With Family Inscriptions -- Prague, 1725-1742

Amsterdam/ Prague 1850s-1860s / 1725-1742 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
123

Collection of Letters from Moses Montefiore -- Addressed to Kollel Officials in Jerusalem -- England, 1856-1884

England 1856-1884 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
124

Letter of Kabbalist Rabbi Shlomo Elyashov, the Leshem -- Siauliai, 1910 -- Shanah Tovah Blessing and Distribution of His Hakdamot UShearim in Eretz Israel

Siauliai 1910 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,375.00
125 Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Letter of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski -- Tamuz 1936 -- "Halachically the Temple Cannot Be Built at This Time"

1936 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
126 Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Four Letters from Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski -- Torah Scroll in Memory of the Chafetz Chaim and Various Halachic Matters -- Vilna, 1933-1934

Vilna 1933-1934 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
127 Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Two Letters from Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski -- Assistance for Medical Expenses of Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev, the Brisker Rav, and Shanah Tovah Blessings -- Vilna, Elul-Tishrei 1938

Vilna 1938 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
128 Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik

Letter of Recommendation from Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav -- Brisk, Kislev 1936

Brisk, 1936 USD 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,625.00
129 Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz

Letter of Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz -- About Two Weeks Before His Death in Exile -- Vilna, Cheshvan 1939

Vilna, 1939 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,875.00
130 Rabbi Meir Margolies

Certificate of Appointment for Rabbi Meir Margolies, Author of Meir Netivim, Disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and One of His "Sixty Warriors", as Rabbi of Ostroh -- Ostroh, 1777-1784 -- Fulfillment of the Prophecy of the Baal Shem Tov that Rabbi Meir Margoli

Ostroh 1777-1784 USD 60,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 37,500.00
131

Manuscript, Homilies for the High Holidays by the Yismach Moshe -- Glosses Handwritten by the Yitav Lev of Sighet, His Grandson and Disciple -- Dozens of Glosses Handwritten by the Editor, Rebbe Moshe David Teitelbaum Rabbi of Laposch

USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 21,250.00
  • 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.