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

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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
356 SANSON, NICHOLAS.

Geographiae Sacrae Ex Veteri, Et Novo Testamento Desumptae.

 Paris 1665 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
357 SCHUBERT, GOTTHILF HEINRICH VON.

Bilder aus dem heiligen Lande. Vierzig ausgewahlte Original-Ansichten biblisch wichtiger Orte.

 Stuttgart 1839 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
358 SHAW, THOMAS.

Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant.

Oxford 1738 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
359

A Brief Guide to al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem.

 Jerusalem 1929 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
360 THEVENOT, JEAN DE.

Relation d' un Voyage fait au Levant dans laquelle il est Curieusement Traite des Estats sujets au Grand Seigneur, des Moeurs, Religions, Forces, Gouuernemens, Politiques, Langues, & coustumes des Habitans de ce grand Empire.

 Rouen & Paris 1665 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
361

Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine.

 London 1892 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
362

Mit der Polonia kein Eretz Yisrael.

 Warsaw c. 1925. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
363

Group of three volumes. 8vo.

 [Palestine], 1918 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
364 VILLAMONT, JACQUES DE.

Les Voyages du Seigneur de Villamont, Chevalier de l'Ordre de Hierusalem.

 Arras 1606 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
365 WILDE, W. R.

Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe, and Along the Shores of the Mediterranean, including a Visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Temessus, Cyprus, and Greece.

 Dublin, 1844 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
366 WOLFF, JOSEPH.

Missionary Journal. Comprising his First Visit to Palestine in the Years 1821 & 1822.

 London 1827 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
368

Naphtali Hertz Imber.

Jerusalem 1886 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 937.50
369 Herzl, Theodor.

Medinat HaYehudim Der Judenstaat. ["The Jewish State."]

Warsaw 1896 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
370

Zionisten-Congress in Basel (29, 30 und 31 August 1897) Officielles Protocoll.

 Vienna 1898 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
371 Deinard, Ephraim.

Havu Tamim - Kol MiTzion.

Jerusalem 1913 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 75.00
372 Deinard, Ephraim.

Pachdu BeTzion Chata'im - The Glorious Zionism in Unclean Hands.

Arlington 1917 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
373 Deinard, Ephraim.

Tzion Be'ad Mi? - Zion For Who? For Bolsheviki or Jews.

Arlington 1918 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
374 Deinard, Ephraim.

Cherpath Britania ["The Shame of Britain"]

 New York 1929 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
375

Seder Tephiloth LeChodashim U'LeMo'adim [prayers for the entire year]. According to the Sephardi rite. (Amsterdam, Naphtali Hertz Levi Rophe, 1739.)

Amsterdam, 1739 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
376

Seder HaTephiloth [prayers for the entire year]. Translation into Judeo-German.

Amsterdam 1705 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,750.00
377

Seder Tephilah LeTa'anith [prayers for the Fast Days]. According to the Sephardic rite.

Amsterdam, 1726 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
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  • <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, <i>Americae pars Borealis,</i> double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, <i>Map of the United States,</i> London and Liverpool, 1827. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, <i>Chart of the World,</i> oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800). <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, <i>A General Atlas,</i> 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 240: Anthony Finley, <i>A New American Atlas,</i> 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 263: John Bachmann, <i>Panorama of the Seat of War,</i> portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, <i>Cosmographei,</i> Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Epitome Theatri Orteliani,</i> Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, <i>Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae,</i> Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, <i>Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt,</i> 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 341: John James Audubon, <i>Carolina Parrot, Plate 26,</i> London, 1827.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> J.K. Rowling. <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Hooke, Robert. <i>Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.</i> London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Chappuzeau, Samuel. <i>The history of jewels,</i> first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Sowerby, James. <i>Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions,</i> London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
    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.