Kestenbaum and Company: Auction of Hebraica & Judaica Rare Printed Books and Manuscripts Including the Eretz Israel / Holy Land Collection of the late Dr. Gershon Hait., 114, Brooklyn

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025
Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
230

Sidur Beit-El [prayers for the entire year].

Kobe Shen Hu Shi 1920 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
231 (MENDELSSOHN, MOSES). [Cranz, August Friedrich].

Das Forschen nach Licht und Recht: in einem Schreiben an Herrn Moses Mendelssohn auf Veranlassung seiner merkwurdigen Vorrede zu Manasseh ben Israel.

Berlin 1782 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
232 (MONTEFIORE, MOSES).

Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore: Comprising their Life and Work as Recorded in their Diaries from 1812 to 1883.

London 1890 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 75.00
233 (MORTARA, EDGARDO).

H. Goemaere.

(Brussels) 1858 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
234 (MORTARA, EDGARDO). Victor Sejour.

L'indovina ["The Fortune Teller. A Drama in Five Acts."]

Milan 1860 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
235 (MORTARA, EDGARDO). (Victor Sejour.)

Theatre d'Auxerre. Dimanche 20 Mai 1860. Spectacle Extraordinaire, une premiere representation de La Tireuse de cartes. Drama en cinq actes, par V. Sejour.

Auxerre (Burgundy, France) (1860). USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
236

Vriemiennyie pravila o razborie ievrieiev ["Temporary Rules on the Categorization of Jews."]

Saint Petersburg 1851 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,000.00
237

Kodesh Hillulim - Alabancas de Santidad traducion de los Psalmos de David.

Amsterdam 1670-71. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
237A

Un Problema Humano - La Minoria Judia en la Union Sovietica

Mexico City 19(69)-70. USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
238

Dinim U'Minhagim Tovim.

Czernowitz 1864 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
239 Clement VIII.

Clement VIII. Papal Bull: Cum Hebraeorum Malitia [against the 'impious writings and books of the Hebrews.']

Rome 1593 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,500.00
240 Edrehi, Moses.

An Historical Account of the Ten Tribes Settled Beyond the River Sambatyon in the East.

London 1836 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
241 Benisch, A. (Ed.)

Travels of Rabbi Petachia of Ratisbon.

London 1856 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
242 Israel Joseph Benjamin.

Eight Years in Asia and Africa from 1846 to 1855.

Hanover 1863 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
243

Edict. With official imprint from the district office, along with handwritten annotations by an old hand.

Vienna 1843 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 937.50
244

Etliche Verter tzu di Russisher Yidden ["A Few Words to the Jews of Russia."]

(Austro-Hungary) c. 1914. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
245

Travels in Yemen.

Jerusalem 1941 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 75.00
246 BODENSCHATZ, JOHANN CHRISTOPH GEORG.

Aufrichtig Teutsch Redender Hebraer, welcher grundlich zeiget den Ursprung und die Schicksaale des judischen Volcks, wie auch deroselben Kirchenweesen, Gottesdienst, Glauben=Articuln... ["Faithful Rendition of the Hebrews, Which Thoroughly Presents the Or

Frankfurt & Leipzig 1756 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
247 BUXTORF, JOHANNES. (The Elder).

Synagoga Judaica.

Frankfurt & Leipzig 1738 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
248 LEUSDEN, JOHANNES.

* Philologus Hebraeus Continens. pp. 440.

Basle 1739 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
249 KIRCHNER, PAUL CHRISTIAN.

Judisches Ceremoniel.

Nurnberg 1724 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
250 KOKOSCHKA, OSKAR.

Jerusalem Faces.

London 1973 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
251

Mitzvoth U'Minhagei HaYehudim - Bilder aus dem Leben der Juden in Venedig.

Berlin c. 1920. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
252 LILEN, EPHRAIM MOSES.

Die Bucher der Bibel - Prospekt und Urteile

Braunschweig n.d. (circa 1910). USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 343.75
253 LILEN, EPHRAIM MOSES.

Verzeichnis der Radierungen von E. M. Lilien

Berlin (circa 1911). USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
  • 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.
  • 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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