Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
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Ten works by the Dutch Hebraist and theologian Johann Leusden. Utrecht, Leiden and Basel, 17th–18th centuries. Latin and some Hebrew.
1–5. Philologus Hebraeo–mixtus, a work on religion, philosophy and Jewish custom, with fine engravings and woodcuts depicting various Jewish customs – matzah baking, lighting Shabbat candles, a Jewish wedding, Brit Milah, and more. Five copies from four different editions (including the first edition). Utrecht, Leiden and Basel, 1663–1739.
6. Clavis Hebraica Veteris Testamenti, lexicon of Biblical Hebrew. Utrecht: Franciscum Halma, 1683.
7–8. Philologus Hebraeo–graecus generalis, philological study on Hebrew and Greek in the New Testament. Two different editions: Leiden: Jordanum Luchtmans, 1685; Basel: E. & J.R. Thurnisios, 1739.
9. Sive Translatio Hebraica Omnium Textuum Chaldaicorum, qui in Daniele, Ezra & in Jeremia Inveniuntur – Hebrew translation of Daniel and Ezra. Leiden: Jordanum Luchtman, 1685.
10. Philologus Hebraeus, work on the Hebrew language, Judaism and its commandments; including a list of the 613 commandments, a special chapter dedicated to Kabbalah and kabbalists, and a discussion of G–d's Names. Poem in Hebrew by Johann Leusden at the beginning of the book. Basel: E. & J.R. Thurnisios, 1739.
Ten works in five volumes (four in one volume, three in another volume, and the rest bound individually). Condition varies. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Additional work at the end of one volume: Phosphorus graecorum vocum et phrasium sacro–sancti Novi Testamenti theoretico–practicus, lexicon of Greek words in the New Testament, by Georg Crauser. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johannis Theodori Fleischeri, 1676. Latin, with some Greek and Hebrew.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.336–9.
"History of the Rites of the Jews" by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. Three editions in Dutch translation:
1. Kerk-zeeden en de gewoonten die huiden in gebruik zijn onder de Jooden. Amsterdam: Timotheus ten Hoorn, 1683. First Dutch edition.
[31] leaves, 96; 99-200 pages, [4] leaves; 201, [6] pages + [1] frontispiece + [4] engraved plates (folded).
2. Kerk-zeeden en de gewoonten die huiden in gebruik zyn onder de Jooden.
Amsterdam: Daniel van den Dalen, 1693.
[31] leaves, 98; 101-200 pages, [4] leaves; 203, [4] pages + [1] frontispiece + [4] engraved plates (folded).
3. Kerk-zeeden en de gewoonten die huiden in gebruik zyn onder de Jooden.
Amsterdam: Andries van Damme, 1725.
[31] leaves, 198 pages, [4] leaves; 203, [4] pages + [1] frontispiece + [4] engraved plates (folded).
Three books. Approx. 15.5-16 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Minor worming and marginal tears to some leaves. Two vellum and one leather bindings (contemporary), blemished and worn.
"History of the Rites of the Jews" was first published in 1637. It was written in Italian by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena at the request of the English Ambassador in Venice, on behalf of James I, King of England. Having gained success, the book was translated into several languages (including French, English and Hebrew) and used for years as an important source of information about the daily customs of the Jewish people. The first Dutch edition, translated by Abraham Godart, was published in 1683, and was bound together with an essay by Le sieur de Simonville (pen name of French priest Richard Simon) – a comparison between Jewish and Christian customs. The present editions are supplemented with engravings depicting the Jewish wedding ceremony, divorce, Halizah and circumcision.
The author, Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena (1571–1648), a Rabbi in Venice, teacher and Chazan, grammarian and poet, an impressive speaker and great orator. Composed several books, among which "Sur MeRa" (1596), Tzemach Tzadik (1600), the biographical work Chayei Yehuda (1602), and many more.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.347, NHB.348, and NHB.349.
Four reference works and dissertations on the topics of Jewish culture, history and customs, by Scandinavian Hebraists. Latin and some Hebrew.
1. Trihaeresium Ebraeorum, work on the Jewish sects during the Second Temple era – the Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes, by David Lund. Turku (Finland): [Wallius], 1689.
[16], 156 pages.
2. Mulier Hebraea in Cosmicis, work on Jewish women, by Johannes Palmroot. Uppsala (Sweden), Henricus Keyser, 1699.
[4], 36, [1] pages + [1] engraved plate.
3. Seu Libellus Repudi, work on divorces, by Johannes Palmroot. Uppsala: J. H. Werner, r. acad. Typogr, 1703.
[8], 40 pages.
4. Dissertatio academica deקריעת בגדים , work on the Jewish mourning customs, by Johannes Palmroot. Uppsala: Keyserianis, 1701.
[4], 25, [1] pages + [1] engraved plate.
Four books, approx. 14.5-16.5 cm. Condition varies. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.198, NHB.390, NHB.201, NHB.365.
Two books (bound together) concerned with the Jewish religion. Leipzig: Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1705. German and some Hebrew.
1. “Der Jüden Glaube und Aberglaube” [“The Jewish Faith and Superstitions”], by Friedrich Albrecht Christiani. Leipzig: Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1705. With engraved frontispiece and eight additional engravings illustrating Jewish customs and dress, and presenting subjects such as the “Tarnegol Kapparot” (ritual of atonement involving a sacrificial rooster), phylacteries, Jewish burial practices, and more.
[1], 88, 186, [10] pp. + [9] printed plates.
2. “Der gantze Jüdische Glaube” [“The Entire Jewish Faith”], by Anton Margaritha. Leipzig: Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1705.
[29], 360, [24] pp. + [1] printed plate.
Two works bound together, 15.5 cm. Good condition. New binding and endpapers.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, No. NHB.334, NHB.335.
Illustration of the Ilan Sefirot
Miscellaneorum sacrorum libri duo, quibus accessit ejusdem exercitatio de cabbala Judaica, by Theodoricus Hackspan. Altdorf (Bavaria): published by Georgii Hagen, printed by Johannem Tauberum, 1660. Latin, Hebrew and other languages.
Work on the Bible and Kabbalah, by the German theologist and Orientalist Theodoricus Hackspan (1607-1659). Towards the end of the work, woodcut representing the Ilan Sefirot (names of the Sefirot printed in Hebrew), under the Latin title of "Arbor Cabbalistica".
[4] leaves, 453, [33] pages + [1] engraved title page. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Browned leaves. Several leaves with (minor) marginal tears. Gilt-decorated parchment binding, slightly worn and damaged.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.194.
First Edition, with Engravings Depicting Jewish Rituals and Customs
Jüdisches Ceremoniel [Jewish Ceremonies], by Paul Christian Kirchner. Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1724. German (and some Hebrew). First edition with engravings.
A detailed description of Jewish customs and rituals in 18th–century Germany, accompanied by thirty engraved plates (all but frontispiece, folding). The engravings depict various Jewish ceremonies and customs, including laying of phylacteries, chalitzah, Sabbath and holidays in the synagogue, and more.
The author, Paul Christian Kirchner, born to a Jewish family, converted to Christianity several years before composing this work. In his preface, he states his intentions to convince other Jews to follow his example.
The book was first published in 1717 (without engravings). In the present edition from 1724, the work was re–edited by Sebastian Jacob Jugendres (1685–1765), who emended the text, somewhat toned–down Kirchner's coarse language, and incorporated engravings for the first time.
[5] leaves, 226, [18] pages + [30] engraved plates and [2] folding explanatory plates (Erklärung der Kupfer) at end. 18.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains (including dark stains) and wear. Marginal tears and open tears to some leaves and plates (including some long tears). Title page and engravings mounted on blank leaves (old, bound together with rest of book). Old leather binding, slightly damaged; tears and wear to spine.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.127.
“Jüdisches Ceremoniel” [“Jewish Ceremonies”], by Paul Christian Kirchner. Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1726. German and some Hebrew.
The present volume presents a detailed description of Jewish customs and ceremonies as practiced in Germany in the 18th century. It was authored by Paul Christian Kirchner, a Christian convert from Judaism. The book contains thirty engraved plates. All except one
the engraving opposite the title page – are folded. The engravings depict various Jewish ceremonies and customs, including observance of the mitzvah of phylacteries, the “halitzah” ceremony, ” the observance of the Sabbath and sabbatical holidays in the synagogue, and more. Some of the engravings are signed in the plate by the artist Johann Georg Poschner.
The book was first printed in 1716, without the engravings. The author, whose original name was Mordechai Gumprecht, was born Jewish. He converted to Christianity shortly before writing this book. In the introduction to the first edition, he declares his intention to persuade his Jewish brethren to follow in his footsteps and forsake their faith. The work was re–edited in 1724 by the theologian Sebastian Jacob Jugendres, who inserted comments, made corrections, and attempted to soften the harshest of Kirchner’s antisemitic statements. The present volume represents this re–edited version.
[5] ff; 226 pp., [9] ff. + [30] (engraved plates). Approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming (minor damage to printing, mostly to last pages). Handwritten notations (from roughly the time of printing), and inked stamp on title page. Bound in elegant leather binding, decorated, with remnants of gilt. Blemishes and wear to binding and spine.
Exhibition:
• Only on paper: Six Centuries of Judaica from the Gross Family Collection, CD, 2005.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, No. NHB.352.
Jüdisches Ceremoniel [Jewish Ceremonies], by Paul Christian Kirchner. Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, [1734]. German (and some Hebrew).
Detailed description of Jewish customs and rituals in 18th–century Germany, accompanied by 30 engraved plates (all but frontispiece, folding). The engravings depict various scenes such as laying Tefillin (phylacteries), the chalitzah ceremony, Sabbath and holidays in the synagogue, etc. Nine engravings signed (in print) by the German printmaker Johann Georg Puschner (1680–1749).
The author, Paul Christian Kirchner, born to a Jewish family, converted to Christianity several years before composing this work. In his preface, he states his intentions to convince other Jews to follow his example.
This work was first published in 1717, without the engravings. The present edition is similar to the 1724 edition, which was re–edited by Sebastian Jacob Jugendres (1685–1765), who emended the text, toned down some of Kirchners more vehement remarks, and incorporated engravings (see lot no. 211).
[5] leaves, 226, [26] pages + [30] engraved plates. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Wear. Bookplate of the Anglo–Jewish historian and collector Alfred Rubens. New binding, with leather spine and corners.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.442.
Two editions of the important book composed by the Hebraist and scholar Johann Buxtorf (1564–1629). Buxtorf accurately recorded the customs, prayers and lives of Ashkenazi Jews. Although the tone of the book is explicitly anti–Semitic, it is considered a milestone in the study of Jews and Judaism, and was even used by Jews at the time.
The present editions are accompanied by in–text engravings, depicting various customs of German Jewry. Illustration of synagogue interior (double–spread engraving) at the beginning of the books. Fine double–spread title pages, printed in red and black:
1. Synagoga Judaica Noviter Restaurata, das ist, Erneuerte Judische Synagog, oder Juden–schul, by Joannis Buxtorfi (Johannes Buxtorf). Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Paul Kraussen, 1729. German.
[10] leaves, 752 pages, [4] leaves + [1] engraved plate. 16 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Parchment binding. Minor wear and stains to binding. Minor worming to binding.
2. Synagoga Judaica Noviter Restaurata, das ist, Erneuerte Judische Synagog, oder Juden– schul, by Joannis Buxtorfi (Johannes Buxtorf). Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Paul Kraussen, 1738. German.
[10] leaves, 608 pages, [20] leaves + [1] engraved plate. Approx. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor tears, including a few open tears, affecting text (open tears to pp. 93–94 and 233–234, affecting text and illustrations). Worming. Old leather binding, worn and damaged. New spine.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.343, NHB. 344.
Reference books by Andreas Würfel (1718–1769), on the Jewish communities in Nuremberg and Fürth. Three books in two volumes (duplicate copies of one book).
• Volume comprising two books:
1. Historische Nachrichten von der Juden–Gemeinde, welche ehehin in der Reichsstadt Nürnberg angericht gewesen, aber Ao. 1499. ausgeschaffet worden. Nuremberg: Georg Peter Monath, 1755. German, Latin and some Hebrew.
A book on the Jewish community in Nuremberg before their expulsion in 1499. Impressive frontispiece, depicting at the top the Jewish synagogue in Nuremberg (converted to a church after the expulsion). Beneath it are six rectangles, portraying Jewish figures in traditional attire from the Middle Ages. The Hebrew text in the book includes epitaphs from the Nuremberg cemetery, and a testament from 1426 listing the property and real estate bequeathed by R. Uri Yekutiel to this son. [3] leaves, 164 pages + [1] plate.
2. Historische Nachricht von der Judengemeinde in dem Hofmarkt Fürth unterhalb Nürnberg. Frankfurt and Prague, 1754. German and some Hebrew. Two parts. A book on the Jewish community of Fürth. The Hebrew text in the book includes epitaphs from the Fürth cemetery. [2] leaves, 170 pages.
• Additional copy of the book about the Nuremberg community – Historische Nachrichten von der Juden–Gemeinde, welche ehehin in der Reichsstadt Nürnberg angericht gewesen (Nuremberg, 1755). [3] leaves, 164 pages + [1] plate.
3 books in 2 volumes. Approx. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor wear. Minor worming. Inscriptions. Labels and bookplate. Old bindings, with leather spines and corners, damaged and worn.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.129 + 443 + 356.
Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden, by Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz. Frankfurt-Leipzig: Joh. Friedr. Beckers / Georg Otto, 1748-1749. German and Hebrew. Four parts in one volume (with engraved title page and two general title pages; general title pages printed in red and black).
Important study by the German theologian Johann Christian Bodenschatz (1717-1797) on the Jewish religion and customs, particularly the customs of Ashkenazic Jewry. The book includes detailed and objective descriptions of Jewish customs during the author's time and provides a highly important source of information on the history of Jews in the 18th century.
The book is accompanied with thirty engraved plates produced by Gottfried Eichler, Georg Paul Nusbiegel, and Johann Conrad Müller, depicting Jewish customs and lifestyle: inauguration of a Torah scroll, blessing of the moon, priestly blessing, prayers in the synagogue, Sabbath, the High Holidays, Jewish festivals, immersion in the mikveh, visiting the sick, Jewish burial, and more.
Four parts in one volume: [16], 206; [1], 328, 331-386, [2]; [16], 256; 270, [34] pages + [1] engraved title page + XII + XVII engraved plates. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Creases and wear. Minor marginal tears to a few leaves. Inscriptions. Red edges. Gilt-decorated binding with leather spine and corners, worn and damaged (lacking lower part of spine, restored).
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.387.
Aufrichtig Teutsch redender Hebräer, Welcher Gründlich zeiget den Ursprung und die Schicksaale des Jüdischen Volcks, by Johann Christian Georg Bokenschatz. Frankfurt–Leipzig: Martin Göbhardt, 1756. German and some Hebrew. Four parts in two volumes (with frontispiece, general title page and four divisional title pages; general title page printed in red and black).
Important study by the German theologian Johann Christian Bodenschatz (1717–1797) on the Jewish religion and customs, particularly the customs of Ashkenazic Jewry (the book first appeared in 1748 under the title Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden). The book includes detailed and objective descriptions of Jewish customs during the author's time and provides a highly important source of information for the history of Jews in the 18th century.
The book is accompanied with thirty engraved plates produced by Gottfried Eichler, Georg Paul Nusbiegel, and Johann Conrad Müller, depicting Jewish customs and lifestyle: inauguration of a Torah scroll, blessing of the moon, priestly blessing, prayers in the synagogue, Sabbath, the High Holidays, Jewish festivals, immersion in the mikveh, visiting the sick, Jewish burial, and more.
Four parts in two volumes: vol. I: [8], 206; 328, 331–386, [2] pages + engraved title page + XII engraved plates. Vol. II: 256; 270, [34] pages + XVII engraved plates. 22 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and defects. Minor marginal tears to a few leaves. One plate detached. Gilt edges. Original bindings, with leather spine and corners, slightly worn.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.357.