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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $4,500
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Brit Mateh Moshe - Passover Hagaddah with Kabbalistic commentaries by R. Moshe ben Yeshaya Katz. Berlin, [1701]. First Haggadah published in Berlin.
Incomplete copy (without the title page and introduction), with particularly wide margins. Page 12a contains a long gloss in Ashkenazic handwriting contemporary to the printing, seemingly the handwriting of the author.
R. Moshe ben Yeshaya Katz was the nephew of R. Naftali Katz, rabbi of Posen. He left Vienna during the expulsion of the Jews in 1670, and wandered through several communities before settling in Berlin. In his introduction to his commentary on the Hagaddah he states that he planned to travel to Eretz Israel with R. Yehuda Hachassid but was unable to do so.
5-6, 5-104 leaves. (Originally: 6, 5-104 leaves. Missing: title page and pages 2-4 with the introduction). 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition, varies. Stains, wine stains and food stains. Tears and wear to a number of pages. Worn binding.
First Passover Hagaddah published in Berlin. Yaari 67; Otzar Hahagaddot 103.
Incomplete copy (without the title page and introduction), with particularly wide margins. Page 12a contains a long gloss in Ashkenazic handwriting contemporary to the printing, seemingly the handwriting of the author.
R. Moshe ben Yeshaya Katz was the nephew of R. Naftali Katz, rabbi of Posen. He left Vienna during the expulsion of the Jews in 1670, and wandered through several communities before settling in Berlin. In his introduction to his commentary on the Hagaddah he states that he planned to travel to Eretz Israel with R. Yehuda Hachassid but was unable to do so.
5-6, 5-104 leaves. (Originally: 6, 5-104 leaves. Missing: title page and pages 2-4 with the introduction). 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition, varies. Stains, wine stains and food stains. Tears and wear to a number of pages. Worn binding.
First Passover Hagaddah published in Berlin. Yaari 67; Otzar Hahagaddot 103.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,188
Including buyer's premium
Illustrated Passover Haggadah with the commentary of Abarbanel. Includes instructions and customs in Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino. Amsterdam: Shlomo Proops, [1712].
Two title pages, the first with illustrations of Moses and Aaron and Moses at the burning bush. Further illustrations in the body of the Haggadah.
The title page and illustrations are engravings by Abraham Bar-Jacob the convert, who illustrated the Amsterdam 1695 Haggadah. This Haggadah was printed according to the same template, with changes to the title page illustrations and two other illustrations.
[1], 31 leaves. 31.5 cm. Condition varies; fair to fair-poor. Stains and wear. Worming on the text; repaired. Repaired tears. Dark food stains. The two last sections of the Haggadah (Hallel and Nirtza) contain handwritten glosses. New elaborate leather binding.
Without the folded map of Eretz Israel at the end of the Haggadah.
Yaari 73; Otzar Hahagadot 120.
Two title pages, the first with illustrations of Moses and Aaron and Moses at the burning bush. Further illustrations in the body of the Haggadah.
The title page and illustrations are engravings by Abraham Bar-Jacob the convert, who illustrated the Amsterdam 1695 Haggadah. This Haggadah was printed according to the same template, with changes to the title page illustrations and two other illustrations.
[1], 31 leaves. 31.5 cm. Condition varies; fair to fair-poor. Stains and wear. Worming on the text; repaired. Repaired tears. Dark food stains. The two last sections of the Haggadah (Hallel and Nirtza) contain handwritten glosses. New elaborate leather binding.
Without the folded map of Eretz Israel at the end of the Haggadah.
Yaari 73; Otzar Hahagadot 120.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Three illustrated Haggadot - early 19th century:
* Illustrated Passover Haggadah with Yiddish translation. Basel, 1816. New binding with the original cover (in a checkerboard pattern) attached. Yaari 399; Otzar Hahaggadot 565.
* Ma'aleh Beit Chorin Passover Haggada with commentaries of the Maharal, Alshich, and Ollelot Ephraim. Vienna, 1804. Engravings based on the Amsterdam 1695 Haggadah. Yaari 322; Otzar Hahaggadot 468.
* Ma'aleh Beit Chorin Passover Haggadah with the commentary of the Alshich, Gevurot Hashem (Maharal) and Ollelot Ephraim (R. Shlomo Ephraim of Lunschitz, the Kli Yakar). Vienna, [1823]. Engravings. Yaari 453; Otzar Hahaggadot 633.
3 Passover Haggadot. Size and condition vary. Overall fair condition; stains and wear.
* Illustrated Passover Haggadah with Yiddish translation. Basel, 1816. New binding with the original cover (in a checkerboard pattern) attached. Yaari 399; Otzar Hahaggadot 565.
* Ma'aleh Beit Chorin Passover Haggada with commentaries of the Maharal, Alshich, and Ollelot Ephraim. Vienna, 1804. Engravings based on the Amsterdam 1695 Haggadah. Yaari 322; Otzar Hahaggadot 468.
* Ma'aleh Beit Chorin Passover Haggadah with the commentary of the Alshich, Gevurot Hashem (Maharal) and Ollelot Ephraim (R. Shlomo Ephraim of Lunschitz, the Kli Yakar). Vienna, [1823]. Engravings. Yaari 453; Otzar Hahaggadot 633.
3 Passover Haggadot. Size and condition vary. Overall fair condition; stains and wear.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
* Illustrated Passover Haggadah, proofread by Avraham Chai Morpurgo. Trieste, 1864.
Many illustrations on the title page and in the body of the Haggadah by C. Kirchmayr, with descriptions below each illustration.
[1], 42 pages (missing last leaf with musical notes). 31.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Repaired tears. Title page is mounted on thick paper for strengthening. New binding; worn.
Yaari 898; Otzar Hahaggadot 1216.
Two editions of the Passover Haggadah printed in Trieste in 1863-1864, one with Italian translation and one without.
* Illustrated Passover Haggadah with Italian translation. Trieste, 1863. The end of the Haggadah contains the musical notes for the songs Adir Hu, Adir BeMelucha and Echad Mi Yode'a.
[4], 64, [2] pages. 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Printed cardboard binding. Damage and tears (some open) to binding.
Yaari 899; Otzar Hahaggadot 1217.
Many illustrations on the title page and in the body of the Haggadah by C. Kirchmayr, with descriptions below each illustration.
[1], 42 pages (missing last leaf with musical notes). 31.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Repaired tears. Title page is mounted on thick paper for strengthening. New binding; worn.
Yaari 898; Otzar Hahaggadot 1216.
Two editions of the Passover Haggadah printed in Trieste in 1863-1864, one with Italian translation and one without.
* Illustrated Passover Haggadah with Italian translation. Trieste, 1863. The end of the Haggadah contains the musical notes for the songs Adir Hu, Adir BeMelucha and Echad Mi Yode'a.
[4], 64, [2] pages. 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Printed cardboard binding. Damage and tears (some open) to binding.
Yaari 899; Otzar Hahaggadot 1217.
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Passover Haggadot
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $40,000
Unsold
Sefer HaShorashim [Book of roots], by R. David Kimchi (Radak). [Napoli: Azriel Gunzenhauser Ashkenazi, 1490]. Second edition. Incunable.
Printed without a title page. Single column, square script, with sources in the margins in Rashi script.
Colophon on the final page: "I, the undersigned, apologize to all readers, since I proofread this book and found several verses that do not appear in the entire Bible… I have therefore placed them here at the end of the volume… Shmuel ben Meir Latif… Napoli, Elul 1490".
Several handwritten glosses; one unusually long.
[143] leaves (18 gatherings of 8 leaves each). Missing the first blank page of the first gathering. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Repaired worming. Thick, high-quality paper. Renewed leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine and colorful endpapers. Damaged binding, with worming to the spine.
Printed without a title page. Single column, square script, with sources in the margins in Rashi script.
Colophon on the final page: "I, the undersigned, apologize to all readers, since I proofread this book and found several verses that do not appear in the entire Bible… I have therefore placed them here at the end of the volume… Shmuel ben Meir Latif… Napoli, Elul 1490".
Several handwritten glosses; one unusually long.
[143] leaves (18 gatherings of 8 leaves each). Missing the first blank page of the first gathering. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Repaired worming. Thick, high-quality paper. Renewed leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine and colorful endpapers. Damaged binding, with worming to the spine.
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Incunabula and Early Printed Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $4,000
Sold for: $5,000
Including buyer's premium
Commentary of Rabbenu Bachaye on the Torah - Bereshit and Shemot. [Naples: Azriel ben Yosef (Gunzenhauser) Ashkenazi, 1492]. At the beginning of Sefer Shemot is a page with a magnificently illustrated woodcut border containing flowers, peacocks, horses, angels and other illustrations.
First edition, incunable. This edition was the basis for the dozens of subsequent editions of this volume.
Many handwritten corrections and notations of sources and references. Several unidentified long glosses [Oriental script - Eretz Israel or Turkey-Salonika, ca. 1500s]. Other long glosses in different handwriting [Yemen?].
Two incomplete volumes, including: parts of Sefer Bereshit (a torn page from Parashat Bereshit, Parashat Lech-Lecha until VaYehi) and Sefer Shemot (except for one leaf in the middle and last leaf).
Sefer Bereshit: [51] leaves, (out of [75] originally). Sefer Shemot contains [72] leaves (out of [74] originally). Altogether [123] leaves (out of [149] originally) for Sefer Bereshit and Shemot. The complete book contained [288] leaves originally. 27 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and tears, cut margins, repaired damage. Sefer Bereshit is unbound; Sefer Shemot is bound with new leather binding.
These volumes were also printed concurrently in Spain or Portugal. Only sections are extant, and it is unclear whether the printing was completed during the Spanish Expulsion.
First edition, incunable. This edition was the basis for the dozens of subsequent editions of this volume.
Many handwritten corrections and notations of sources and references. Several unidentified long glosses [Oriental script - Eretz Israel or Turkey-Salonika, ca. 1500s]. Other long glosses in different handwriting [Yemen?].
Two incomplete volumes, including: parts of Sefer Bereshit (a torn page from Parashat Bereshit, Parashat Lech-Lecha until VaYehi) and Sefer Shemot (except for one leaf in the middle and last leaf).
Sefer Bereshit: [51] leaves, (out of [75] originally). Sefer Shemot contains [72] leaves (out of [74] originally). Altogether [123] leaves (out of [149] originally) for Sefer Bereshit and Shemot. The complete book contained [288] leaves originally. 27 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and tears, cut margins, repaired damage. Sefer Bereshit is unbound; Sefer Shemot is bound with new leather binding.
These volumes were also printed concurrently in Spain or Portugal. Only sections are extant, and it is unclear whether the printing was completed during the Spanish Expulsion.
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Incunabula and Early Printed Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $800
Unsold
Sefer HaRoke'ach, by R. Eleazar son of R. Yehuda [of Worms]. Fano: Gershom Soncino, Erev Pesach 1505. First edition.
Important book of halacha and fear of Heaven. "Accurately proofread by… R. Yehuda Ya'ale (acronym) of Pesaro Zvi (acronym)".
R. Eleazar of Worms (1165-1240), son and disciple of R. Yehudah son of Rabbi Klonymus of Mainz and disciple of R. Yehudah HaChassid, author of Sefer Chassidim, who instructed him in the study of Kabbalah. Composed approximately thirty books, and is known by the name of this book, Ba'al HaRokeach.
Signatures on first leaf: "…Yosef Z---?", "Avraham Reuven", "Ya'akov…". The first leaf and additional leaves are stamped "Beit Midrash Menachem Zion in the Churva of R. Y. HeChassid in Jerusalem" and bear handwritten inscriptions of R. Zundel Salant: "L'Midrash Menachem Zion".
Missing title page and following leaf. [107] leaves (originally: [109] leaves). 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, dampstains. Worming. Paper gluing for restoration in several places. Minor tears. New, elaborate leather binding.
Important book of halacha and fear of Heaven. "Accurately proofread by… R. Yehuda Ya'ale (acronym) of Pesaro Zvi (acronym)".
R. Eleazar of Worms (1165-1240), son and disciple of R. Yehudah son of Rabbi Klonymus of Mainz and disciple of R. Yehudah HaChassid, author of Sefer Chassidim, who instructed him in the study of Kabbalah. Composed approximately thirty books, and is known by the name of this book, Ba'al HaRokeach.
Signatures on first leaf: "…Yosef Z---?", "Avraham Reuven", "Ya'akov…". The first leaf and additional leaves are stamped "Beit Midrash Menachem Zion in the Churva of R. Y. HeChassid in Jerusalem" and bear handwritten inscriptions of R. Zundel Salant: "L'Midrash Menachem Zion".
Missing title page and following leaf. [107] leaves (originally: [109] leaves). 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, dampstains. Worming. Paper gluing for restoration in several places. Minor tears. New, elaborate leather binding.
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Incunabula and Early Printed Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $2,000
Unsold
Sefer HaAruch, glossary of all the words in the Talmud, in alphabetical order, by R. Natan son of Yechiel of Rome. [Pesaro]: Gershom Soncino, 1517.
Signature on title page: "Meir Avraham Lattes". Another inscription: "Purchased for a dear price Meir Avraham Lattes…Today the 25th of the month of Adar 1685".
Several glosses in Italian Hebrew script.
Censor inscriptions on the two last leaves.
102, 85-177, [1] leaves. 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Thick high-quality paper. Stains. Worming to several leaves, without damage to text. Restorations to title page. Bookplates. New binding (reconstruction of gilt ornamentations which adorned the original binding).
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
Signature on title page: "Meir Avraham Lattes". Another inscription: "Purchased for a dear price Meir Avraham Lattes…Today the 25th of the month of Adar 1685".
Several glosses in Italian Hebrew script.
Censor inscriptions on the two last leaves.
102, 85-177, [1] leaves. 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Thick high-quality paper. Stains. Worming to several leaves, without damage to text. Restorations to title page. Bookplates. New binding (reconstruction of gilt ornamentations which adorned the original binding).
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
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Incunabula and Early Printed Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Responsa by R. Joseph Colon. [Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1519]. First edition.
The colophon on the final page states: "this volume was completed in 1519 by the Jewish brothers, sons of Baruch Adelkind… in the printing house of Daniel Bomberg of Antwerp".
[9], 233 leaves. Missing title page. 25.5 cm. Condition of pages varies. Most pages are in good condition; some in fair condition. Wide margins. Stains and wear. Worming to several margins. Many dampstains. Much wear and tears to the first and final gatherings. Tear, affecting text, on one of the index pages. Last leaves detached. Without binding.
The colophon on the final page states: "this volume was completed in 1519 by the Jewish brothers, sons of Baruch Adelkind… in the printing house of Daniel Bomberg of Antwerp".
[9], 233 leaves. Missing title page. 25.5 cm. Condition of pages varies. Most pages are in good condition; some in fair condition. Wide margins. Stains and wear. Worming to several margins. Many dampstains. Much wear and tears to the first and final gatherings. Tear, affecting text, on one of the index pages. Last leaves detached. Without binding.
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Incunabula and Early Printed Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Habachur, "Four essays in Hebrew grammar, each one including thirteen principles". [Printing house of Yitzchak, Yom Tov and Yaakov, sons of Avigdor Halevi Katzav]. Rome, [1518]. First edition of the well-known composition of R. Eliyahu Bachur (Elia Levita).
This volume is missing 11 leaves. At the end of the book are bound 5 leaves of Sefer HaHarkava, by the same author, printed the same year in the same printing house.
R. Eliyahu Halevi Ashkenazi (Elia Levita) - "Habachur" (1469-1549), was among the greatest scholars and Hebrew grammarians in Renaissance Italy. He wrote, translated and proofread many books, and was known as R. Eliyahu Bachur after his present composition, Sefer Habachur.
Leaf [38] of the current copy contains differences from the copy in the National Library of Israel. The Library's copy includes a long paragraph under the colophon; the current copy's page is left blank under the colophon.
Owner's signature on title page: "Shmuel Bechor Moshe Kapsuto, may his light shine".
Leaves missing. [47] leaves (out of [58] originally) + [5] leaves from Sefer Haharkava. Sefer Habachur is missing the following leaves: [6-7], [10], [51-58]. 11 leaves missing in total. Leaf [51] has been replaced with a handwritten copy. 14.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Repaired tears and damage. New binding. Bookplate of Rabbi Eliyahu Toaff on the inner front cover.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
This volume is missing 11 leaves. At the end of the book are bound 5 leaves of Sefer HaHarkava, by the same author, printed the same year in the same printing house.
R. Eliyahu Halevi Ashkenazi (Elia Levita) - "Habachur" (1469-1549), was among the greatest scholars and Hebrew grammarians in Renaissance Italy. He wrote, translated and proofread many books, and was known as R. Eliyahu Bachur after his present composition, Sefer Habachur.
Leaf [38] of the current copy contains differences from the copy in the National Library of Israel. The Library's copy includes a long paragraph under the colophon; the current copy's page is left blank under the colophon.
Owner's signature on title page: "Shmuel Bechor Moshe Kapsuto, may his light shine".
Leaves missing. [47] leaves (out of [58] originally) + [5] leaves from Sefer Haharkava. Sefer Habachur is missing the following leaves: [6-7], [10], [51-58]. 11 leaves missing in total. Leaf [51] has been replaced with a handwritten copy. 14.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Repaired tears and damage. New binding. Bookplate of Rabbi Eliyahu Toaff on the inner front cover.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
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Incunabula and Early Printed Books
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