Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Roman-rite machzor, with the Kimcha DeAvishona commentary. Part I – prayers for weekdays, Shabbat and festivals, Passover Haggadah, Tractate Avot with the commentaries of the Rambam and "the leading physician Rabbenu Ovadia of Sforno". Bologna: [Menachem son of Abraham of Modena, Yechiel son of Solomon of Ravenna and Dan Aryeh son of Solomon Chaim of Monselice], [1540].
One of the most prominent machzorim printed in Italy. Only edition of Kimcha DeAvishona, comprehensive commentary to prayers and piyyutim, by R. Yochanan son of R. Yosef Treves (the commentary was published anonymously; regarding different copies of this machzor, some featuring the name of the author, see: Alexander Marx, R. Joseph Arli and R. Yochanan Treves, Kovetz Mada'i LeZecher Moshe Schorr, New York 1945, pp. 193-194; Yitzchak Rivkind, Dikdukei Soferim, Kiryat Sefer, IV, 1927-1928, pp. 274-275).
Ownership inscription on first leaf (partly lacking). Several glosses in Italian script.
Part I only. [199] leaves. Lacking title page. 28.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains (some dark). Open tears to many leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Wear (extensive wear to some leaves). Worming. Censorship deletions. Early binding, worn, with damage and worming.
Less than twenty Hebrew titles were printed in Bologna, and this machzor was one of the last books printed there.
One of the most prominent machzorim printed in Italy. Only edition of Kimcha DeAvishona, comprehensive commentary to prayers and piyyutim, by R. Yochanan son of R. Yosef Treves (the commentary was published anonymously; regarding different copies of this machzor, some featuring the name of the author, see: Alexander Marx, R. Joseph Arli and R. Yochanan Treves, Kovetz Mada'i LeZecher Moshe Schorr, New York 1945, pp. 193-194; Yitzchak Rivkind, Dikdukei Soferim, Kiryat Sefer, IV, 1927-1928, pp. 274-275).
Ownership inscription on first leaf (partly lacking). Several glosses in Italian script.
Part I only. [199] leaves. Lacking title page. 28.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains (some dark). Open tears to many leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Wear (extensive wear to some leaves). Worming. Censorship deletions. Early binding, worn, with damage and worming.
Less than twenty Hebrew titles were printed in Bologna, and this machzor was one of the last books printed there.
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,625
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Siddur for weekdays, Shabbat and Festivals, Sephardi rite. Amsterdam: Naftali Hertz Levi, [1739]. Miniature edition.
The first title page states that the book was printed "on commission of the brothers… sons of R. Meir Crescas", "in the press of the wealthy… Naftali Hertz Levi". On its verso, an introduction by R. Meir Crescas: "I saw in Amsterdam a miniature siddur, in tiny non-vocalized type, which the boys had difficulty reading… I [therefore] printed this siddur… like no other, in small, thin type, with new vocalization marks".
Separate title page on leaf 223: "Prayers for Festivals – Sephardi rite".
318 leaves. 6 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Some unopened pages. Fine leather binding.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records several variants of this edition.
The first title page states that the book was printed "on commission of the brothers… sons of R. Meir Crescas", "in the press of the wealthy… Naftali Hertz Levi". On its verso, an introduction by R. Meir Crescas: "I saw in Amsterdam a miniature siddur, in tiny non-vocalized type, which the boys had difficulty reading… I [therefore] printed this siddur… like no other, in small, thin type, with new vocalization marks".
Separate title page on leaf 223: "Prayers for Festivals – Sephardi rite".
318 leaves. 6 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Some unopened pages. Fine leather binding.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records several variants of this edition.
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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Sephardi Machzor for the High Holy Days and nighttime Selichot. Amsterdam: Uri HaLevy, [1679].
256 leaves. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor wear to some leaves. Tears to leaves 113-114, slightly affecting text, repaired. Gilt edges. Early gilt-decorated leather binding, with a new leather spine. Minor damage to binding.
256 leaves. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor wear to some leaves. Tears to leaves 113-114, slightly affecting text, repaired. Gilt edges. Early gilt-decorated leather binding, with a new leather spine. Minor damage to binding.
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
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Machzor with Kavanat HaPaytan, Western-Ashkenazi rite, with Yiddish translation and commentary. Amsterdam, [1793]. Six volumes.
Original gilt-decorated leather bindings. Name of owner, "Reuven Binyamin son of Yosef Forst" gilt-embossed on the front boards. This name is also handwritten, in red and blue, on a piece of paper glued to the front endpaper of Vol. II.
Nine parts in six volumes. Vol. I (both days of Rosh Hashanah): [2], 32, 2, 74; [1], 2, 65 leaves. Vol. II (Arvit and Shacharit of Yom Kippur): [2], 32, 114 leaves. Vol. III (Mussaf, Minchah and Neilah of Yom Kippur): [1], 106 leaves. Vol. IV (Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret): [2], 32, 81; [1], 51 leaves. Vol. V (first and last days of Pesach): [2], 32, 70; [1], 80 leaves. Vol. VI (Shavuot): [2], 32, 91 leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Overall good condition. Thick high-quality paper. Stains. Dampstains to Vol. IV, with traces of mildew. Gilt edges. Original gilt-decorated leather bindings (owner's name and year embossed). Wear and damage to bindings (three bindings restored, with new spines and corners).
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book lists an engraved frontispiece in the following parts: Yom Kippur – Parts I and II, Sukkot, Pesach – Parts I and II, and Shavuot. This set features an engraved frontispiece in the Rosh Hashanah volume (not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book), but does not include the engraved frontispieces of the second parts of Yom Kippur and Pesach.
Original gilt-decorated leather bindings. Name of owner, "Reuven Binyamin son of Yosef Forst" gilt-embossed on the front boards. This name is also handwritten, in red and blue, on a piece of paper glued to the front endpaper of Vol. II.
Nine parts in six volumes. Vol. I (both days of Rosh Hashanah): [2], 32, 2, 74; [1], 2, 65 leaves. Vol. II (Arvit and Shacharit of Yom Kippur): [2], 32, 114 leaves. Vol. III (Mussaf, Minchah and Neilah of Yom Kippur): [1], 106 leaves. Vol. IV (Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret): [2], 32, 81; [1], 51 leaves. Vol. V (first and last days of Pesach): [2], 32, 70; [1], 80 leaves. Vol. VI (Shavuot): [2], 32, 91 leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Overall good condition. Thick high-quality paper. Stains. Dampstains to Vol. IV, with traces of mildew. Gilt edges. Original gilt-decorated leather bindings (owner's name and year embossed). Wear and damage to bindings (three bindings restored, with new spines and corners).
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book lists an engraved frontispiece in the following parts: Yom Kippur – Parts I and II, Sukkot, Pesach – Parts I and II, and Shavuot. This set features an engraved frontispiece in the Rosh Hashanah volume (not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book), but does not include the engraved frontispieces of the second parts of Yom Kippur and Pesach.
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $1,000
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Seder Nehora HaShalem – Tefilla Zaka. Part I: Weekdays, Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh; Part II: High Holy Days and Festivals. Vilna and Grodno, 1823. Third edition, with many additions.
Divisional title page for Part II.
Prayer book with laws and commentaries, ethics and kabbalistic practices, and more. Including "Corrections to the Text of the Prayers and Blessings" by the Gaon of Vilna and other comments in his name.
Incomplete copy. [4], 2-144, [2], 145-172, 9; [3], 53, 51-136 leaves, and another two leaves (originally: [7], 2-144, [2], 145-172, 10, [1]; [3], 54, 51-138, [2] leaves). Lacking: title page of Part I and about 9 other leaves. 16 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and extensive worming, affecting text in some places. Detached leaves. Detached, damaged binding, without spine.
One of the first siddurim in which the text of the prayers and blessings follows the corrections of the Gaon of Vilna.
Divisional title page for Part II.
Prayer book with laws and commentaries, ethics and kabbalistic practices, and more. Including "Corrections to the Text of the Prayers and Blessings" by the Gaon of Vilna and other comments in his name.
Incomplete copy. [4], 2-144, [2], 145-172, 9; [3], 53, 51-136 leaves, and another two leaves (originally: [7], 2-144, [2], 145-172, 10, [1]; [3], 54, 51-138, [2] leaves). Lacking: title page of Part I and about 9 other leaves. 16 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and extensive worming, affecting text in some places. Detached leaves. Detached, damaged binding, without spine.
One of the first siddurim in which the text of the prayers and blessings follows the corrections of the Gaon of Vilna.
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $300
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Kol Bnei Yehuda Siddur, year-round prayers, Arizal (Chabad) rite, with laws of Tefillin and illustrations. Published by the Jewish community in Tianjin, China, 1943.
The siddur was published by Holocaust refugees who escaped to China.
Chabad rite. Photocopy edition, based on various books. The siddur opens with "Dinim fun Tefillin" (laws of Tefillin) in Yiddish, with illustrations. A similar siddur was published in Shanghai in 1946.
[93] leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor wear to some leaves. Small marginal tear to title page and tears to several other leaves (slightly affecting text), repaired. Stamp. Original binding, worn and damaged; partially detached. Torn spine.
Very few Hebrew titles were printed in Tianjin, China.
The siddur was published by Holocaust refugees who escaped to China.
Chabad rite. Photocopy edition, based on various books. The siddur opens with "Dinim fun Tefillin" (laws of Tefillin) in Yiddish, with illustrations. A similar siddur was published in Shanghai in 1946.
[93] leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor wear to some leaves. Small marginal tear to title page and tears to several other leaves (slightly affecting text), repaired. Stamp. Original binding, worn and damaged; partially detached. Torn spine.
Very few Hebrew titles were printed in Tianjin, China.
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Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 15, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
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Collection of printed leaves – programs issued by German and Hungarian communities, listing the selichot to be recited on Yom Kippur. [Europe, 1916-1948].
In early machzorim, numerous selichot were printed for each prayer of Yom Kippur. Since the recital of all the selichot was not feasible, many communities would choose every year a number of selichot to be recited that year. The list of selected selichot was printed on handbills which they distributed to the members of the community. Occasionally, they would also include the schedule of Yom Kippur prayers, and some even printed the text of "El Melech Yoshev…" for convenience (the text of the El Melech prayer was not printed in the machzorim after each selichah, and the worshipper had to repeatedly leaf back to the page where it was printed).
The collection comprises the following orders of selichot:
• Printed leaf from the Moson community (Mosonmagyaróvár), 1916.
• Printed leaf from the Börneplatz synagogue, Frankfurt am Main, 1924. On verso – several Frankfurt customs for Yom Kippur, in German.
• Printed leaves from the Pressburg community, for 1926, 1934, 1936 (two different leaves), 1937 and 1938.
• Printed leaf from the Kehal Adat Yeshurun synagogue, Zurich, 1928.
• Printed leaves from the Beit Tefillah Yeshurun synagogue (community of R. Shimshon Refael Hirsch), Frankfurt am Main, 1932 and 1933.
• Printed leaf from the Pest community, Budapest, 1948.
• Six printed leaves, name of community not indicated, including: leaf for 1926, lithographed manuscript ("Order of Selichot and Prayer Schedule from Erev Rosh Hashana until Yom Kippur" – 2 copies); leaf for 1926, printed in Kunszentmiklós, close to Budapest; leaf for 1935; undated leaf, printed in Hamburg.
• Enclosed: printed leaf, order of lamentations for Tisha B'Av 1917 (the recital of lamentations that year may have been abridged due to WWI). With handwritten inscriptions, including: "Herrn Landrabbiner Dr. Gronemann" (R. Yitzchak Zelig Gronemann, Land Rabbi of Hanover, 1843-1918).
[19] leaves. Size and condition vary. Worming to some leaves, affecting text.
In early machzorim, numerous selichot were printed for each prayer of Yom Kippur. Since the recital of all the selichot was not feasible, many communities would choose every year a number of selichot to be recited that year. The list of selected selichot was printed on handbills which they distributed to the members of the community. Occasionally, they would also include the schedule of Yom Kippur prayers, and some even printed the text of "El Melech Yoshev…" for convenience (the text of the El Melech prayer was not printed in the machzorim after each selichah, and the worshipper had to repeatedly leaf back to the page where it was printed).
The collection comprises the following orders of selichot:
• Printed leaf from the Moson community (Mosonmagyaróvár), 1916.
• Printed leaf from the Börneplatz synagogue, Frankfurt am Main, 1924. On verso – several Frankfurt customs for Yom Kippur, in German.
• Printed leaves from the Pressburg community, for 1926, 1934, 1936 (two different leaves), 1937 and 1938.
• Printed leaf from the Kehal Adat Yeshurun synagogue, Zurich, 1928.
• Printed leaves from the Beit Tefillah Yeshurun synagogue (community of R. Shimshon Refael Hirsch), Frankfurt am Main, 1932 and 1933.
• Printed leaf from the Pest community, Budapest, 1948.
• Six printed leaves, name of community not indicated, including: leaf for 1926, lithographed manuscript ("Order of Selichot and Prayer Schedule from Erev Rosh Hashana until Yom Kippur" – 2 copies); leaf for 1926, printed in Kunszentmiklós, close to Budapest; leaf for 1935; undated leaf, printed in Hamburg.
• Enclosed: printed leaf, order of lamentations for Tisha B'Av 1917 (the recital of lamentations that year may have been abridged due to WWI). With handwritten inscriptions, including: "Herrn Landrabbiner Dr. Gronemann" (R. Yitzchak Zelig Gronemann, Land Rabbi of Hanover, 1843-1918).
[19] leaves. Size and condition vary. Worming to some leaves, affecting text.
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