Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art, 105, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 27, 2026 - January 27, 2026

Page Size: 219 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Sephardic High Holiday Machzor -- Amsterdam, 1740 -- Miniature Format -- Original Decorated Leather Binding	Amsterdam:	1740	Not Available	USD 750.00
27	Year-Round Machzor -- Six Volumes -- London, 1807 -- Engraved Portrait of Chief Rabbi Solomon Hirschell	London:	1807	Not Available	USD 600.00
28	Beit Tefillah Sephardic Siddur -- Some Prayers in Red -- Vienna, 1857 -- Decorated Leather Binding -- Rare	Vienna:	1857	Not Available	USD 1,750.00
29	Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba -- Amsterdam, 1669 -- Original Wood and Leather Binding	Amsterdam:	1669	Not Available	USD 450.00
30	Refuat HaNefesh -- Prayer for the Sick -- Amsterdam, 1692 -- Printed in Red Ink	Amsterdam:	1692	Not Available	USD 575.00
31	Maasei Hashem -- Passover Haggadah -- Venice, 1583 -- First Edition -- Early Leather Spine	Venice:	1583	Not Available	USD 6,000.00
32	Map of Eretz Israel from the Amsterdam Haggadah -- Engraving by Abraham bar Jacob -- Amsterdam, 1712 or 1781	Amsterdam,	1712 or 1781.	Not Available	USD 2,000.00
33	Passover Haggadah with Commentary of Abarbanel and Illustrations -- Furth, 1788 -- Rare Edition	Furth:	1788	Not Available	USD 812.50
34	Passover Haggadah -- Luneville, 1806 -- With Emblem of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, Second Year of His Reign	Luneville (France):	1806	Not Available	USD 2,000.00
35	The Jerusalem Haggadah -- Verona, 1997 -- Impressive Bibliophile Haggadah, Illustrated by Yael Hershberg	Verona:	1997	Not Available	USD 1,750.00
36	The Rothschild Miscellany -- Elaborate Facsimile of a 15th-Century Manuscript	Jerusalem-London,	1989	Not Available	USD 7,500.00
37	Sefer HaShorashim (by the Radak) -- Napoli, 1491 -- Incunabulum -- Incomplete Copy	Napoli:	1491	Not Available	USD 3,000.00
38	Tishbi -- Isny, 1541 -- First Edition -- Early Binding	Isny (Germany):	1541	Not Available	USD 2,500.00
39	Leshon Limudim -- Constantinople, 1542	Constantinople:	1542	Not Available	USD 1,062.50
40	Responsa of Rabbeinu Nissim (the Ran) -- Rome, 1545-1546 -- First Edition	Rome:	1545-1546	Not Available	USD 2,250.00
41	Tzror HaMor (by Rabbi Avraham Saba) -- Venice, 1545	Venice:	i 1545	Not Available	USD 1,125.00
42	Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (Smag) -- Venice, 1547 -- Printed by Daniel Bomberg -- Ownership Inscriptions	Venice:	1547	Not Available	USD 4,000.00
43	Ralbag on the Torah -- Venice, 1547	Venice:	1547	Not Available	USD 1,187.50
44	Sefer HaShorashim (by the Radak) -- Venice, 1546-1548	Venice:	1546-1548.	Not Available	USD 625.00
45	Mirkevet HaMishneh (Abarbanel) -- Sabbioneta, 1551 -- First Edition	Sabbioneta:	1551	Not Available	USD 1,187.50
46	Chazut Kashah (by Rabbi Yitzchak Arama) -- Sabbioneta, 1551 -- With Rare Index Leaves -- First Edition -- Variant	Sabbioneta:	1551	Not Available	USD 2,250.00
47	Responsa Maharam Rothenburg -- Cremona, 1557 -- First Edition	Cremona:	1557	Not Available	USD 1,625.00
48	Mekor Chaim (by Rabbi Shmuel Zarza) -- Mantua, 1559 -- Only Edition	Mantua:	1559	Not Available	USD 1,062.50
49	Pirkei Moshe on Tractate Avot (by Rabbi Moshe Almosnino) -- Thessaloniki, 1563 -- Only Edition	Thessaloniki:	1563	Not Available	USD 1,000.00
50	Tur Yoreh Deah with Beit Yosef -- Venice, 1564 -- Second Edition, Printed in Lifetime of Author Rabbi Yosef Karo	Venice	1564	Not Available	USD 1,750.00

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.
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.