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
304		Grodzinski, Tzvi Hirsch.	Chicago	1898	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
305		Fried, Yoseph Eliyahu.	New York	1903	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
306	JAFFE, SHALOM ELCHANAN.	Sho'el Kinyan [responsa regarding the construction of a Mikva and an Eruv in St. Louis, Missouri]. With glosses Ma'ayan Eliezer by Eliezer Zalman Grayevski.	Jerusalem	1895 and 1896.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 562.50
307	Friedman, Aaron Tzvi.	Tuv Ta'am [the necessity for Jews to maintain the laws of ritual slaughter].	New York	1875	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
308	Grossman, Reuben.	Ibim.	New York	1918	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
309	ROSENZWEIG, GERSON.	Shirim, Meshalim V'Michtamim [poems, parables and epigrams].	New York	1893	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
310	WEINBERGER, MOSHE.	HaYehudim VehaYahaduth b'New York - Jews and Judaism in New York.	New York	1887	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 187.50
311	WEINBERGER, MOSHE.	Dorosh Dorash Moshe: Collection of Essays and Lectures. Vol. I [all published].	New York	1914	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 187.50
312	Raphael, R(aphael) B(er).	She'elath HaYehudim - The Jewish Question.	(Newark)	1893	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 187.50
313	BACHIENE, WILHELM ALBERT.	Historische und Geographische Beschreibung von Palastina nach seinem ehemaligen und gegenwartingen zustande.	Cleve & Leipzig	1766-75.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 625.00
314	BUNTING, HENRY.	Itinerarium totius Sacrae Scripturae. Or, the Travels of the Holy Patriarchs, Prophets, Judges, Kings...as they are related in the Old and New Testaments. With a Description of the Townes and Places to which they Travelled, and how many English Miles they	London	1623	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
315	CALMET, AUGUSTIN.	Dictionnaire Historique Critique, Chronologique, Geographique et Litteral de la Bible.	Paris	1722 and 1728.	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 750.00
316	CHASSEBOEUF DE LA GIRAUDAIS, CONSTANTIN-FRANCOIS (Comte de Volney).	Travels in Syria and Egypt, During the Years 1783, 1784, & 1785.	London	1788	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
317	BEN-YEHUDAH, ELIEZER.	Five Hebrew works in four volumes by, and relating to, Ben-Yehudah and his family.			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
318	BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK.	Travels in Palestine, Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan; including a visit to the cities of Geraza and Gamala in the the Decapolis.	London	1821	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 375.00
319	[CROUCH, NATHANIEL].	A Journey to Jerusalem, Containing the Travels of Fourteen Englishmen in 1667...To which is prefixed, Memorable Remarks upon the Ancient and Modern State of the Jewish Nation. Together with a Relation of the Great Council of the Jews in the Plains of Hung	Hartford, Connecticut	1796	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 375.00
320	DE VERGONCEY.	Le Nouveau et Dernier Voyage de Jerusalem.	Paris	1633	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
321	EGRON, ADRIEN CESAR.	La Terre-Sainte et les Lieux Illustres par les Apotres Vues Pittoresques.	Paris	1837	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
322		Geographische Analyse zu dem Versuch einer Construction der Karte von Galilaa. Nebst den Beikartchen des Gebirges Gilboa des Felsen Dschafat und der Kreuzfahrer-Veste Accon vornamlich herausgegeben nach den Forschungen des Verstorbenen Ernst August Schulz	Berlin	1861	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
323	GUZMAN, JOSE MARIA.	Breve y sencilla narracion del viage, que hizo a visitar los santos lugares de Jerusalen.	Puebla (Mexico)	1837	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 375.00
324	HALMA, FRANCOIS.	Kanaan en D'omleggende Landen, Vertoont in en Woordenboek ["Canaan and Surrounding Territories."]	Leeuwarden	1717	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
325	HASSELQUIST, FREDRIK.	Voyages dans le Levant Dans les annees 1749, 50, 51 & 52. Contenant des observations sur l'Histoire Naturelle, la Medecine, l'Agriculture & le Commerce, & particulierement sur l'Histoire naturelle de la Terre Sainte.	Paris	1769	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
326		Personal Invitation to Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem. Wednesday, July 24th 1918, at 5 o'clock pm.	Tel Aviv-Jaffa	July 18 1918	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
327		LeYaldei Yisra'el B'Eretz Yisrael.	Jerusalem,	24th July (15th Av), 1918.	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
328		The Ceremonial Opening the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.		1925	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold

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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