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 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
254	(LILIEN, E. M).	Brieger, Lothar.	Berlin-Vienna	1922	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 62.50
255		Shana Tova - Jewish New Year multi-fold 'postcard' featuring three large fold-out elements containing black-and-white photographic and pictorial portraits, landscapes and scenes relating to Eretz Israel, the Bible, Jewish history and culture. Each caption	New York	1897	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 218.75
256	RABAN, ZE'EV.	Shir HaShirim - Song of Songs.	Berlin	1923	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 250.00
257	RYBACK, ISSACHAR BER.	Shtetl. Mein Choruver Heim: A Gedekenish ["My Destroyed Home: A Memorial."]	Berlin	1923	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 625.00
258	(SHABTHAI TZVI).	Nathan of Gaza. Bust, profile. Titled below: "Le Vray Portraiet de Nathan Levi Nouveau Prophete des Juifs, ne en la ville de Gasa"		1679	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 875.00
259	THIELMANN, WILHELM.	Aus der Synagoge.	(Frankfurt a/Main)	c. 1900.	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 500.00
260		Sepher Tehillim - The Book of Psalmes.	London	1688	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
261		Biblia en dos Colunas - Hebrayco y Espanol.	Amsterdam	1762	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
262		Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures.	Philadelphia	1878	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
263	BRANDON, BENJAMIN DIAS.	Oroth HaMitzvoth. [rationales for the 613 precepts].	Amsterdam,	1753	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
264	CHAIM SHABTHAI (MaHaRCHa"SH).	Torath Chaim [responsa]. Parts I, II and III (complete).	Salonika	1713, 1715 and 1722.	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,000.00
265	FARISSOL, ABRAHAM.	Igereth Orchoth Olam - Itinera Mundi.	Oxford,	1691	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 750.00
266	DEINARD, EPHRAIM.	Milchamah LaShem Ba'Amalek	Newark	1892	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
267	DEINARD, EPHRAIM.	Crescas, Hasdai. Bitul Ikarei HaNotzrim [refutation of Christian Principles]. With introduction by Deinard.	Kearny	1904	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 250.00
268	DEINARD, EPHRAIM.	Cherev Lashem Ule'Yisrael [refutation of Prof. Yoseph Klausner's "Yeshu Hanotzri."]	St. Louis	1923	USD 120.00 - 180.00	USD 156.25
269	TZVI HIRSCH (MARCUS) OF ILFELD.	Divrei Negidim [history, especially of Batavia, Dutch East Indies].	Amsterdam	1799	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
269A		The New Jamaica Almanack and Register, Calculated to the Meridian of the Island for the Year of our Lord 1797.	Saint Jago de la Vega (Spanish Town, Jamaica)	1796	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
270	MONIS, JUDAH.	Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet. Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue. Being an Essay to Bring the Hebrew Grammar into English to Facilitate the Instruction of All Those who are Desirous of Acquiring a Clear Idea of this Primitive Tongue by their Own Studies...Published	Boston	1735	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 3,750.00
271	PIKE, SAMUEL.	A Compendious Hebrew Lexicon. Adapted to the English Language.	Cambridge	1802	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
272	ROY, W. L.	A Complete Hebrew and English Critical and Pronouncing Dictionary... Containing all the Words in the Holy Bible... Together with Their Derivation Literal and Etymological Meaning... and Illustrated by Numerous Citations from the Targums, Talmud and Cognat	New York	1837	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
273	GRATZ, REBECCA.	Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to her sister Rachel Gratz.	New York	1804	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,500.00
274	HOROWITZ, JONATHAN.	Mock and Absurd Philosophy, or A Word to the Reasonable. By One Who Salutes All.	Boston	1811	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
275	GOMEZ, ISAAC.	Selections of a Father for the Use of His Children.	New York	1820	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
276	DWIGHT, SERENO EDWARDS.	The Hebrew Wife: or The Law of Marriage Examined in Relation to the Lawfulness of Polygamy and to the Extent of the Law of Incest.	New York	1836	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
277	TWAIN, MARK.	Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume XCIX.	New York	1899	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 750.00

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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