Sothebys: Important Judaica, N11907, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025

Page Size: 45 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
4	An Engraved Silver-Gilt Book Binding, Probably Dutch, Circa 1700	Probably Dutch	Circa 1700	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
5	A Parcel-Gilt Silver Filigree Book Binding, probably Dutch, Late 17th to Early 18th Century	probably Dutch	Late 17th to Early 18th Century	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 6,985.00
6	An Italian Silver Book Binding, Gaspare Vanneschi, Rome, Circa 1760-70	Rome	Circa 1760-70	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 15,240.00
7	A Miniature Italian Silver Filigree Book Binding in Contemporary Tooled Leather Case, Rome, Circa 1780	Rome	Circa 1780	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
8	An Italian Silver Book Binding, Maker's Mark JB Script in Circle, Early 19th Century		Early 19th Century	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 3,556.00
9	An Italian Silver Filigree Small Book Binding, Early 18th Century		Early 18th Century	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 4,445.00
10	A Silver Filigree Book Binding, Probably Dutch, Late 18th - Early 19th Century	Probably Dutch	Late 18th - Early 19th Century	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
11	A German Silver Book Binding, Maker's Mark A Fleur De Lys with Two Stars, Nuremberg, 1698-1706	Nuremberg	1698-1706	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
60	Two Leaves from a Samaritan Pentateuch			USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 31,750.00
61	Siddur (Prayerbook), [Persia, 13th century]	[Persia	13th century]	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 16,510.00
62	Hebrew Biblical Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Autograph of the Last Maimonidean Nagid, David II ben Joshua Maimonides			USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 31,750.00
63	A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah, Spain c. 1300	Spain	c. 1300	USD 1,500,000.00 - 2,500,000.00	USD 1,514,000.00
64	Complete Cycle of Haftarot (Prophetic Readings), [Spain, 14th century]	[Spain	14th century]	USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	USD 241,300.00
65	Pentateuch (Humash), with Targum Onkelos and Rashi's Commentary, Printed on Parchment			USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 44,450.00
66	Hebrew Bible printed on parchment, Naples, 1492	Naples	1492	USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00	USD 190,500.00
67	Latter Prophets (Nevi'im Aharonim), with the Commentary of Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437--1508)			USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 31,750.00
68	MINHAGIM, SIMEON HA-LEVI GUNZBURG, AMSTERDAM: ELIJAH ABOAB [AND MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL], 1645	AMSTERDAM	1645	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 60,960.00
69	Passover Haggadah According to the Ashkenazic and Sephardic Rites, with the Rare Map of the Holy Land.			USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 8,890.00
70	The Religious ceremonies and customs of the several nations of the known world..., Jean Frederic Bernard, illustrated by Bernard Picart, London: (I-III), Nicholas Prevost, 1731; (IV-VI), Claude du Bosc, 1735-1737	London	1731; 1735-1737	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
71	Seder Tefilot, Zolkiew, 1761, Bound in a Contemporary Silver Binding	Zolkiew	1761,	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 11,430.00
72	Medical Diploma for Rabbi-Physician Leon Cantarini (Yehudah ha-Kohen Katz), Granted by the University of Padua, Padua, October 1623.	Padua	October 1623.	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 19,050.00
73	AN IMPORTANT ESTHER SCROLL, WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY ARYEH LEIB BEN DANIEL OF GORAY, ITALY, CIRCA 1740		CIRCA 1740	USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00	USD 215,900.00
74	A Magnificent Illustrated Ketubbah from Padua, 1732	Padua	1732	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	Not Sold
75	An Illustrated Shehitah Kabbalah (license to perform ritual slaughter) granted to Daniel ben Moses David Terni			USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 20,320.00
76	AN EXQUISITELY DECORATED EARLY ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE SIDDUR (DAILY PRAYER BOOK) ACCORDING TO THE SEPHARDIC RITE, [LONDON: CA. 1730-1750]	[LONDON	CA. 1730-1750]	USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00	Not Sold

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.