Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics

Collection of Books of Poetry, Mathematics, Science, and Philosophy – The "Haskalah" Movement – Europe, 1765-1868

Opening: $200
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Collection of books authored by members of the "Haskalah" ("Jewish Enlightenment") Movement. Europe, 1765-1868. Mostly Hebrew. 1. "Levanon – Gan Na'ul, " by Naftali Herz Weisel. Two parts bound in one (no additional parts published). Amsterdam: Brothers Joseph, Jacob, and Abraham Proops, [1765] / Amsterdam: Gerhard Johan Janson & Israel Mondovy, [1766]. 2. Single volume comprising three (of four) booklets from the series "Divrei Shalom Ve-Emet, " [Words of Peace and Truth] by Naftali Herz Weisel: Three letters (nos. 2-4) by Weisel, addressed to his critics. Berlin: Hinuch Ne'arim, [1782-85?]. 3. "Sefer Klil Ha-Heshbon" (a mathematics textbook), by David Friesenhausen. Berlin: Hinuch Ne'arim, (1796). 4. "Sefer Zekher Tzadik… the late Naftali Herz Weisel, " by David ben Zvi Hirsch Friedrichsfeld. Amsterdam: Solomon Proops Katz, [1809]. 5. "Mikhtav Li-Hakhmei Yisrael al Yisodei Ha-Emunah" ["Letter to the Jewish Sages Regarding the Foundations of Faith"], by Mordechai Dov Friedenthal. Wrocław: Leib Sulzbach, 5575 (1815). 6. "Bikurei Ha-Itim – Minhat Bikurim…, " edited by Moses Landau. Begins with excerpts from the Hebrew translation to Maimonides's "Guide of the Perplexed, " with commentaries. Ends with a section in German. Vienna: Anton Schmid, 1824. 7. "Nir David…, " by Shalom HaKohen. Vienna: Anton Edlen v. Schmid, 1834. 8. "Kinat Sofrim, " by Ada"m HaKohen. Vilna (Vilnius): Joseph Reuben bar Menahem min Romm, 1847. 9. "Keter Kehunah O Divrei Ha-Yamim LiKohanei Ha-Emunah HaYisraelit Ubenoteha, " by Alexander HaLevi Zederbaum. Odessa: L. Nietzsche and A. Zederbaum, 1866. 10. "Birkhot Horim – Shirim Yesodetam BiDivrei Kadmoneinu, " by Ludwig August Frankl. Vienna: Jacob Schlossberg, 1866. 11. "Tokhahti LaBikarin, " by Shalom Solomon Friedmann [Ada"m HaKohen]. Vilna (Vilnius): Joseph Reuben bar Menahem min Romm, 1868. Size and condition vary. Enclosed: An additional copy of the fourth part of the work "Nir David" by Shalom HaKohen (see above).
Prayers and Piyyutim, Poetry and Literature, Collections of Books
Prayers and Piyyutim, Poetry and Literature, Collections of Books