{"lots":[{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113248/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"aboab, isaac"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe copy, printed entirely on blue paper. title within architectural arch. some marginal notes. ff. 115 (of 116) lacking final leaf. closely trimmed and stained, title soiled, inner margins of many leaves repaired, opening several leaves with loss of text occasionally supplied in manuscript. modern calf-backed marbled boards. sm. 4to. vinograd, mantua 95. g. ruffinelli, mantua: 1563. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on blue paper. \n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 23."},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"1","title":{"en":"menorath hama\u2019or [ethics]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113248/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"aiDescription":"This is a page from a printed book titled \"Menorath Hama\u2019or\" which focuses on ethics. The textual content is in Hebrew, presented in two columns, and features a decorated cartouche framing a section of text on the left-hand page. The page exhibits a clear, legible script against a light-colored paper, likely from an early modern period, showing some signs of age and handling at the edges. The overall aesthetic is characteristic of early printed religious or ethical texts, with a decorative element adding visual interest.","soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:40.807Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,500 - $2,000","currency":"USD","id":113248,"estimateMin":1500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113249/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"aboab, isaac."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"lavish additional engraved title-page featuring the burning bush at top and moses and aaron flanking. a wide-margined copy. ff. (4), 129. dampstained, marginal worming. original gilt-tooled diced morocco, a.e.g., later clasps and hinges, rubbed. tall folio. vinograd, amsterdam 1185. solomon proops, amsterdam: 1722."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"2","title":{"en":"menorath hama\u2019or [ethics]. with nephesh yehudah commentary."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113249/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This is an illustrated title page from a Hebrew book, \"Menorath Hama\u2019or,\" which discusses ethics and includes the \"Nephesh Yehudah\" commentary. The page features a detailed engraving depicting two robed figures, possibly priests or sages, flanking a menorah in the foreground. In the background, an outdoor scene with figures and animals is visible, all framed by architectural elements such as columns and draped curtains. The Hebrew text for the title is prominently displayed, and the page is bound into a volume with a visible binding spine on the left.","soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:40.808Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113249,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113250/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"abrabanel, don isaac"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. printer\u2019s device on title (yaari, hebrew printers marks no. 16). laudatory poem by the author\u2019s eldest son, judah (leone ebreo) abrabanel on verso of title. ff. 216 (i.e. 215). trace marginal worming, touch foxed, final three leaves neatly remargined. modern blind-tooled tan calf. 4to. vinograd, venice 248. giustiniani-adelkind, venice: 1545. the commentary nachlath avoth is replete with abrabanel\u2019s quest in determining the tragedies of his time. abrabanel himself was no stranger to hardship, and had gone into exile at least three times in his life, first fleeing portugal after being accused of treason, then leaving spain under the alhambra decree and later escaping naples as it fell to the french. he died in venice in 1508, 37 years before nachlath avoth would be printed there. for a detailed biography of abrabanel\u2019s experiences and philosophical conclusions regarding the spanish expulsion, see b. netanyahu: don isaac abravanel, statesman & philosopher (1968)."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"3","title":{"en":"nachlath avoth [commentary to the ethics of the fathers, with text]. with introduction by maimonides."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113250/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This is a title page from the Hebrew book \"Nachlath Avoth,\" a commentary on the ethics of the fathers, which also includes the original text and an introduction by Maimonides. The page is printed in Hebrew with decorative flourishes at the top and features a prominent woodcut illustration near the bottom. This illustration depicts a domed building with an arched entrance, possibly a synagogue or an important Jewish edifice, framed by a decorative banner. The paper appears aged with some faint marks and is likely from an early modern print run.","soldPrice":1700,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:40.810Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113250,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113251/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"abrabanel, don isaac"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within historiated architectural arch. marginalia in two learned hands. f. 141 (1). neat marginal repair to title with minute signature below, portion of margin clipped from ff. 36-7 not affecting text. modern tan crushed morocco elaborately blind-tooled, spine tooled in gilt. 4to. vinograd, ferrara 5; mehlman 625. samuel gallus (zarfati), (ferrara): 1551. following the spanish expulsion, the survivors of the catastrophe, including don isaac abrabanel, struggled to comprehend their suffering and were seized with acute meta-historical feelings for the coming of the messiah. ma\u2019ayenei hayeshu\u2019ah (\u201cwells of salvation\u201d) is the first work of abrabanel\u2019s passionate trilogy on the imminence of messianism.see b. netanyahu, don isaac abravanel: statesman and philosopher (1968) pp. 77-8."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"4","title":{"en":"ma\u2019ayenei hayeshu\u2019ah [commentary on the eschatological chapters in the book of daniel]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113251/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This is an elaborately decorated title page from a Hebrew book titled \"Ma\u2019ayenei Hayeshu\u2019ah,\" a commentary on the eschatological chapters in the Book of Daniel. The page is bordered by a rich, intricate woodcut design featuring classical architectural motifs, floral patterns, and putti, creating a grand frame for the central text block. The text itself is in Hebrew, neatly arranged within the ornate frame, suggesting a publication from a period that valued detailed printing and design. The paper shows signs of age, including some minor staining.","soldPrice":9000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:40.811Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113251,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113252/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"adarbi, isaac"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. title within architectural arch. ff. 198 (i.e. 200). opening few leaves trace wormed. modern blind-tooled morocco. folio. vinograd, venice 703. di gara, venice: 1587. important collection of 430 responsa. r. isaac adarbi (1510-84) rabbi of the congregation of lisbon jews in salonika, was a disciple of r. joseph ta\u2019itatzak and a colleague of r. samuel de medina (maharashda\u201dm). the author many times takes exception to the latter\u2019s rulings. see ej, vol. ii, col. 254."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"5","title":{"en":"divrei rivoth [responsa]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113252/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":400,"aiDescription":"This is a title page from the Hebrew book \"Divrei Rivoth,\" a collection of responsa, printed with an elaborate architectural woodcut design. The main text is framed within a grand archway supported by twisted columns, reminiscent of a baroque or classical temple facade. Above the arch, a pediment features decorative elements and additional Hebrew text. The text is primarily in Hebrew, with a Latin phrase \"Con licentia d'Superiori\" at the bottom, indicating official approval for publication, suggesting a European origin and an early modern period.","soldPrice":950,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:40.812Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":113252,"estimateMin":400},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113253/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"albo, joseph"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"prominent printers device on title (ya\u2019ari, hebrew printers\u2019 marks no. 6). initial letters of opening word in white-on-black decorative vignettes surrounded by historiated engraved border-piece. few marginal notes in an early hand. ff. (154). title-page worn and laid down with some loss, scattered neat paper repairs, censored (heavily so in places). modern blind-tooled maroon calf. 4to. vinograd, rimini 4; mehlman 1191. gershom soncino, rimini: 1522. albo\u2019s sepher ikarim presented religious-philosophical problems in a form accessible and comprehensible to all. for a brief examination of albo\u2019s philosophies and the thinkers upon whose ideas he built, see i. zinberg, a history of jewish literature, vol. iii (1974) pp. 233-239: \u201cit is a popular work, permeated with the heartfelt accents of the inspired preacher.\u201d"},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"6","title":{"en":"sepher ikarim [philosophy]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113253/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This is a page from a Hebrew philosophical text titled \"Sepher Ikarim.\" The page is characterized by a distinctive decorative band at the top, featuring intricate floral and foliate motifs interspersed with animals, including rabbits, and Hebrew letters within ornate boxes. 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The animal imagery in the header provides a notable visual feature.","soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:40.814Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113253,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113254/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"alfalas, moses"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within architectural arch. ff. 139 (9). trimmed, dampstained. modern blind-tooled morocco. sm. 4to. vinograd, venice 830. daniel zanetti, venice: 1597. the late 16th-century preacher moses alfalas was a native of tetuan, spanish morocco. a contemporary of the mahara\u201dl, r. judah löw of prague, he too employed philosophical terms in his sermons, while giving them novel meaning."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"7","title":{"en":"ho\u2019il moshe [collected sermons]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113254/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a title page for the Hebrew book \"Ho\u2019il Moshe,\" a collection of sermons, featuring a detailed architectural woodcut. The design presents a grand archway flanked by spiraling, fluted columns, with an ornate pediment above. Within the arch, the Hebrew title and bibliographic information are printed. The overall aesthetic suggests an early modern European printing, emphasizing classical architectural elements often found in title pages of the period. 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The page features an elaborate architectural woodcut design, with a central arch framed by spiraling, fluted columns and topped by a decorative pediment. The Hebrew text, including the title and content description, is contained within this grand structure. The page also bears an ink stamp near the top left corner and handwritten annotations, indicating historical ownership or cataloging.","soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:40.816Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113255,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113256/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"alkabetz, solomon halevi."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within architectural arch. ff. 96. foxed in places, trimmed. modern blind-tooled calf. sm. 4to. vinograd, const. 221. solomon ibn usque, constantinople: 1561. solomon alkabetz (c. 1505-84) was a liturgical poet and kabbalist, venerated today as the composer of \u201clechah dodi,\u201d a mystical love-song to the sabbath queen chanted at sundown on the sabbath eve. alkabetz, emigrated from the balkans to the land of israel in 1535, settling in safed, then the center of kabbalistic learning. there, he was part of an extraordinary fraternity of mystics that included r. joseph karo and r. moses alsheich. alkabetz was a prolific author, producing commentaries on song of songs, ruth, esther, the minor prophets, psalms, job and the passover haggadah. r. moses cordovero was alkabetz\u2019s brother-in-law and initially his disciple, although it seems that eventually their relationship was reversed with alkabetz becoming a student of cordovero."},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"9","title":{"en":"shoresh yishai [kabbalistic commentary to the book of ruth, with text]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113256/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1200,"aiDescription":"This is a title page for the Hebrew book \"Shoresh Yishai,\" a kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, which also includes the text of Ruth. The design features a prominent architectural woodcut, with a central archway supported by fluted columns and surmounted by a decorative pediment. The Hebrew text, including the title and details about the commentary, is set within the arch. The page exhibits a traditional layout for a religious text, likely from an early modern publishing period, with a clear and legible Hebrew script.","soldPrice":2000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:40.818Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - $1,800","currency":"USD","id":113256,"estimateMin":1200},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113257/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"almosnino, moses."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. previous owners\u2019 marks on title-page including stamp in cyrillic of the rabbi of babroisk. ff. 84. closely shaved, browned. modern calf-backed marbled boards. sm. 4to. vinograd, cracow 138. n.p., cracow: 1589-90."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"10","title":{"en":"tephilah lemoshe [sermons and homilies on the merits of the torah, with treatise on the reading of the shema upon retirement]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113257/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a title page from a Hebrew book titled \"Tephilah Lemoshe,\" containing sermons and homilies on the merits of the Torah, along with a treatise on reading the Shema. The page is covered with numerous handwritten annotations and signatures in both Hebrew and what appears to be Cyrillic script, along with a printed stamp in Cyrillic. The primary text is in Hebrew, but the heavy ink annotations significantly obscure parts of the original print, indicating extensive past use and ownership, potentially from the late 19th or early 20th century.","soldPrice":900,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:40.819Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113257,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113258/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(americana)"},"available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. table of contents provided after the author\u2019s introduction. diagrams of the new world and the south-polar stars on f. 33v. type ornament border around title and initial word. ff. 36. trace stained, f. 7 repaired with loss of several words. modern blind-tooled calf. housed in custom slip-case. 12mo. vinograd, venice 702. giovanni di gara, venice: 1586-87. first edition of the first hebrew americanum. the earliest hebrew work containing a description of america.first written in 1524, this pioneering work on geography is divided into two parts. the first provides a general description of the earth, its division into climactic zones, continents and individual countries. the second part focuses upon the new discoveries made by portuguese and spanish explorers. farissol discusses the location of the garden of eden, the sambatyon river, beyond which dwell the lost tribes of israel, and gives a detailed account of the discoveries of vasco da gama and his travels to india.in his chapter on the discovery of america, making this the first hebrew book to record such, farissol describes both the land and the people living there, based upon contemporary accounts. he writes; \u201cthey do not have a prince nor a ruler, neither laws nor a god, rather, we shall say they behave according to what is natural. they do not own property or possessions as individuals, for everything there is without an owner. instead, they eat and forge a living for themselves together as one\u201d (f. 33r).farissol was the cantor of the synagogue in ferrara and a contemporary of christopher columbus. he served in the court of renaissance patron lorenzo de medici, which allowed him to be well positioned to learn as much as he could about the newly discovered and explored territories in both the west and east. farissol\u2019s interest in geography was further spurred by the (likely fictitious) works of the enigmatic adventurer david reubeni (see chap. 14). some have interpreted the author\u2019s interest in the newly discovered lands as a sign of his belief in the imminence of messianic redemption. in addition to his cantorial duties, farissol wrote a commentary to the pentateuch and a book of religious polemics, defending judaism from christian and islamic arguments against judaism.see d. ruderman, the world of a renaissance jew: the life and thought of abraham ben mordecai farissol (1981), chap. 11; and andré neher, jewish thought and the scientific revolution of the sixteenth century (1986) pp. 122-135.celebrated for the shield-like diagram labeled in hebrew \u201cnew land\u201d this work is the most scarce of american-related hebrew texts."},"estimateMax":70000,"lotNumber":"11","title":{"en":"abraham farissol. igereth orchoth olam [\u201cepistle on the paths of the world\u201d]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113258/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":50000,"aiDescription":"This is a rare Hebrew book titled \"Igereth Orchoth Olam\" (\"Epistle on the Paths of the World\") by Abraham Farissol. It is a cosmographical treatise, an early printed work that includes descriptions of America, Asia, and Africa. The text is printed in Hebrew script with a decorative border featuring intricate floral and geometric patterns, typical of early printed Hebrew books. The title page also includes a small Latin phrase \"Conlicentia d'Superiori.\" This historical text offers insights into 16th-century Jewish geographical knowledge.","lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:53.105Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$50,000 - $70,000","currency":"USD","id":113258,"estimateMin":50000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113259/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(americana)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. ff. 328. opening and closing two leaves with neat paper repairs, variously stained in places, signatures at end. later tooled calf, expertly rehinged, spine worn. 12mo. vinograd, sabionneta 12. tobias foa-cornilius adelkind, sabionneta: 1553-4. an important and rare work of historiography with much material relating to the discovery of the new world.despite a title that limits itself to the royalty of france and the ottomans, hakohen\u2019s work is in fact a universal history of more than a millennia - from the foundation of the frankish kingdom by clovis at the end of the 5th-century to the year 1550.this broad chronological account of euro-asian history is the most important text by the genoese-jewish scholar joseph hakohen (1496-1575), a native of provence, who wrote in voltaggio, a small village above genoa. hakohen was one of the few jewish historians of the renaissance (and later) who also focused upon non-jewish themes. the author presents here his text on the basis of the struggle between east and west - the outcome of which depended upon the treatment of jews by each civilization: christian and muslim. france represented to hakohen the leading western power and the ottoman empire the eastern power \u2013 each, battling for supremacy.the work is divided into two parts. the first covers the period from the decline of the roman empire to the deaths of maximilian i (in 1519) and selim i (in 1520). the larger second part focuses upon the 33 years between 1520 to the year of the book\u2019s publication. clearly the author felt that the era in which he was living was a new, significant epoch that had broken away from the past.the book includes a lengthy account of the discovery of the new world recording recent explorations and discoveries, which in turn shone a perspective on the often negative relationship between europe\u2019s jews and christians. hakohen envisioned the settlement of newly discovered territories in the americas as a harbinger of a new age in which social injustice and discrimination would cease to exist.the first hebrew book to use the word \u201camerica\u201d in describing the new world (see ff. 154-55)see n.j. efron, \u201cknowledge of newly discovered lands among the jewish communities of europe\u201d in: p. bernadini and n. fiering (eds.) the jews and the expansion of europe to the west 1450-1800 (2001) pp. 54-7; r. j. h. gottheil, columbus in jewish literature in: ajhsp, vol. ii (1894); m.j. heller, the sixteenth-century hebrew book, vol. 1 (2004) p. 387."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"12","title":{"en":"joseph ben joshua hakohen. divrei hayamim lemalchei tzarfath u\u2019malchei beith othoman hatogar [\u201chistory of the kings of france and the ottoman turks.\u201d]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113259/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":10000,"aiDescription":"This item is a historical text titled \"Divrei Hayamim LeMalchei Tzarfath U\u2019Malchei Beith Othoman Hatogar\" (\"History of the Kings of France and the Ottoman Turks\"), authored by Joseph ben Joshua Hakohen. The book is written in Hebrew and presents a historical account, likely a chronicle of these two major European and Middle Eastern powers. The visible page features Hebrew text, presented in a clear and structured manner, without elaborate decorative borders, characteristic of more straightforward historical publications.","soldPrice":27000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:53.107Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$10,000 - $15,000","currency":"USD","id":113259,"estimateMin":10000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113260/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(amsterdam)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"complete set of issues from each side, bound together in one volume. text in yiddish and dutch. collation available upon request. few leaves laid to size, lightly browned. contemporary calf-backed speckled boards, spine title in yiddish. 8vo. sold not subject to return. vinograd, amsterdam 2240-42. amsterdam: 1797-98. a lengthy series of lampoons issued as an extension of the rivalry between the old and new kehillehs of the aschkenazi community in amsterdam.the neie kehille (new congregation) adath yeshurun first established itself in amsterdam in 1796. along with instituting a number of changes to synagogue style, the new congregation angered the alte kehille (old congregation) by issuing regulations that excluded the jurisdiction of the parnassim from the actions of members within civil life. a reflection of the increasing bitterness between each side was the weekly appearance of these\u201ddiskuhrs\u201d pamphlets. written in the style of travelers\u2019 tales, containing crude, but clever satirical attacks upon the other side, these contentious pamphlets represent a most unique literary genre and are important as a primary source for the study of the political, economic, religious and social upheaval of the period.\n see m. gans, memorbook (1977) pp. 290-3; j. michman, de diskursen in: studia rosenthaliana, vol. 24 (1990) pp. 22-35; bibliotheca rosenthaliana-treasures of jewish booklore (1994) pp. 86-7 (illustrated)."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"13","title":{"en":"diskuhrs [weekly polemical pamphlets between two warring dutch communities]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113260/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This lot features \"Diskuhrs,\" a collection of weekly polemical pamphlets, likely originating from Dutch communities. The open book displays text in both Hebrew and a European language, presumably Dutch, suggesting a bilingual or bicultural context. The Hebrew page includes a woodcut illustration depicting a horse-drawn carriage, adding a visual element to the textual content. The presence of a date, \"Vrydag 16 Maart 1798,\" indicates its late 18th-century period. The binding appears to be a rich brown leather, suggesting a durable and perhaps later compilation of these pamphlets.","soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:53.108Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113260,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113261/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"[anav, yechiel ben yekuthiel(?) / anav, zedekiah ben abraham (?)]"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. title within architectural arch. ff. (6) 136. browned, few paper repairs, fore-edges worn in places, stamps removed from opening two leaves. modern calf, elaborately blind-tooled. sm. 4to. vinograd, cremona 36. vincenzo conti, cremona: 1565. \u201can assemblage of all the laws and customs proper for every jewish man, in clear and easy language\u201d (title). due to the many similarities between this work and shibbolei haleket, it has been suggested that the authors of the two works were either students of the same teacher, or that one of the works was intended to be a concise form of the other. see m.j. heller, the sixteenth-century hebrew book, pp. 564-5."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"14","title":{"en":"sepher tanya [compilation of jewish law and custom as applied by the jews of italy (minhag bnei roma)]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113261/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":400,"aiDescription":"This is a Hebrew book titled \"Sepher Tanya,\" a compilation of Jewish law and custom specifically as applied by the Jews of Italy, known as \"Minhag Bnei Roma.\" The title page features an elaborate architectural woodcut design, including columns, putti, and decorative flourishes, framing the Hebrew text. The visual style suggests a Renaissance or Baroque influence, common in Italian printed works of the period. The book serves as a significant record of specific Jewish legal traditions.","soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:53.110Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":113261,"estimateMin":400},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113262/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"anav, zedekiah harofe."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within architectural arch. ff. 55. touch stained, trace wormed along extreme upper margin. modern chestnut calf with central blind-tooled device. sm. folio. vinograd, venice 295. cornelio edelkind for daniel bomberg, venice: 1546. a compilation of halachic material, shibolei haleket primarily focuses upon material that would later comprise the bulk of orach chaim. the author cites earlier works, and then after a brief debate, states his particular position. this style of combining earlier works with its\u2019 own deliberations, led shibolei haleket as being cited by the beth yosef in practically every portion of orach chaim.the anav family (heb. min-ha\u2019anavim) had a long-standing tradition as being one of four aristocratic families emperor titus brought from jerusalem to rome following the destruction of the second temple in the year 70 c.e. zedekiah ben abraham (1225-97) was one of many distinguished talmudists to emerge from this illustrious roman family."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"15","title":{"en":"shibolei haleket [\u201cthe gathered sheaves\u201d: rabbinic code]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113262/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":700,"aiDescription":"This lot is a Hebrew rabbinic code titled \"Shibolei Haleket\" (\"The Gathered Sheaves\"). The title page is adorned with a grand, architectural woodcut depicting an archway supported by ornate columns, topped with an elaborate entablature. This decorative frontispiece frames the Hebrew text of the title and publication information. The detailed craftsmanship of the woodcut is a notable visual feature, indicating a significant publication from its period.","soldPrice":1800,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:53.112Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$700 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113262,"estimateMin":700},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113263/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"arama, isaac."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition with commentary to the five scrolls. title within woodcut architectural arch. first words of genesis and exodus in white within arabesques. ff. 308, 12. browned and stained in places. modern calf. tall folio. vinograd, venice 587. giovanni di gara, venice: 1573. affectionately known as the \u201cba\u2019al akeidah,\u201d isaac arama\u2019s work has been consistently quoted and utilized until the present day. the author\u2019s great popularity stems from his stylistic combination of the aschkenazic moralizing style with the philosophic tendency popular among spanish and provencal jews. the title of the work, \u201cbinding of isaac,\u201d refers to the successful binding and connecting of the two forms of homiletics: \u201cderishah\u201d and \u201cperishah.\u201d see i. rivkind, kiryat sepher, vol. ii p. 60."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"16","title":{"en":"akeidath yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the pentateuch and five megiloth]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113263/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":700,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew book titled \"Akeidath Yitzchak,\" containing philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch and Five Megiloth. The title page features an impressive architectural woodcut design, resembling a monumental archway with decorative columns and pediment, framing the Hebrew text. The intricate details of the woodcut, including decorative patterns on the columns, enhance the aesthetic appeal of this scholarly religious work. The text is clearly legible Hebrew, typical of early printed religious commentaries.","soldPrice":1200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:53.113Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$700 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113263,"estimateMin":700},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113264/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"arama, meir ben isaac."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. title letters historiated. printer\u2019s device on title (yaari, hebrew printers marks no. 34). ff. 124. some light browning, trace marginal wormholes, previous owners\u2019 marks on title, signed by censor at end. modern gilt-tooled crushed morocco. sm. 4to. vinograd, venice 546. giorgio di cavali, (riva di trento -) venice : [1562]-1567. meir arama (1460-1545) a native of saragossa, fled the expulsion to naples and eventually sunk roots in salonika, where he preached to the emigré aragonian community. he was the son of the \u201cba\u2019al ha\u2019akeidah.\u201dthe printing of this edition commenced in riva di trento in 1562, however production was interrupted and eventually removed to venice for completion. there, a new title-page was issued noting venice as being the place of publication, although non-uniform fonts completed the volume (viz. ff. 5-44 and 49-64). see tauber & sonne, kiryat sepher vol. vi pp. 455-56 and vol. vii pp. 168-6."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"17","title":{"en":"meir iyov [commentary to book of job, with text]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113264/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a leather-bound book titled \"Meir Iyov,\" which serves as a commentary to the Book of Job, including the original text. The binding is a rich brown leather, elegantly decorated with gold tooling. The front cover features a central ornamental motif within a double-lined rectangular border, complemented by corner accents. The spine is also elaborately tooled with raised bands and additional gold decoration, with the title \"MEIR IYOV\" and the year \"VENI 1567\" visible, dating the book to the 16th century. This well-preserved volume represents fine bookbinding craftsmanship.","soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:53.115Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113264,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113265/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"aschkenazi, yekuthiel."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. with astronomical plate at end (usually lacking). a wide-margined copy. ff. (4), 156, (1). ex-library, lightly browned. original calf over thick wooden boards, two hinges, lacking clasps, rubbed, expertly rebacked. tall folio. vinograd, amsterdam 1192. isaac de corova, amsterdam: 1722. a fine wide-margined copy. the editor states he gave this work the title margalioth tovah based upon the midrash suggesting that an exquisite pearl hung from the neck of the biblical abraham. he compares abraham ibn ezra \u2018in spirit\u2019 to the abraham of the bible."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"18","title":{"en":"editor). margalioth tovah [super-commentaries to abraham ibn ezra on the pentateuch: ohel yoseph, mekor chaim and megilath setarim]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113265/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":700,"aiDescription":"This lot features a single page from \"Margalioth Tovah,\" which contains super-commentaries to Abraham Ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch. The page is remarkable for its detailed diagrams, primarily astronomical and geographical in nature. These include various celestial models, representations of the earth, geometric figures, and possibly a ship, all accompanied by Hebrew labels. The visual content is scientific and scholarly, reflecting 18th-century or earlier efforts to integrate astronomical understanding with religious texts, demonstrating a blend of science and commentary.","soldPrice":1600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:53.116Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$700 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113265,"estimateMin":700},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113266/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"aschkenazi, yekuthiel."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. deluxe copy, printed entirely on blue paper. ff. (4), 156 (1). modern tan calf elaborately tooled in gilt, slip-case. folio. vinograd, amsterdam 1192. isaac de cordova, amsterdam: 1722. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on blue paper.see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 33."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"19","title":{"en":"(editor). margalioth tovah [super-commentaries to abraham ibn ezra on the pentateuch: ohel yoseph, mekor chaim and megilath setarim]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113266/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":700,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from \"Margalioth Tovah,\" a collection of super-commentaries to Abraham Ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch, specifically including \"Ohel Yoseph,\" \"Mekor Chaim,\" and \"Megilath Setarim.\" The page is printed on light blue paper, featuring a dense block of Hebrew text framed by a decorative border of repeated Hebrew letters. The layout is characteristic of scholarly Hebrew publications, presenting extensive commentary on biblical texts. The distinct blue paper makes this a visually unique textual item.","soldPrice":1400,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:53.118Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$700 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113266,"estimateMin":700},{"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113267/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"bachiah ben asher."},"available":false,"description":{"en":"individual letters of opening word of each book historiated, initial page of genesis within full elegant woodcut border, printed throughout in two columns. few marginal notes. ff. (274). a made-up copy. opening leaf laid to size with two words supplied in facsimile, following four leaves and final ten leaves remargined, stained in places, few paper repairs, passages censored in places. modern blind-tooled calf. folio. vinograd, pesaro 32. gershom soncino, pesaro: 1514. r. bachiah ben asher ibn halawa (1255-1340) was one of the most eminent iberian exegetical writers to the bible. his work derives heavily from unsourced kabbalistic material, as well as from the writings of nachmanides. bachiah saw himself as a spiritual heir to the latter, as he was taught by nachmanides\u2019 student, r. solomon ben adret (rashb\u201da).although this volume underwent the censor, an 18th-century hand has provided the effaced text (ff. 26a, 63b, et al). in any event, the censor\u2019s ink has now worn out to the point that the words beneath are easily visible. especially detested by the censor were descriptions of divine retribution against israel\u2019s oppressors, as well as negative references to edom (i.e. rome), the symbol of christian europe."},"estimateMax":7000,"lotNumber":"20","title":{"en":"bi\u2019ur al hatorah [commentary to the pentateuch]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113267/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":5000,"aiDescription":"This lot is a Hebrew book titled \"Bi\u2019ur al Hatorah\" (\"Commentary to the Pentateuch\"). The title page is framed by an elaborate decorative border featuring classical architectural elements, including pilasters, urns, and intricate floral and scrollwork designs. The Hebrew text of the commentary is centrally placed within this ornate frame, suggesting a significant religious or scholarly publication. The sophisticated woodcut border is a prominent visual feature, indicating the craftsmanship and artistic conventions of the period it was produced.","lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:53.119Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$5,000 - $7,000","currency":"USD","id":113267,"estimateMin":5000},{"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113268/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"bachiah ben asher."},"available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe copy, printed entirely on brown/pink paper. printer\u2019s device on title (yaari, hebrew printers marks no. 16). ff. 11. modern calf-backed marbled boards. folio. vinograd, venice 296. cornelio adelkind for marco antonio giustiniani, venice: 1546. highly scarce bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on light chocolate paper.accompanied by correspondence to the librarian of the valmadonna trust from an analytical chemist, recording his views on the scientific composition of the 16th-century colored paper.see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 2."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"21","title":{"en":"shulchan (shel) arba [on proper conduct at the table, benedictions, the banquet in the world to come and resurrection of the dead]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113268/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This is a religious text titled \"Shulchan (Shel) Arba,\" focusing on proper conduct at the table, benedictions, and concepts of the banquet in the world to come and resurrection of the dead. The book is likely an early printed work, featuring Hebrew script. The title page includes a decorative woodcut illustration depicting a covered object, possibly a chalice or an urn, adorned with ribbons or drapery, set on a patterned base. The page is made of aged paper, showing some discoloration and minor imperfections.","lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.552Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113268,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"artist":{"en":"bachiah ben asher"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"(ff. 260). stained, opening leaf supplied in facsimile, few marginal repairs, final leaf laid down with loss supplied in facsimile. modern crushed morocco, slip-case. folio. vinograd, rimini 5; mehlman 640. gershom soncino, rimini: 1524-26. the immense popularity of rabbeinu bachiah\u2019s work is attested to by the dozen or so super-commentaries written to it. additionally, his commentary serves as the oldest source for a number of otherwise unknown midrashim, whose manuscript forms have since been lost."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"22","title":{"en":"biur al hatorah [kabbalistic commentary to the pentateuch]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113269/view","tags":["judaica_books","judaica_all","judaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"soldPrice":2000,"lastUpdate":"2021-11-26T17:45:25.176Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":113269,"estimateMin":2000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113270/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"balmes, abraham de."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. hebrew only issue (with vowel points). ff. 157. remnants of ink-stamp on title, trace stained in places, otherwise a clean copy. modern blind-tooled diced morocco, spine titled in gilt. 4to. vinograd, venice 82. daniel bomberg, venice: 1523. distinguished in many fields, de balmes was an ordained rabbi, a translator of scientific and philosophical works from hebrew into latin, as well as a lecturer at the university of padua, where he attained renown as an aristotelian. he also served as physician to cardinal grimani of venice.\n greatly valued by contemporary christian hebraists, de balmes prepared this grammatical study at the urging of the printer bomberg, with whom a deep friendship was shared. mikneh avram appeared in two issues, with and without a latin translation, i.e., one for the jewish market, and the bilingual issue more suited to the needs of christians. the hebrew version has a different title-page than the bilingual edition and the introduction is printed in rashi letters, whereas the introduction in the bilingual version is printed in square hebrew letters. the present \u201cjewish\u201d version is far more scarce, as the christian-owned editions were unlikely to have been desecrated over the centuries. see d. amram, the makers of hebrew books in italy (1963) pp. 169-72."},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"23","title":{"en":"mikneh avram (sepher dikduk)."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113270/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1200,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew grammar book titled \"Mikneh Avram (Sepher Dikduk).\" It is an educational or scholarly religious text, printed in Hebrew script. The page displays a densely printed block of Hebrew text, indicative of a treatise or instructional manual. A faint purple circular stamp is visible on the left margin, along with some handwritten notations in the top left corner, suggesting historical ownership or cataloging. The paper exhibits signs of age, with light discoloration and minor wear.","soldPrice":1800,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.553Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - $1,800","currency":"USD","id":113270,"estimateMin":1200},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113271/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"baruch ben isaac of worms"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. ff. 140. trace wormed in places, otherwise a mint copy . modern maroon morocco. sm. folio. vinograd, venice 91. daniel bomberg, venice: 1523. a rabbinic code ordered by talmudic tractate, the sepher haterumah has a particular focus upon the laws pertaining to eretz israel, the work has been included in much subsequent halachic literature, among those who invoke its authority are rabbis isaac b. moses (or zaru\u2019a), moses of coucy (sema\u201dg), zedekiah anav (shibbolei haleket) and aaron of lunel (orchoth chaim).\n the author, baruch ben isaac of worms (late 12th-early 13th century) was a member of the tosafist school that thrived in france, having studied under r. isaac of dampierre. for this reason, relatively few german authorities are cited by him in the sepher haterumah, while citations of the master tosafists rabbi samuel ben meir (rashba\u201dm) and rabbi jacob of ramrupt (rabbeinu tam) abound."},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"24","title":{"en":"sepher haterumah."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113271/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This lot features a religious text titled \"Sepher Haterumah.\" The book's title page is printed entirely in Hebrew script, primarily in large, bold characters for the main title and smaller script for additional information, including the location \"Venice.\" This suggests it is a printed edition of a significant Jewish religious work. The page is made of aged paper, displaying subtle yellowing and light wear, consistent with an older publication. No illustrative elements or complex decorative borders are visible.","soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.554Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $4,000","currency":"USD","id":113271,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113272/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"bedersi, yedai\u2019ah (hapenini)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. text in square hebrew characters, commentary in cursive rabbinic types complete in ff. (20). light staining, mostly marginal. manuscript cipher on f. 5r; a single phrase (two words) censored on verso of final leaf, stamps removed on opening and closing pages. modern blind-tooled and paneled calf. housed in custom slip-case. 4to. vinograd, soncino 8; steinschneider, p. 1284, no. 5670.2; goff heb-61; thes. a-30; offenberg 76; bmc xiii, p. 31; iakerson 23. joshua solomon ben israel nathan soncino, soncino: 1484. bechinath ha\u2019olam is a profound poetic composition on the futility and vanity of the world and the inestimably greater benefits of intellectual and religious pursuits. the author, yedai\u2019ah ben avraham bedersi hapenini (c.1270-1340) was born in béziers, provence (habedersi=of béziers) and skillfully uses florid prose, rich in imagery, to present a combination of philosophic doctrine and religious fervor tempered with a measured level of asceticism and pessimism. his poetic virtuosity was established early in life and in his youth, yedai\u2019ah composed a poetic prayer of 1,000 words titled \"bakashath hamemim,\" every word of which begins with the letter mem. he is also credited with a similar composition, elef alfin, every word of which begins with alef, though some attribute the latter poem to yedaiah\u2019s father, abraham.\n in the bechinath ha\u2019olam, his most famous work, yedai\u2019ah finds consolation in maimonides\u2019 world of ideas, concluding that the greatest achievement for man is to \u201cperfect one\u2019s understanding and immerse oneself in the grandeur of the idea of god. no power in the world can can break man\u2019s will when he strives toward this exalted goal.\u201d both the text and the commentary conclude with lavish encomia of maimonides.\n it is curious to note that in italy, where this work was first printed, copies of this edition are preserved in only two collections, parma and the vatican.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 13."},"estimateMax":25000,"lotNumber":"25","title":{"en":"bechinath ha\u2019olam [\u201ccontemplation of the world.\u201d] with anonymous commentary."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113272/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":20000,"aiDescription":"This is a religious philosophical text titled \"Bechinath Ha\u2019olam\" (Contemplation of the World), accompanied by an anonymous commentary. The document is printed in Hebrew script, featuring dense blocks of text arranged in columns, typical of scholarly or religious treatises. The upper section of the page presents a title and dedication in larger Hebrew characters. The paper shows signs of age, including light foxing and discoloration along the edges, indicating an older publication.","soldPrice":37500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.556Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$20,000 - $25,000","currency":"USD","id":113272,"estimateMin":20000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113273/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"belinfante, isaac hakohen"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"printed on fine, regale paper. each page within type-ornament border. ff. (12). original gilt-tooled green morocco, a.e.g, rubbed. 8vo. vinograd, amsterdam 2064. jacob proops, amsterdam: 1777 ."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"26","title":{"en":"gilath veranan [epithalamium]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113273/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This item is an epithalamium, a poem or discourse celebrating a marriage, titled \"Gilath Veranan.\" The text is printed in Hebrew script and is arranged with two main columns of names, likely for the bride and groom, alongside celebratory text. A prominent decorative woodcut illustration at the bottom features two crests or shields, one with a lion rampant and the other with a floral motif, encircled by an elaborate border with mythological creatures. The paper is aged, showing some discoloration and minor smudges, characteristic of an antique printed document.","soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.557Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113273,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113274/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"benjamin of tudela."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first latin edition. printer\u2019s device on title. annotated throughout. pp. 114, (14). trimmed and stained. later speckled calf, rubbed and expertly rebacked. 12mo. adams b-670. christopher plantin, antwerp: 1575. the author set forth in 1159 from tudela, spain, to travel to the holy land, crossing france, italy, greece, turkey, syria and lebanon to get there. he then continued eastwards, reaching iraq and later persia; his description of the ruins of nineveh is one of the oldest reliable sources extant. returning to spain, benjamin passed through egypt and north africa. he lingered wherever he traveled, and noted the manners and commerce of the various communities he came in contact with. benjamin made detailed reports of the political situation of his fellow jews, surveying the activities of communal organizations and supplying the names of the principal jews of each city visited. probably no account - jewish or gentile - of the mediterranean and the middle east in this period, can equal the level of detail provided by benjamin of tudela."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"27","title":{"en":"itinerarium beniamini tudelensis [travels of benjamin of tudela]. translated from hebrew into latin by benedictus aria montano."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113274/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"aiDescription":"This lot is a Latin translation of \"Itinerarium Beniamini Tudelensis\" (Travels of Benjamin of Tudela), translated from Hebrew by Benedictus Aria Montano. This historical travelogue is an early printed book, indicated by the Latin text and the date M.D. LXXV (1575) at the bottom. The title page features a detailed circular woodcut illustration depicting a scholar or explorer using an instrument, possibly an astrolabe, within a landscape of mountains and water, all enclosed by an ornate border. The paper exhibits significant aging, with visible foxing and discoloration, particularly on the right side.","soldPrice":4250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.559Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":113274,"estimateMin":2000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113275/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"benveniste, meir."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title surrounded by florets. a wide-margined copy. ff. 182. signatures, stamp and small tear on title-page, trace wormed and with few stains in places, otherwise a clean copy. modern full vellum. 4to. vinograd, salonika 65. joseph ya\u2019avetz, salonika: 1564-5. important work containing emendations for the correct readings of various midrashic texts including mechilta, sifre and sifra. includes some lengthier notes and comments from a manuscript by r. judah gedaliah and other anonymous commentators. the final section, seder kedusha (pp. 173-81) corrects erroneous readings in the sephardic seder tephilah, presenting alternates along with scholarly halachic sources."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"28","title":{"en":"oth emeth [annotations and emendations to various midrashic and liturgical texts]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113275/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"aiDescription":"This item is a Jewish religious text titled \"Oth Emeth,\" which contains annotations and emendations to various Midrashic and liturgical texts. The document is printed in Hebrew script, with the title prominently displayed at the top. The page features several decorative elements, including stylized, symmetrical floral or geometric motifs arranged around blocks of text and a central, faded green stamp-like emblem. The paper shows considerable signs of age, with numerous spots, stains, and handwritten annotations in the upper margin, suggesting historical use and ownership.","soldPrice":2000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.560Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":113275,"estimateMin":2000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113276/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"biblical text in square type with nikud. kimchi\u2019s commentary in rabbinic type without nikud. edited by jacob baruch ben judah landau aschkenazi. a wide-margined copy. ff. 113 (of 118). lacking the final blank (absent in most copies); ff. 1-3 and 7 expertly reproduced in facsimile, including decorative initial word panel; ff. 4-6 mounted, most lower outer corners strengthened. censored as expected, though prodigious (and certainly contemporary) efforts were clearly made to remove the censor\u2019s erasures and render the text readable. additional fragmentary portions of ff. 17-20 also included loosely laid in place. modern blind-tooled and paneled morocco, titles gilt on spine. housed in custom slip-case. folio. vinograd, naples 4; steinschneider, col. 2, no. 6; goff heb-29; thes. a-57; offenberg 35; bmc xiii, p. 50; iakerson 44. joseph ben jacob aschkenazi gunzenhauser, naples: 1487. this edition of psalms, complete with r. david kimchi\u2019s commentary, was issued by gunzenhauser the same year as several other volumes of kethuvim (also called hagiographa, the third and final section of the hebrew bible, following the torah and the prophets) including the book of job, the five scrolls (song of songs, ecclesiastes, esther, lamentations, ruth), daniel, ezra and nehemiah (see next lots).\n joseph and azriel gunzenhauser, pioneers of hebrew printing, settled in naples from gunzenhausen, germany. in naples they established a press, assembled a talented team of typesetters and proof-readers and between the years 1487-92 produced in sum twelve books. the naples edition of psalms, gunzenhauser`s first imprint, is also the first edition of psalms to use nikud, (vocalized text accomplished through the addition of vowel points, accents, and diacritic marks) throughout the text. an earlier hebrew edition of psalms, printed in bologna a decade earlier, only included nikud in a portion of the initial quire before abandoning the practice for the remainder of the volume. indeed, the corrector of the present edition, jacob baruch ben judah landau, refers in the colophon to the difficulties of gaining an accurate vocalization.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 26."},"estimateMax":20000,"lotNumber":"29","title":{"en":"hebrew. psalms). sepher tehilim. with commentary by david kimchi (rada\u201dk)."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113276/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":15000,"aiDescription":"This is a Hebrew religious text, specifically \"Sepher Tehilim\" (Psalms), featuring commentary by David Kimchi (Rada\"k). The page is printed in Hebrew script, displaying a traditional layout with the main text in a larger font and the commentary in a smaller, adjacent font, arranged in columns. The text is dense, indicating a scholarly or devotional work. The paper is aged, showing a uniform light yellowing and minor imperfections, consistent with an older printed document. There are no illustrations or decorative borders on this particular page.","soldPrice":16000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.561Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$15,000 - $20,000","currency":"USD","id":113276,"estimateMin":15000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113277/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with commentary of ralba\u2019g (gersonides). biblical text in square type with nikud. commentary in rabbinic type without nikud. initial word panel within decorative white vine metalcut border. marginal notations in hebrew in an early hand. a wide-margined copy. complete in ff. 48. minor marginal tears, lightly stained in places, paper tape repair at lower margin of f. 8r and f. 37, ex-library stamp on f. 1r. modern blind-tooled and paneled morocco. housed in custom slip-case. sm. folio. vinograd, naples 2; goff heb-26; thes. a-59; offenberg 46; bmc xiii, p. 51; iakerson 46. [joseph ben jacob aschkenazi gunzenhauser], naples: 1487. from the \n first edition of kethuvim in hebrew. book of job only, forming the first part of the final section of the bible (hagiographa). the third production of the first hebrew press in naples.\n provenance: ex-british museum (1889).\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 29."},"estimateMax":18000,"lotNumber":"30","title":{"en":"hebrew. job). sefer iyov."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113277/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":12000,"aiDescription":"This lot presents a page from a Hebrew religious text, \"Sefer Iyov\" (Job). The page is printed in Hebrew script, featuring a distinctive decorative border around the title \"איוב\" at the top. The main text is arranged in a two-column format with both larger and smaller script, characteristic of a biblical text with commentary. The paper exhibits typical signs of age, including light discoloration and some minor foxing along the edges. A handwritten number \"3f\" is visible at the bottom right, likely a page or folio number.","soldPrice":20000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.562Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$12,000 - $18,000","currency":"USD","id":113277,"estimateMin":12000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113278/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with commentary of rashi. biblical text in square type with nikud. commentary in rabbinic type without nikud. an early owner records on final page the birth of a son in 1540. the printer omitted a portion of chap. v, verses 17-18, which has been supplied in an old italian hand: \u201cki hu chelko: gam kol ha-adam asher nathan lo ha\u2019elo-him\u201d (f.4v). a wide-margined copy. complete in ff. 10. lightly stained, opening leaf remargined, few neat repairs, corners rounded. modern blind-tooled and paneled morocco. housed in custom slip-case. sm. folio. vinograd, naples 2; goff heb-26; thes. a-59; offenberg 46; bmc xiii, p. 51; iakerson 46. [joseph ben jacob aschkenazi gunzenhauser], naples: 1487. from the \n first edition of kethuvim in hebrew. a freestanding text of koheleth.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 33."},"estimateMax":7000,"lotNumber":"31","title":{"en":"hebrew. ecclesiastes). sepher koheleth."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113278/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":5000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from a Hebrew religious text, \"Sepher Koheleth\" (Ecclesiastes). The text is printed in Hebrew script, presented in a clean two-column format. The top of the page features the title \"קהלת\" in a larger, bolder font. The layout includes both larger and smaller script, suggesting a main text with accompanying commentary or masoretic notes. The paper appears aged, with a consistent cream tone, indicating it is an older printed document, but it shows minimal visible wear or staining on this particular page.","soldPrice":6500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:38.691Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$5,000 - $7,000","currency":"USD","id":113278,"estimateMin":5000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113279/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with commentary of rashi (except lamentations which has the commentary of joseph ben simeon kara). biblical text in square type with nikud. commentary in rabbinic type without nikud. initial words panel within decorative white vine metalcut border. ff. 59 (of 62). first leaf of ecclesiastes and final leaves of daniel and nehemiah expertly reproduced in facsimile. lightly stained in places, some worming, mostly in final quire, ff. 8 and 18 strengthened at gutter and remargined, ff. 37r-38v with marginalia, minor tears repaired, ex-library stamps. modern blind-tooled and paneled morocco. housed in custom slip-case. sm. folio. vinograd, naples 2; goff heb-26; thes. a-59; offenberg 46; bmc xiii, p. 51; iakerson 46. [joseph ben jacob aschkenazi gunzenhauser], naples: 1487. first edition of kethuvim in hebrew. \n comprises: song of songs: ff.1v-8r, f. 8v blank; ecclesiastes: ff. 9r-18r, 18v blank; esther: ff. 19r-23v; ruth: ff. 24r-26v; lamentations: ff. 27r-30v; daniel: ff. 31r-43v; ezra: ff. 44r-52r; nehemiah: 52r-62r. lacking only the book of job (see lot 30) and chronicles - psalms having been printed separately (see lot 29). these eight biblical books form the heart of the final section of the hebrew bible (hagiographa).\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 32."},"estimateMax":12000,"lotNumber":"32","title":{"en":"hebrew. five scrolls, daniel, ezra, nehemiah). chamesh megiloth [song of songs, ecclesiastes, esther, ruth, lamentations]. * and: daniel, ezra, nechemiah."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113279/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":8000,"aiDescription":"This item is a collection of five scrolls in Hebrew, specifically the Chamesh Megiloth (Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Ruth, Lamentations), and additional scrolls of Daniel, Ezra, and Nehemiah. It is a textual work of religious scripture. The subject matter is biblical text. The image shows a page with ornate decorative borders around the title and a dense block of Hebrew text in a classic serif script, indicative of a printed book or manuscript.","soldPrice":16000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:38.692Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$8,000 - $12,000","currency":"USD","id":113279,"estimateMin":8000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113280/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with targum jonathan and commentaries by david kimchi (rada\u201dk) and levi ben gershom (ralba\u201dg, gersonides). first edition of targum jonathan and gersonides. texts of bible and targum jonathan with vocalization (nikud) and cantillation (te\u2019amim or \u201ctrope\u201d). ff. 54 (of 86). provided in facsimile: ff. 1,2,4,6,7-13,15-6,18,26,33,38,40-1,46-8,50-1,57-9,64,66,72,74-5; wormed with loss, stained in places, expert paper repairs throughout, f. 22 with clean tear, f. 31 with loss of text along inner margin. modern blind-tooled crushed morocco. sm. folio. vinograd, leiria 6; steinschneider, p. 4, no. 18; goff heb-23; thes. b-27; offenberg 28. dom samuel d\u2019ortas and sons, leiria: 1494. one of the last hebrew books printed before the portuguese exile of 1497. \n with the expulsion of the jews from spain in 1492, neighboring portugal took its place as the center of hebrew printing along the iberian peninsula. thus the fortified town of leiria, less than a hundred miles north-east of lisbon, now became a source of hebrew books. between the years 1492-96, samuel de ortas, a native of orthez, france, together with his three sons, produced a total of seven hebrew titles. but de ortas\u2019 most celebrated feat of printing would be in gothic letters: the latin version of abraham zacuto\u2019s astronomical table, almanach perpetuum, which is said to have guided christopher columbus on his monumental voyage of discovery to the new world.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 65."},"estimateMax":9000,"lotNumber":"33","title":{"en":"hebrew. judges). sepher shoftim."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113280/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":6000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from a Hebrew religious text, identified as 'Sepher Shoftim' or the Book of Judges. It belongs to the genre of biblical scripture. The subject matter is a historical book from the Hebrew Bible. The page features densely printed Hebrew text, arranged in multiple columns. The script is clear and in a traditional Hebrew typeface, with some larger characters for headings or initial words.","soldPrice":8500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:38.694Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$6,000 - $9,000","currency":"USD","id":113280,"estimateMin":6000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113281/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"printed on vellum and paper. two volumes. text in spanish square hebrew type with nikud, commentaries in rabbinic type. opening word of each book within elegant woodcut border. the salman schocken copy (partially). vol. i: bereishith, ff. 132 (26 leaves in facsimile). * shemoth, ff. 133-246. (i.e. 248, complete). * vayikra, ff. 247 (i.e. 249)-330 (27 leaves on vellum, 10 leaves in facsimile). vol. ii: bamidbar, ff. 331-419 (16 leaves on vellum, 2 leaves in facsimile). * devarim, ff. 420-498 (8) (13 leaves on vellum, 60 leaves in facsimile). further collation information available upon request. a made-up copy, mispaginated, variously stained, expert paper repairs (some loss of text). modern finely tooled calf. housed in custom slip-case. folio. vinograd, salonika 13; freimannn, pergamentdrucke zfhb vol. 15 no. 45 (recording just two fragments); zedner p. 107\u201donly one other copy known which is on paper; not in darlow & moule. yehudah gedaliah and abraham alnaqua, salonika: 1520. of the utmost rarity. as the late prof. chimen abramsky wrote in his description of the schocken copy: \u201cthis edition is probably rarer than many hebrew incunables.\u201d\n \n accompanied by: an additional 27 duplicate leaves \n on vellum; and a volume containing a further four leaves with typographical variants. according to prof. elazar hurvitz, these leaves are not from the actual edition but were distributed by the printer to solicit buyers (see hurvitz\u2019s letter accompanying the lot).\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, vellum no. 11."},"estimateMax":18000,"lotNumber":"34","title":{"en":"hebrew. pentateuch). [chamishah chumshei torah]. with targum onkelos and commentaries of rashi and nachmanides."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113281/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":12000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from a Hebrew Pentateuch, also known as 'Chamishah Chumshei Torah,' which includes Targum Onkelos and commentaries by Rashi and Nachmanides. It is a religious text with biblical subject matter and scholarly commentary. The page is predominantly in Hebrew script, with different type sizes and column arrangements to distinguish between the main text and the commentaries. A notable visual feature is the decorative initial word or chapter marker at the top center, framed by an ornamental border.","soldPrice":13000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:38.696Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$12,000 - $18,000","currency":"USD","id":113281,"estimateMin":12000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113282/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"hebrew (vocalized) and latin in parallel columns, with latin notes at end of chapters. first word within woodcut frame, initial letter of each chapter historiated, divisional titles. few marginal notations. vol. i: ff. (12), 365. 1. vol. ii: ff. (4), 336-795. dampstained and wormed. contemporary uniform vellum over thick wooden boards, recased, wormed. folio. vinograd, basle 41; darlow & moule 5087. bebel for isingrin & petrus, basle: 1534-35. the first hebrew bible printed in basle. \n münster\u2019s outstanding effort, providing an original latin text independent of the vulgate. this first protestant translation of the old testament from hebrew into latin exercised a considerable influence upon later bible editions. see related article by i.i.j. rosenthal, sebastian muenster\u2019s knowledge and use of jewish exegisis, in: essays in honour of j.h. hertz (1943) pp. 351-69."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"35","title":{"en":"hebrew and latin). mikdash hashem esrim ve\u2019arba - hebraica biblia. prepared by sebastian münster. two volumes."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113282/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This item is a two-volume 'Hebraica Biblia' prepared by Sebastian Münster, titled 'Mikdash Hashem Esrim Ve\u2019arba'. It is a bilingual biblical text, containing both Hebrew and Latin languages. The subject is the Hebrew Bible with a Latin translation and possibly scholarly annotations. The image displays a title page with a prominent Hebrew title at the top, followed by Latin text, all framed within an ornate, possibly woodcut, architectural-style border. The publication date of 1534 is visible on the title page.","soldPrice":7500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:38.697Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113282,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113283/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"available":false,"description":{"en":"with commentary by david kimchi (rada\u2019k). the dr. israel mehlman copy. ff. 158 (of 164) ff. 139-44 provided in facsimile, large portion of ff. 131-2 provided in facsimile, extensive expert repairs with occasional minor loss, lightly stained and wormed in places, previous owner\u2019s annotations. modern crushed morocco, housed in custom slip-case. folio. vinograd, salonika 46; mehlman, genuzat sefarim 88. don judah gedaliah, salonika: 1535. a most scarce edition."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"36","title":{"en":"hebrew. early prophets). 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The script is consistent with traditional Hebrew printing, and the page shows some signs of age, suggesting an older publication period.","lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:38.699Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113283,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113284/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition of the münster bible. two volumes bound in one. hebrew and latin text in parallel columns, with latin notes at end of chapters. first word within woodcut frame, initial letter of each chapter historiated, divisional titles. a clean copy. vol. i: pp. (40), 1-743. vol. ii: pp. (2), 747-1601. opening and closing leaf lightly worn, pp. 193-4 lacking. modern calf-backed marbled boards. thick folio. vinograd, basle 74; darlow & moule 5090. isingrin & petrus, basle: 1546."},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"37","title":{"en":"hebrew and latin). mikdash hashem esrim ve\u2019arba - hebraica biblia. prepared by sebastian münster."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113284/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1200,"aiDescription":"This item is a 'Hebraica Biblia' prepared by Sebastian Münster, titled 'Mikdash Hashem Esrim Ve\u2019arba'. It is a bilingual biblical text, containing both Hebrew and Latin languages. The subject is the Hebrew Bible with a Latin translation. The image shows a title page with a large Hebrew title at the top, followed by a Latin title and descriptive text, all within a plain border. The publication date of 1546 is visible on the lower part of the title page.","soldPrice":3000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:38.700Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - $1,800","currency":"USD","id":113284,"estimateMin":1200},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113285/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"title within garlanded columns. on verso of final leaf, large printer`s device of temple in jerusalem (yaari, hebrew printers marks no. 17). latin marginalia. ff. 376, (2). few ink stains. modern diced morocco with elaborate central gilt lozenge on covers. 4to. vinograd, venice 419; darlow & moule 5094. giustiniani-adelkind, venice: 1551."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"38","title":{"en":"hebrew and latin. pentateuch and five scrolls). chamishah chumashei torah - hebraicus pentateu. hebrew and latin on facing columns, latin notes drawn from rabbinical sources by sebastian münster."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113285/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This is a meticulously bound edition of the Pentateuch and Five Scrolls, titled \"Chamishah Chumashei Torah - Hebraicus Pentateuchus,\" dated Venetiis 1551. It features Hebrew and Latin text on facing columns, with Latin notes by Sebastian Münster derived from rabbinical sources. The book is bound in reddish-brown leather, adorned with a quilted pattern and elaborate gold tooling, including ornate central medallions and multiple raised bands on the spine. The overall aesthetic is one of Renaissance luxury and scholarship.","soldPrice":2500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:38.702Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113285,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113286/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"title within architectural arch. divisional titles. ff. 369, 124. aside from early inscriptions, a bright copy. later limp vellum, worn. housed in modern crushed morocco solander-case. 4to. vinograd, venice 432 (erroneous format recorded). giustiniani-adelkind, venice: 1551-52. accompanied by: haphtaroth: ff. (46), final leaf with printer\u2019s device provided in facsimile. [vinograd, venice 415]. \n bound with: five scrolls: ff. 129-144, final leaf with printer\u2019s device supplied from another copy. fore-edges worn, some staining venice, giustiniani-adelkind, 1551."},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"39","title":{"en":"hebrew). chamisha chumshei torah [-end]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113286/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew religious text, identified as 'Chamisha Chumshei Torah', possibly part of a larger set or collection given the '[-end]' notation. It appears to be a biblical text. The image shows a bound volume with a brown leather cover and gilt-stamped lettering on the spine, which reads 'BIBLIA HEBRAICA', 'HAFTAROT & MEGILLOT', and 'GIUSTINIAN'. The spine also indicates 'VENICE 1661-2', suggesting its publication period. Another book, possibly an earlier volume or a different part of the collection, is shown next to it, wrapped in plain paper.","soldPrice":3000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:38.703Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,500 - $2,000","currency":"USD","id":113286,"estimateMin":1500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113287/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"yiddish text with a paraphrase of rashi\u2019s commentary. edited by yehudah ben moshe naphtali. printed in wayber-taytsch type. initial words of portions within woodcut borders. ff. 160 (2), title-page supplied in facsimile, mispaginated. stained, several leaves remargined, stamp at end. modern blind-tooled amber calf. folio. vinograd, cremona 29; benayahu, cremona 25; see darlow & moule (noted not listed) following no. 4483. vincenzo conti, cremona: 1560. the earliest appearance of rashi\u2019s commentary to the chumash in the yiddish language. \n see e. fram, some preliminary observations on the first published translation of rashi`s commentary on the pentateuch in yiddish (cremona, 1560) in: huca, vol. 86 (2015) pp. 305-42."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"40","title":{"en":"yiddish. pentateuch, haphtaroth, megiloth). chamishah chumshei torah."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113287/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from a Yiddish religious text, specifically identified as 'Chamishah Chumshei Torah', which includes the Pentateuch, Haphtaroth, and Megiloth. 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(4), 118. title and closing leaves browned, stamps removed from title. later vellum-backed marbled boards. tall folio. vinograd, wittenberg 10; darlow & moule 1420 iv. johannes crato, wittenberg: 1564. handsome production incorporating a striking hebrew typeface."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"41","title":{"en":"polyglot). mishlei shlomo - proverbia solomonis."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113288/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a polyglot edition of \"Mishlei Shlomo - Proverbia Solomonis\" by Doctor Johannes Draconites, printed in Viteberg in 1571. The title page features prominent red Hebrew and Latin titles, indicating its multilingual nature. The text includes translations from Hebrew into Chaldaic, Greek, Latina, Germanica, and other languages. The paper is aged and discolored, with a relatively simple layout, focusing on the typographic presentation of the multiple languages.","soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.679Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113288,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113289/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with targum onkelos on facing pages (chumash only). with nikud. initial word of each book within woodcut device. 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It is presented in Hebrew, ancient Greek, and ancient Syriac (the latter in Hebrew characters). The page features an architectural arch design on the title page, framing the main Hebrew title. The text is printed in double columns, with multiple languages presented, indicating a scholarly or comprehensive biblical work.","soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.682Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":113290,"estimateMin":800},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113291/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"title within borders depicting roman soldiers and conquests. annotated in latin, extensively in many places. ff. 115. lightly browned, fore-edges of final blanks curled, ex libris at end. later full vellum with morocco spine labels, worn. 12mo. vinograd, rome 25. vittorio eliano and francesco zanetti, rome: 1578. a scarce edition unknown to darlow & moule.\n the city of rome never became a center of hebrew printing as its more northerly neighbors did, likely due to the imposing presence of the vatican. in fact this book, as well as two other minor works put out by the same printer, were the only hebrew books printed in rome between the years 1548 and 1618."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"44","title":{"en":"(hebrew. genesis). sepher bereishith."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113291/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This item is an early printed book, specifically 'Sepher Bereishith', or the Book of Genesis, from a Hebrew Bible. It is written in Hebrew and was printed in Rome in 1578. The title page features an intricate engraved architectural border, including figures of armed men on either side, labeled 'SPA' and 'AN-C' respectively, and scenes with ships and cannons below, marked 'CAR'. The overall design suggests a Renaissance-era printing style, with classical motifs alongside the Hebrew text.","soldPrice":4250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.683Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113291,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113292/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"title within ornate arch, three divisional titles, initial word of each book within wood-engraved frame. marginalia in greek and latin. pp. 506 (3). browned. modern maroon morocco, slip-case. 4to. vinograd, antwerp 26; darlow & moule 5104; israel museum catalogue, plantin of antwerp (1981) pp. 99-100. christopher plantin, antwerp: 1580-2."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"45","title":{"en":"hebrew). chamishah chumshei torah [-end]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113292/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":800,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew printed book, identified as 'Chamishah Chumshei Torah', which refers to the Five Books of Moses or the Pentateuch. The title page is adorned with an elaborate engraved architectural archway, featuring columns decorated with foliage. The text is primarily in Hebrew, framed within this ornate structure, lending it a classic aesthetic typical of religious texts from the period. There are some handwritten annotations at the top of the page.","soldPrice":1700,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.684Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":113292,"estimateMin":800},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113293/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with targum onkelos (targum sheni on esther) and rashi. * bound with: aaron pesaro. sepher toldoth aharon. finely bound: 17th-century calf, spine in compartments, elaborately gilt. lacking chumash, ff. 697-827, (1); 87. foxed, censored in places, previous owner\u2019s marks. solander-box. lg. 8vo. vinograd, venice 740, 767; not in darlow & moule. asher parenzo for giovanni di gara, venice: 1590-91."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"46","title":{"en":"hebrew. five scrolls & haphtaroth). chamesh megiloth - haphtaroth mikol hashanah."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113293/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This item consists of two volumes of Hebrew religious texts, 'Chamesh Megiloth' (Five Scrolls) and 'Haphtaroth mikol hashanah', likely from a Pentateuch or Bible. The books feature intricate, highly decorative dark brown leather bindings with extensive gold tooling in a repeating diamond and floral pattern, covering both the front and back boards. The spines are divided into raised bands, also with elaborate gold decoration, showcasing a luxurious craftsmanship characteristic of fine bindings. One volume is older and in a different style, showing significant wear, while the other, labeled 'VENICE 1551', is a more modern red leather binding with simpler gold decoration.","soldPrice":6000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.686Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113293,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113294/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"printer\u2019s device on opening title. three divisional title pages. title of kethuvim surrounded by both human and chimerical figures. initial words within woodcut historiation. printed in double columns, with nikud (vowel points). ff. 369, (1), 124. foxed and stained. modern gilt-tooled calf. thick 4to. vinograd, geneva 11; darlow & moule 5118. capa elon (i.e. pierre de la rouvière), geneva: 1617-18."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"47","title":{"en":"hebrew). chamishah chumshei torah [-end]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113294/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":700,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew printed book, identified as 'Chamishah Chumshei Torah', or the Five Books of Moses. The title page displays Hebrew text centrally, with a circular engraved vignette at the bottom. This vignette depicts a classical male figure, possibly a philosopher or scholar, standing in a landscape with mountains and a body of water, suggesting a contemplative scene. The overall aesthetic is minimalist compared to other title pages, focusing on the text and the classical engraving.","soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.688Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$700 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113294,"estimateMin":700},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113295/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"woodcut of the ark of the covenant on title-page. woodcut initial letters. ff. (8), 293. browned, some staining, few marginal repairs. modern crushed morocco, spine elaborately tooled in gilt. folio. darlow & moule 8479. [amsterdam: 1629-30]. \u201ca revision of the ferrara version, ascribed to menasseh ben israel\u201d (darlow & moule 8479). contains the jewish version of isaiah 7:14 \u201che la moca concibien.\u201d"},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"48","title":{"en":"spanish). biblia en lengua espanola. traduzida palabra por palabra de la verdad hebrayca."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113295/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This item is a Spanish translation of the Bible, titled 'Biblia en Lengua Espanola', explicitly stated to be translated word-for-word from the Hebrew original. The title page features a central engraved illustration depicting the Ark of the Covenant, with cherubim above it and rays of light emanating, symbolizing divine presence. The text is framed by a simple double-line border, and the overall style is characteristic of 16th or 17th-century European religious printing.","soldPrice":6000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.689Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $4,000","currency":"USD","id":113295,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113296/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"two parts in one volume. title within architectural arch. additional divisional title-page. each page with hebrew text and targum translation on facing columns. ff. 255, blank, 47. lightly browned. later diced calf, upper cover with \u201cj.jackson\u201d tooled in gilt, expertly rebacked. 4to. vinograd, amsterdam 25; fuks, amsterdam 154; silva rosa 10. menasseh ben israel for henricus laurentius, amsterdam: 1631. this edition of the pentateuch evidently received a very limited distribution. despite the title-page, the megiloth was not issued alongside it."},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"49","title":{"en":"hebrew & aramaic. pentateuch & haphtaroth). chamishah chumshei torah."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113296/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew and Aramaic printed book, identified as 'Chamishah Chumshei Torah', or the Pentateuch, including Haphtaroth. The title page features an impressive engraved architectural design, with two ornate columns adorned with vine-like motifs framing the central Hebrew text. Above the archway, a triangular symbol with Hebrew letters is visible, and at the bottom, a cartouche containing printing details for 'AMSTELRODAMI' and 'Henrici Laurentii' in 1631 is supported by a cherub head.","soldPrice":4750,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.690Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,500 - $2,000","currency":"USD","id":113296,"estimateMin":1500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113297/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"printed in double-columns (with nikud). title-page within architectural arch, additional latin letterpress title, further divisional title-pages. the chief rabbi nathan marcus adler copy with his bookplate on front pastedown. early 19th-century inscriptions at rear concerning the binding. ff. 128 (pentateuch), 124 (writings), (2) (table of haphtaroth), 129-144 (five scrolls), (2), 147-254 (former prophets), (1), 256-369 (latter prophets). opening title discolored. later calf over thick wooden boards, expertly rebacked, rubbed, all edges gilt. thick 4to. vinograd, amsterdam 34; fuks, amsterdam 153; cf. darlow & moule 5124; mehlman 35. menasseh ben israel for j. jansson, amsterdam: 1631-35. the second, and most important edition of the bible prepared by menasseh ben israel. three variants of this edition exist (viz. fuks); this copy is variant b: bound with the five scrolls after kethuvim and latin imprints on the titles changed from 1631 to 1636.\n see jnul catalogue, treasures from the library ets haim / livraria montezinos (1980) no. 95 (illustrated)."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"50","title":{"en":"hebrew). biblia hebraica."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113297/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew printed book, described as a 'Biblia Hebraica' (Hebrew Bible). The title page is characterized by an elaborate engraved architectural frame, featuring two fluted columns adorned with foliage, supporting an archway. The central text is in Hebrew, contained within this structure. At the top, the Tetragrammaton is prominently displayed, and at the bottom, a decorative cartouche with a cherub head contains additional Latin text and printing information, likely from Amsterdam.","soldPrice":3750,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.691Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113297,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113298/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"hebrew title within architectural arch, latin and greek letterpress title. ff. 112, 166, (1), 94, pp. (7); and pp. (4), 264, (4). browned and stained, hebrew title with signature crudely excised resulting in two small holes. later polished calf with twin clasps and hinges, upper cover loose, gutter split. 8vo. vinograd, amsterdam 45; darlow & moule 4684 & 5127; silva rosa 28. menasseh ben israel for j. jansson, amsterdam: 1637-39. the third menasseh ben israel bible. this copy contains the rare blank following f. 166 which according to fuks (167) was \u201clater cut out\u201d. this double-columned menasseh ben israel tanach was apparently preferred by the vilna gaon when executing his mystical goral hagr\u2019a."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"51","title":{"en":"hebrew & greek). esrim ve\u2019arba\u2019ah. bound with: novum testamentum. he kaine diatheke."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113298/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This item is a bound volume containing both Hebrew and Greek texts, specifically 'Esrim ve\u2019arba\u2019ah' (likely the Hebrew Bible) bound with 'Novum Testamentum. He Kaine Diatheke' (the Greek New Testament). The title page features an engraved architectural design, with columns adorned with foliage flanking the central Hebrew text. The Tetragrammaton appears at the top, and a cartouche at the bottom, supported by a cherub, specifies 'AMSTELODAMI, Sumptibus Ioannis Ianssonii, 1639', indicating a 17th-century Amsterdam printing.","soldPrice":2000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:45.119Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113298,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113299/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"title within elaborate historiated border by cornelis muller. ff. (9), pp. 605. browned, dampstained in places. modern crushed morocco, spine elaborately tooled in gilt. folio. darlow & moule 8480. (menasseh ben israel for) gillis joost, 5606 (sic, i.e. 5406), amsterdam: 1646. a revision of the famed ferrara bible issued by abraham usque and here ascribed to menasseh ben israel.\n published for the spanish speaking jews driven from spain and portugal, to facilitate their return to judaism."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"52","title":{"en":"spanish). biblia en lengua espanola. traduzida palabra por palabra de la verdad hebrayca."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113299/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"aiDescription":"This item is a Spanish translation of the Bible, titled 'Biblia en Lengua Espanola', translated word-for-word from the Hebrew. The title page is richly engraved with narrative and symbolic imagery surrounding the central text. It depicts Moses and Aaron flanking the title, with a mountainous landscape and celestial bodies above. Below, a complex scene with multiple figures, possibly illustrating biblical narratives, fills the lower portion, suggesting a comprehensive and visually engaging edition from Amsterdam, 1600.","soldPrice":6500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:45.120Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":113299,"estimateMin":2000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113300/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"text in hebrew with latin side-notes. woodcut divisional title pages. marginalia. title-page hand-colored. ff. (19), 178, 508, (2). browned. modern morocco-backed marbled boards. thick 8vo. vinograd, amsterdam 356; darlow & moule 5134. joseph athias, amsterdam: 1667. the first athias bible, widely received as a first-rate scholarly production."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"53","title":{"en":"hebrew). biblia hebraica. edited and with an introduction in latin by johannes leusden."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113300/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":400,"aiDescription":"This item is a 'Biblia Hebraica' (Hebrew Bible), edited with an introduction in Latin by Johannes Leusden. The title page is an elaborately engraved and hand-colored frontispiece, featuring an architectural frame with green marbleized columns and gilded decorative elements. A banner with the title in Hebrew and Latin is centrally displayed. Below, a crest with a rampant lion and the motto 'CONCORDIA RES PARVAE CRESCUNT' is depicted, surrounded by intricate gold and red details, indicating a visually striking 17th-century edition from Amsterdam.","soldPrice":650,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:45.122Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":113300,"estimateMin":400},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113301/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with rashi and translation and commentary in yiddish. ff. 243, 63 (of 177). heavily browned, previous owner\u2019s signatures including avrohom ben dovid wittmund. contemporary blind-tooled calf. folio. vinograd, prague 500. sons of judah bak, prague: 1675."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"54","title":{"en":"hebrew and yiddish. writings). sepher hamagid [kethuvim]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113301/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":300,"aiDescription":"This is a historical printed book titled \"Sepher Hamagid [Kethuvim]\", featuring writings in both Hebrew and Yiddish. The title page is elaborately decorated with an architectural woodcut design, including columns, an archway, and ornate upper frieze motifs reminiscent of a Torah ark. The text is primarily in Hebrew script, presented within the detailed frame. The overall aesthetic suggests a religious or scholarly publication from an earlier period, intended for study of sacred texts.","soldPrice":850,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:45.123Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":113301,"estimateMin":300},{"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113302/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"available":false,"description":{"en":"fine engraved title depicting moses and aaron, the giving of the torah on mount sinai, and the temple in jerusalem. separate title for haphtaroth within elaborate architectural border. pp. (2), 528. browned and closely shaved, few leaves taped at margins. modern calf-backed marbled boards. 12mo. darlow & moule 8484. solomon proops, amsterdam: 1718."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"55","title":{"en":"spanish. pentateuch and haphtaroth). los cinco libros de la ley divina de nuevo corregidos, y bueltos a imprimir. two parts in one volume."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113302/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This is a printed book, \"Los cinco libros de la ley divina de nuevo corregidos, y bueltos a imprimir,\" comprising two parts in one volume: the Pentateuch and Haphtaroth. The text is in Spanish, making it accessible to Spanish-speaking readers. The title page features an intricate architectural woodcut design with classical columns, a decorative arch, and an open book motif at the top. A prominent coat of arms is visible at the bottom of the page, beneath the main textual block, indicating its historical context.","lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:45.125Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113302,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113303/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition of kometz hamincha, minchah ketana, minchath erev. edited by r. moshe frankfurter. complete in four volumes. printed on fine, regale paper; 14 decorative woodcut initial word panels. minor scattered staining. edges tinted red. contemporary blind-tooled diced morocco over heavy wooden boards. clasps and catches lacking; elaborate central medallions on upper and lower boards. elephant folio. vinograd, amsterdam 1242 moses frankfurter, amsterdam: 1724-27. the seventh biblia rabbinica. the first rabbinic bible to be produced solely by jews and by far, the most elaborate and technically superior version of the rabbinic bible. in addition to the standard biblical text, kehiloth moshe encompasses some thirty-six separate commentaries as well as the complete introductions of the various exegetes to each of their works, a feature often omitted in both earlier and later editions. kehiloth moshe contains sixteen previously unpublished commentaries, from the first post-medieval exegetical inclusions in a rabbinic bible to a host of later writers, including many of sephardic and levantine background. it includes numerous features such as indices to chapters of talmudic tractates, massorah magna and parva and massoretic variations between ben asher and ben naftali.\n the multiple prefaces and afterwords included by the editor as well as his proofreaders in many of the volumes detail the process of acquiring new commentaries and describe the difficulties of bringing such a massive undertaking to fruition.\n \n an exceptionally fine copy."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"56","title":{"en":"hebrew). kehiloth moshe. with numerous commentaries including ralbag, chizkuni, sforno, imrei noam, kometz hamincha, minchath ketana, minchath erev, etc."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113303/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This lot consists of a four-volume set of \"Kehiloth Moshe,\" a Rabbinic Bible, with numerous commentaries by scholars such as Ralbag, Chizkuni, Sforno, Imrei Noam, Kometz Hamincha, Minchath Ketana, and Minchath Erev. The books are bound in elegant brown leather, featuring rich gold tooling on the spines and covers. Each spine is segmented with raised bands and gold decorative elements, along with clear labels indicating \"Biblia Rabbinica,\" \"Kehiloth Moshe,\" and the volume number in gold lettering. The covers display intricate gold-tooled borders and central ornamental motifs, highlighting their fine craftsmanship and historical value, with imprints for Amsterdam and the date 1724.","soldPrice":25000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:45.126Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113303,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113304/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"opening titles in red and black within architectural arch, three additional divisional title-pages. four spectacular engraved plates by francesco griselini the first (frontispiece) depicting the sacrifice of isaac with eleven vignettes portraying the narrative is particularly elaborate. the three other plates are prior to the former prophets, latter prophets, and to the hagiographa and depict joshua and samuel crowning king david; isaiah, ezekiel and jeremiah; and king david reciting the psalms. introductory luach hamitzvoth and kelalei hadikduk by simha calimani. with glosses in italian throughout translating and explaining challenging passages. manuscript on vellum recording the cantillation (trop) stitched onto final blank. ff. (1), 148, (1), 108, (2), 130-348. stained in places, opening engraved title worn with lower corner removed affecting the plate. contemporary mottled calf with former owner\u2019s name gilt-tooled on covers, expertly rebacked with morocco inlay and gilt extra, slip-case. sm. folio. vinograd, venice 1757; braginsky collection, cat. no. 150. bragadin for isaac foa, venice: 1739-41. a beautiful bible edition, finely bound. \n francesco griselini (1717\u201387) was born into a family of venetian silk-weavers and grew to be a scholar of natural history of considerable repute. he was also a talented artist; indeed dr. mendel metzger in \u201cthe earliest engraved italian megilloth,\u201d comments extensively on griselini\u2019s excellence as an engraver of jewish works of art which included the design of title-pages of hebrew printed books as well as engraved esther scrolls. see also l. greenspoon, the book of esther in modern research (2003) p. 147."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"57","title":{"en":"hebrew and italian). arba\u2019ah ve\u2019esrim."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113304/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"aiDescription":"This item is an engraved print, likely an illustration from a book, titled \"Arba\u2019ah ve\u2019esrim,\" featuring text in both Hebrew and Italian. The central image depicts a biblical or religious scene: two figures, one kneeling in robes and another standing in more elaborate attire, interacting under rays of light from above. The engraving is framed by an ornate rococo-style border with floral and scrolling motifs, adding to its decorative appeal. The fine lines and shading indicate a skilled engraving technique, suggesting it served as an important visual element in a scholarly or religious publication.","soldPrice":5250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:45.128Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":113304,"estimateMin":2000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113305/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bible,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"three volumes (all published) bound here into one. edited by lazarus goldschmidt. printed in double-columns in gothic type. uncut. the editor\u2019s copy, with his notes throughout. pp. 201; 175; 192. later cream morocco backed boards, slip-case. folio. erich reiss - rosenthal & co., berlin: 1920-25. bibliophilic edition of the bible translated into german by lazarus goldschmidt and issued in 300 numbered copies.\n \n this is lazarus goldschmidt\u2019s own copy with his editorial comments penciled throughout."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"58","title":{"en":"german). die heiligen bücher des alten bundes."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113305/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a page from a printed book titled \"Die heiligen bücher des alten bundes,\" featuring text in German. The page displays a dense block of text set in a gothic or fraktur typeface, characteristic of German printing from an earlier era. The content appears to be a biblical passage, likely from the Old Testament, given the title. The paper shows signs of age, including some discoloration and minor imperfections, indicative of its historical nature.","soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:45.129Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113305,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113306/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(bibliophilia)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"a unique copy - printed entirely on vellum. edited by judah lubetzki. preface in hebrew and french by r. zadoc kahn, chief rabbi of france. ff. (2) 92, 2. gilt dentelles. modern green morocco, spine gilt extra, slip-case. folio. focussing. paris,: 1885. unique copy printed on vellum. issued upon the orders of baron david günzburg. \n for many years, the novellae of r. meshulam ben moses of beziers (1175-1250), focussing on alfasi\u2019s commentary to the talmud, were unknown. upon their discovery by the scholar judah lubetzki in the library of baron david günzburg, they were promptly published.\n the last two folios in this volume are culled from the regular non-vellum issue, apparently to contrast the luxuriousness of the fine vellum to that of regular paper.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, vellum no. 42."},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"59","title":{"en":"sefer hahashlamah leseder nezikin [novellae to tractates baba kama and baba metzia]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113306/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This is a single volume of \"Sefer HaHashlamah Leseder Nezikin,\" containing novellae to tractates Baba Kama and Baba Metzia, likely a Jewish legal or Talmudic commentary. The book is bound in a striking dark green leather, with the spine elaborately decorated with gold tooling. The spine features raised bands and intricate floral or abstract golden designs within each compartment, along with a prominent red leather label bearing the title \"Sefer Ha'Hashlamah Vellom\" in gold lettering. The bottom of the spine also indicates \"Paris 1832\" in gold, suggesting its place and date of publication or binding.","soldPrice":3000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:45.130Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $4,000","currency":"USD","id":113306,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113307/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"boccaccio, giovanni"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition with yiddish translation (printed in wayber-taytsch type). prepared from the dutch by joseph maarsan. the judah a. joffe copy (provenance: kestenbaum, 11.25.97 lot 48). pencil annotations throughout. ff. 36. ex-library, lightly worn. later cloth-backed marbled boards. 12mo. vinograd, amsterdam 927; s. zfatman, yiddish narrative prose: an annotated bibliography (1985) no. 85 n.p., amsterdam: 1710."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"60","title":{"en":"schoene artliche geschichten [selected stories from the decameron]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113307/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a printed book titled \"Schoene Artliche Geschichten,\" which are selected stories from the Decameron. The text is presented in a columnar format with a decorative border around the main body of text. The language is likely an early form of German, with some words in Hebrew script visible. The paper is aged and discolored, showing signs of wear and a soft, warm tone.","soldPrice":850,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:45.132Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113307,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113308/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"bonafos, menachem."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. with introduction and notes by isaac ben moses ibn aroyo. final section contains pirkei hatzlacha ascribed to maimonides. ya\u2019avetz-style florets on title. a wide-margined copy. ff. 50. previous owners\u2019 marks on title-page including signature of dovid halevi horovitz, paper repairs to final leaf affecting a few letters, stained in places. modern crushed morocco. sm. 4to. vinograd, salonika 71. (solomon and joseph ya\u2019avetz), salonika: 1567. offers precise definitions of hebrew technical terms that appear in philosophical and scientific literature, particularly, maimonides\u2019 guide of the perplexed. see m.j. heller, the sixteenth century hebrew book, pp. 590-1."},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"61","title":{"en":"(also called bonafoux, abraham of perpignan). sepher hagedarim - michlal yofi [\u201cbook of definitions.\u201d]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113308/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This item is a historical printed document, specifically the title page of \"Sepher HaGedarim - Michlal Yofi,\" also known as \"Book of Definitions,\" by Abraham of Perpignan. The text is primarily in Hebrew, with some additional annotations in other scripts and a stamp that appears to be military-related. The page features decorative elements, including repeated clover-like motifs surrounding the central Hebrew text block. Handwritten notes and signatures are visible on the page, including a date \"1572\" and other script, indicating its age and possible provenance, with a prominent purple stamp on the top left, likely a library or institutional mark.","soldPrice":3000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:47.894Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $4,000","currency":"USD","id":113308,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113309/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"buxtorf, johannes."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"title within architectural arch. previous owners\u2019 signatures on title. two margins of title-page cut very close, stamp removed. contemporary vellum, stained. lg. folio. prijs, basle 234. ludwig könig, basle: 1632."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"62","title":{"en":"concordantiæ bibliorum hebraicæ [biblical concordance]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113309/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":300,"aiDescription":"This is a historical printed book, specifically a \"Concordantiae Bibliorum Hebraicae\" by Johann Buxtorf, a biblical concordance in Latin for Hebrew scriptures. The title page is a grand, architectural woodcut featuring classical columns, an ornate pediment, and decorative scrolling motifs, reminiscent of a monumental stone inscription. The main title \"Johannius Buxtorfi Bibliorum Hebraica\" is prominently displayed, followed by detailed publication information including \"Basilea\" and the date \"Anno MDCLXXII\" (1672). The aesthetic is typical of Baroque-era scholarly publications, with a focus on detailed engraving and classical design.","soldPrice":650,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:47.896Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":113309,"estimateMin":300},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113310/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"chabib, jacob ibn."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"two volumes. titles within architectural arch. vol. i: ff. 6, (24), 194. * vol. ii: ff. 190, 8, (22). only a portion of title from first vol. present, title of second vol. with marginal loss, many leaves of both volumes remargined with occasional loss, stained. second vol. slightly shorter. uniform morocco. housed in custom slip-case. folio. vinograd, prostejov 2; mehlman 197. isaac prostitz, prostejov (prossnitz / prostitz): 1603. one of the two books printed by the illustrious isaac prostitz in his hometown of prostejov. the other 261 books he issued were all printed in cracow.\n prostejov, in the province of moravia (today the czech republic), was home at various times to such notables as the mahara\u2019m a\u2019sh, r. yonassan eybeschuetz, the chasam sofer and the bibliographer, moritz steinschneider."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"63","title":{"en":"ein israel, beth israel (ein ya\u2019akov) [anthology of talmudic tales]. with commentary by rash\u201di, the tosafoth, ramba\u201dn, ritv\u201da and ra\u201dn."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113310/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This is a printed book, an anthology of Talmudic tales titled \"Ein Israel, Beth Israel (Ein Ya\u2019akov),\" featuring commentaries by prominent scholars such as Rashi, the Tosafoth, Ramban, Ritvah, and Ran. The title page is adorned with an elaborate architectural woodcut design, resembling a grand archway supported by detailed columns and surmounted by an intricate pediment with cherubs and an eagle. The primary text is in Hebrew script, presented within this decorative frame. The worn appearance of the paper and the intricate but somewhat rustic engraving style suggest it is an older, significant religious publication.","soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:47.897Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113310,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113311/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"chabib, jacob ibn."},"available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe copy, printed on blue paper. formerly the london beth din copy. three parts in one volume. two titles. printed on blue (six initial leaves on white). signature on second title. ff. 4, 168, 15 (1), 190. stained, opening title remargined, several leaves with neat paper repairs with some loss, second title with outer portion supplied in facsimile. modern calf-backed boards, tall folio. vinograd, amsterdam 1528. naphtali hertz levi the physician, amsterdam: 1740. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed on blue paper. \n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 44."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"64","title":{"en":"ein ya\u2019akov [aggadic lore]. with commentary koheleth shlomo."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113311/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This is a printed page from \"Ein Ya\u2019akov,\" a work of aggadic lore, which includes the commentary \"Koheleth Shlomo.\" The document is primarily in Hebrew script and is framed by a decorative border of repeating geometric and floral patterns, giving it a formal and ornamental appearance. The text is densely printed, indicating its scholarly or religious content, and features multiple sections, likely detailing different aspects of the aggadah and its commentary. The paper shows signs of age, consistent with an antique or historical publication.","lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:47.898Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113311,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113312/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"chayut, isaac."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within historiated border. kabbalistic diagrams throughout. ff. 20. trimmed and foxed. modern gilt-ruled crushed morocco. sm. 4to. vinograd, prague 54; mehlman 915. mordechai katz, prague: 1587. a series of kabbalistic poems with commentary, all of whose themes relate to the first nights of passover, including instructions and laws pertaining to the seder.\n the author was a scion of a branch of the hasidei provence who later settled in bohemia, where he was appointed rabbi and rosh yeshiva of prague in 1584.\n the title of this rare book is tucked away at the bottom of the title-page in small rabbinic letters."},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"65","title":{"en":"siach yitzchak."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113312/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"aiDescription":"This is a Hebrew book titled \"Siach Yitzchak,\" featuring a highly ornate title page. The title page is framed by an elaborate architectural border with classical columns, floral motifs, and two figures, one with a beard, supporting the structure. The text is in Hebrew script, primarily Rashi script, and appears to be an older print, possibly from the early modern period given the woodcut-style illustration. The item's visual features suggest it is a significant piece of Hebrew printing and book art.","soldPrice":2250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:47.900Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,500 - $2,000","currency":"USD","id":113312,"estimateMin":1500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113313/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"de pomis, david."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. arms of pope sixtus v on f. 2r and of the de pomis (\u201cmin hatapuchim\u201d) family on f. 5v. (yaari, hebrew printers marks, no. 41). ff. 5, (1), ff. 5-62, 238. lightly stained and dampwrinkled. later mottled calf with central gilt lozenges on covers, rebacked and recased. folio. vinograd, venice 717. giovanni di gara, venice: 1586-7. celebrated hebrew, aramaic, latin and italian dictionary presenting definitions from kimchi\u2019s shorashim, levita\u2019s tishbi, and nathan ben yechiel\u2019s aruch; also providing numerous historical and scientific observations and discourses. trained as a medical doctor, david de pomis\u2019s expositions of biblical and talmudic terms contain a good deal of interesting medieval scientific lore.\n the introduction, containing a short autobiography by the author, also recounts the remarkable history of the ancient de pomis family, brought in chains to italy from the land of israel by emperor titus following his siege and destruction of the temple in jerusalem in 70 c.e.\n the work is dedicated to pope sextius v, in gratitude for the restoration of the concession permitting jewish physicians to attend to christian patients for the years 1585-90. see c. roth, the jews in the renaissance (1950) pp. 223-2."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"66","title":{"en":"tzemach david / dittionario novo hebraico."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113313/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This lot features a multi-lingual dictionary titled \"Tzemach David / Dittionario Novo Hebraico,\" which is a Hebrew and Latin dictionary. The catalog text further describes it as a \"Dittionario Novo Hebraico, Declarato in tre lingue\" and \"Lexicon Novum Hebraicum.\" The page is densely printed with both Hebrew and Latin text in various fonts, indicating its function as a comprehensive linguistic resource. The presence of both Hebrew and Latin suggests a scholarly work, likely from the early modern period when such multi-lingual dictionaries were common.","soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:47.901Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113313,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113314/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"de rossi, azariah."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition . title within woodcut architectural border. woodcut diagrams on f. 156 and 171. two copies : one with 6 extra un-numbered leaves and ending on f.194; the other copy ending on f. 188 and with text changes on ff. 81-82 and 87-88 (see below). stained, previous owner\u2019s marginalia. uniform modern blind-tooled calf. housed in custom slip-case. 4to. vinograd, mantua 138. n.p., mantua: 1574. \u201cthe me\u2019or einayim became so important that it rendered its author as one of the greatest, or perhaps the very greatest, of jewish historians who flourished in the seventeen centuries between josephus and jost.\u201d (s. baron, azariah de rossi\u2019s attitude to life, in: studies in memory of i. abrahams, (1927) p.12).\n azariah de rossi, was a member of an italian jewish family that traced its ancestry back to the time of titus and the destruction of jerusalem. his controversial me\u2019or einaim questioned conventional medieval wisdom and introduced fundamental changes in chronology. de rossi rehabilitated the works of the jewish philosopher philo, who had been ignored by jewish scholars for almost 1500 years and exposed the jossipon as an early medieval compilation based upon the works of josephus with much falsification. in the spirit of the renaissance, de rossi turned to critical analysis and made use of the apocrypha and jewish-hellenistic sources in his study of ancient jewish history and texts. most controversially, he suggested that midrashic literature was employed as a stylistic device \u201cto induce a good state of mind among readers,\u201d and thus should not be understood to be literal. such statements led the me\u2019or einaim to be viewed as heresy and the work was banned by the rabbinic authorities upon publication. consequently de rossi re-issued the work the same year, having changed the offending passages and adding an apologetic post-script.\n see carmilly-weinberger, pp. 210-13; i. mehlman, gnuzoth sepharim, (1976) pp.21-39. see also m. silber, america in hebrew literature in: publications of the american jewish historical society, vol. xxii.\n \n the present lot contains both issues of the me\u2019or einaim: the original first edition with the full unexpurgated text; and the second issue with the author\u2019s alterations, seeking to allay public objection."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"67","title":{"en":"me\u2019or einaim [philosophy of history]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113314/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This lot is a book titled \"Me'or Einaim,\" identified as a work on the philosophy of history. The title page features a grand architectural woodcut border, styled as an archway supported by twisted columns, adorned with decorative elements and topped with finials. The main text is in Hebrew, rendered in a traditional script, suggesting an older publication. The design of the title page and the philosophical subject matter indicate a significant work of Hebrew scholarship, likely from a period where elaborate typographic and illustrative elements were common in book production.","soldPrice":8000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:47.902Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113314,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113315/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"delmedigo, joseph solomon of crete."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. three parts in one, two titles. numerous astronomical and mathematical illustrations. engraved frontispiece portrait of the author (tipped in from another copy) engraved by w. delff after a painting by c. duyster. titles within typographical border. with the scarce additional introductory leaf in latin. a wide-margined copy. (8), 190; 80; (2), 83. portrait laid down with minor loss to caption, few light stains, russian inscription on final page. modern vellum with morocco spine-label and twin silk ties. 4to. vinograd, amsterdam 20; fuks, amsterdam 150-1; silva rosa 6. menasseh ben israel, amsterdam: 1628-29. a fine wide-margined copy of one of the great scientific books of hebrew literature. \n includes treatises relating to geometry, algebra, chemistry, astronomy, physics, medicine and metaphysics.\n the sepher eilim has been described as: \u201cthe most sumptuously illustrated of early scientific works in hebrew, and unique in printed hebrew literature before the modern period.\u201d national library of canada catalogue, the jacob h. lowy collection, 1981, no. 80.\n the author, joseph solomon delmedigo, or as he is known in hebrew, yasha\u201dr (yosef shelomo rophe) of candia (1591-1655), was of german descent, whose family settled on the isle of crete (candia) at the end of the 14th-century. in his youth, he studied medicine at the university of padua. delmedigo was most peripatetic, at various times he lived in cairo, vilna and amsterdam and is buried in the old jewish cemetery of prague.\n see i. barzilay, yoseph shlomo delmedigo (yashar of candia): his life, works and times (leiden, 1974); a. neher, jewish thought and the scientific revolution of the sixteenth century (1986), pp. 251-2; h. friedenwald, jewish luminaries in medical history-catalogue (1946), p.111."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"68","title":{"en":"sepher mayan ganim - sepher eilim - mayan chathum."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113315/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":10000,"aiDescription":"This lot is a page from a book, possibly \"Sepher Mayan Ganim - Sepher Eilim - Mayan Chathum,\" featuring a detailed woodcut illustration. The image depicts a man in historical attire operating a large, gear-driven mechanism used for lifting weights, with numerical labels like '8' visible on a weight. The surrounding text is in Hebrew, printed in a traditional font. This page combines textual information with an illustrative depiction of mechanical engineering or a similar practical subject, likely from an early modern period publication.","soldPrice":10000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:47.904Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$10,000 - $15,000","currency":"USD","id":113315,"estimateMin":10000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113316/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"duran, shimon ben tzemach."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition . four parts in one volume. opening title within ornamental woodcut featuring lions, foliage and crown. divisional titles. ff. (12), 91; (1), 69, (1); 68, (1); (1), 36, (2), 39-83, (1), 85-101, (1). ex-library, lightly browned. modern half-calf over marbled boards. folio. vinograd, amsterdam 1490. naphtali herz levi rophé, amsterdam: 1738. in 1391, r. shimon b. zemach (1361-1444) fled his native spain (isle of majorca) for algiers, where he became one of the foremost halachic decisors of north african jewry."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"69","title":{"en":"sepher hatashbe\u201dtz [responsa]. appended: \u201cchut hameshulash\u201d [responsa by later algerian authorities: solomon duran, solomon serour and abraham ibn tawah]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113316/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":400,"aiDescription":"This item is a book titled \"Sepher Hatashbe\"tz,\" which is a collection of responsa, with an appended section called \"Chut Hameshulash.\" The title page is characterized by an elaborate, highly decorative border featuring intricate floral and foliate scrollwork, and two stylized creatures resembling griffins or sea monsters at the bottom. The text is in Hebrew, using a clear, traditional script, framed within a central rectangular panel. The detailed and ornate design suggests a notable piece of Hebrew printing, likely from the early modern period.","soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:47.905Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":113316,"estimateMin":400},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113317/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"egozi, menachem."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. ff. (62). lightly stained in places, natural paper faults, f. 29 remargined. modern morocco. sm. folio. vinograd, const. 306. joseph ascaloni for dona reyna, duchess of naxos, belvedere, constantinople: (c.1593-95). following the death in 1593 of the constantinople-based hebrew printer solomon jabez, dona reyna, widow of the illustrious don joseph nasi, and daughter of dona gracia, had much of her wealth expropriated from her. however, the remaining inheritance was used to establish a printing-press in her palace of belvedere in nearby orta-koy. for reasons unclear, the press was soon transferred to kuru-cesme, another suburb of constantinople. thus, \u201cthe noble lady of noble lineage\u201d became the first jewish woman to establish a printing-press. menachem egozi, the turkish talmudist and author of this work also served as an editor for the press at belvedere. see: c. roth, the house of nasi-the duke of naxos (1948) pp. 217-19."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"70","title":{"en":"gal shel egozim [expositions on the book of genesis]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113317/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew book titled \"Gal Shel Egozim,\" which contains expositions on the Book of Genesis. The page presented features Hebrew text printed in a traditional, clear script. The overall appearance is minimalist compared to other lots, with no elaborate borders or illustrations visible on this particular page. The text layout suggests a standard theological or exegetical work, likely from a period emphasizing textual clarity over decorative elements.","soldPrice":4250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:47.906Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113317,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113318/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"eleazar ben judah of worms"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe, wide margined copy, printed entirely on blue paper. signatures on title including dovid ben shimshon katz. ff. (4), 91, (1). foxed, some wear, upper margins repaired, some worming, few leaves laid to size, title laid down. modern blind-tooled morocco. folio. vinograd, cremona 14. vincenzo conti, cremona: 1557. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on blue paper. \n according to benayahu (hadefus ha\u2019ivi becremona p. 192) only the bodleian and schocken copies exist on blue paper.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 10."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"71","title":{"en":"sepher haroke\u2019ach [ethics, rabbinic law and customs]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113318/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This lot is a Hebrew book titled \"Sepher Haroke\u2019ach,\" covering ethics, rabbinic law, and customs. The page features Hebrew text printed in a traditional script, with a small decorative emblem or printer's mark near the bottom. The paper shows signs of age, including some discoloration and minor imperfections. The content suggests a significant work of Jewish jurisprudence and moral philosophy, likely an older edition due to the paper quality and printing style.","soldPrice":3500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.532Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113318,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113319/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"emden, jacob"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. signature of d. meldola on title-page. ff. 82. lightly browned. modern calf-backed marbled boards. 4to. vinograd, altona 51; raphael, aresheth iii no. 7. by the author, amsterdam, (i.e. altona): 1751. besides providing the earlier commentaries of bartenura and tosphoth yom tov, r. jacob emden includes here two original commentaries: lechem nikudim, dealing with grammatical and linguistic issues; and lechem shamayim, of a conceptual nature. the book was published with the haskamah of the author\u2019s brother-in-law, r. aryeh leib of amsterdam.\n includes polemic against zalman hena\u2019s beth tephilah - luach eresh, demonstrating that hena did not properly vocalize pirkei avoth (ff. 75v.-82v)."},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"72","title":{"en":"eitz avoth [commentary to ethics of the fathers, with text]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113319/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew book titled \"Eitz Avoth,\" presented as a commentary on the \"Ethics of the Fathers\" with the original text included. The page features Hebrew text in a traditional script, with a prominent place name \"BAAMSTERDAM\" (in Amsterdam) at the bottom, indicating its place of publication. There are some handwritten annotations in the upper left corner. The clear, legible Hebrew print and the explicit mention of Amsterdam suggest a significant publication from a known center of Hebrew printing, likely from the early modern period.","soldPrice":3250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.534Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,500 - $2,000","currency":"USD","id":113319,"estimateMin":1500},{"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113320/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"figo, moses"},"available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within elegant woodcut foliate border. ff. (174). variously stained, title worn and extended to size, final several leaves repaired with some loss, fore-edges worn, purchase inscription on title. modern morocco. folio. vinograd, const. 206. moses parnes, constantinople: 1553. important alphabetical subject index of the talmud including citations to moreh nevuchim, akeidah, ikkarim, derech emunah, neveh shalom, or hashem and derashoth hara\u2019n. - zichron torath moshe lends significance to the history of scholarship of the 16th century, indicating as it does, those works considered at the time to be worthy of study."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"73","title":{"en":"zichron torath moshe [indices to talmud, midrash, etc.]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113320/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This lot is a Hebrew book titled \"Zichron Torath Moshe,\" described as indices to Talmud, Midrash, and related texts. The title page is adorned with an ornate, architectural woodcut border featuring floral motifs and stylized elements resembling urns or vessels. The text is in Hebrew, utilizing traditional scripts, framed within the decorative border. The intricate design of the border suggests an early modern publication, emphasizing the book's scholarly nature as an index for significant Jewish texts.","lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.536Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113320,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113321/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"figo, moses"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. title within architectural arch. ff. 128, 45. browned and stained, title repaired with small marginal replacement. modern calf. folio. vinograd, prague 304. abraham b. shimon (heide), prague: 1623."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"74","title":{"en":"zichron torath moshe [indices to talmud, midrash, etc.]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113321/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew book titled \"Zichron Torath Moshe,\" serving as indices to the Talmud and Midrash. The title page features a grand architectural woodcut border, designed as an archway supported by spiraling columns and topped with ornate crests and floral decorations. The Hebrew text is prominently displayed within the arch, utilizing traditional scripts. This highly decorative title page suggests an important scholarly work, likely printed in the early modern period with a focus on elaborate typographic presentation.","soldPrice":650,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.537Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113321,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113322/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"florentin, solomon."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. . ff. 37. modern boards. sm. 4to. vinograd, salonika 192. abraham hager, salonika: 1655. the florentin family of salonika produced some of the most prominent rabbis and scholars of 16th-17th century greece."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"75","title":{"en":"doresh mishpat [index to tur choshen mishpat and its commentators]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113322/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is an early printed book titled \"Doresh Mishpat,\" serving as an index to the Tur Choshen Mishpat and its commentators. The book is a Hebrew religious text, likely from the modern period, printed on paper. The title page features a decorative border with floral and geometric patterns, framing the Hebrew text. The typography suggests traditional Hebrew printing practices, indicative of its genre as a scholarly Jewish legal index.","soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.539Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113322,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113323/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"franchi, guglielmo"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"two folding grammatical charts. an uncut copy. ff. 415. foxed and stained. later limp boards, modern slip-case. 4to. comino ventura, bergamo: 1591. this work represents the first appearance of hebrew printing in this ancient walled city located in lombardy, northern italy. this edition unknown to m. rosenfeld in his gazetteer of hebrew printing (1992) who records only a later, 1603 edition (see no. 30)."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"76","title":{"en":"shemesh lashon hakodesh - sole della lingua santa."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113323/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This lot features \"Shemesh Lashon Hakodesh\" (Sole della Lingua Santa), a bilingual Hebrew grammar book printed in Bergamo by Comino Ventura in 1591. It is an early modern linguistic text, printed on paper, with both Hebrew and Italian languages present. The title page is adorned with ornate woodcut decorations, including a prominent central cartouche featuring a figure wrestling a serpent, and a decorative banner at the top displaying the Hebrew title.","soldPrice":700,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.540Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113323,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113324/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"gikatilla, joseph"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. initial letters of title within decorative vignettes, initial word of text within historiated woodcut frame. occasional marginalia. ff. 84. trimmed, discolored, few light stains. modern paneled morocco decorated in the blind and with gilt lozenges. sm. 4to. vinograd, riva 34. (jacob marcaria the physician), riva di trento: 1559-61. joseph gikatilla (chiquatilla) (1248-c.1325) was a disciple of the founder of the school of \u201cprophetic kabbalah,\u201d abraham abulafia, and close colleague of moses de leon of guadalajara.\n throughout the centuries, sha\u2019arei orah, has been regarded as a first-rate guide to the systematic presentation of the \u201csephiroth\u201d (divine emanations) and their code names. the work has subsequently been translated into european languages."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"77","title":{"en":"sha\u2019arei orah [kabbalah]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113324/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This lot is a copy of \"Sha\u2019arei Orah,\" a significant text within the Kabbalah genre. The book is printed in Hebrew on paper, likely from the modern period based on typography. The title page displays three decorative panels at the top, each containing a Hebrew letter, possibly indicating the initials of the author or a key concept. The overall design of the title page suggests a traditional religious publication.","soldPrice":4250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.541Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113324,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113325/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe copy, printed entirely on blue paper. ff. 64. tile-page provided in facsimile, f. 47 torn, few neat repairs, leaves with natural paper faults. modern blind-tooled morocco over thick wooden boards. housed in custom slip-case. sm. 4to. yudlov, 19; yaari, 17; yerushalmi, pl. 21. vincenzo conti, cremona: 1557. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on blue paper. \n tipped into the volume is a note from the librarian of the valmadonna trust recounting that the british library\u2019s dr. peter lawson observed the \u201cblotching\u201d on the pages of this blue-paper copy was due to a chemical reaction to the dying process and that the printing occurred thereafter.\n soon after this hagadah was printed the church-sponsored burning of the talmud occurred in cremona and vicenzo conti`s hebrew press was destroyed.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 11."},"estimateMax":7000,"lotNumber":"78","title":{"en":"sepher zevach pesach. with commentary by isaac abarbanel."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113325/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":5000,"aiDescription":"This is \"Sepher Zevach Pesach,\" a Jewish religious text featuring commentary by Isaac Abarbanel. The book, printed on blue-tinted paper, is in Hebrew and displays a dense block of text, characteristic of scholarly religious works. The blue paper is a notable visual feature, distinguishing it from standard white paper publications. The subject matter pertains to Passover rituals and interpretations.","soldPrice":9500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.543Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$5,000 - $7,000","currency":"USD","id":113325,"estimateMin":5000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113326/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. ya`avetz florets on title. instructions in judeo-español. the salman schocken copy with his stamps. with an extensive manuscript marginal super-commentary throughout in a clear italian hand by zechariah david shabthai segre dated 1853-54 (signature on ff. 3a, 27a, 68a etc, see below). plus scattered marginalia in another hand. ff, 71 (1). browned and stained in places. modern blind-tooled morocco. housed in custom slip-case. sm. 4to. vinograd, salonika 83; ya`ari, 22; yudlov, 27; yerushalmi, pl. 32. joseph ben isaac ya\u2019avetz, salonika: 1569. a wide-margined copy of an exceptionally rare edition. \n the author was a self-appointed emissary from safed who traveled through the balkans, publishing in constantinople in 1567 two works: one ner mitzvah, a commentary on ibn gabirol`s azharoth for shavu`oth, the other, yesha elo-him, an exposition on the hoshanoth. he was killed in 1573 by turkish brigands near the greek city of arta. (see ya`ari, shluchei eretz israel (1977) pp. 236, 889; ej, vol. xiii, col. 328).\n two commentaries wrap around the text of this hagadah: rama\u201dp (r. moses pesante) and rasha\u201db (r. solomon baruch, pesante`s co-author). pesante makes extensive use of the medieval commentaries of rabbeinu isaiah and of the two brothers r. zedekiah and r. benjamin anav found in shibolei haleket. see m.m. kasher, haggadah sheleimah (1955) pp. 208-9, no. 68; s.k. mirsky, shibolei haleket hashalem (1966) pp. 46-8.\n this copy contains an additional commentary composed by a member of the the segre family of italian scholars. this apparently \n unpublished commentary was written while the author was imprison in the italian town of vernilli in the province of avelino (f. 27b). he states, \u201ci have been punished to spend my life in a filthy prison\u2026\u201d (f. 17a), a place from which he prays he will be redeemed (f. 3a). many of his comments pertain to the redemption, see header (f. 8b) entitled \u201cseder kadesh lege\u2019ulath hamoshiach.\u201d he cites zohar, midrash, the chida and another of his own works entitled zer-zahav (f. 53a)."},"estimateMax":20000,"lotNumber":"79","title":{"en":"chukath hapesach. with commentaries (see below)."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113326/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":15000,"aiDescription":"This lot presents \"Chukath Hapesach,\" a Jewish religious text with multiple commentaries. The book is printed in Hebrew on paper and features a multi-column layout, characteristic of traditional Talmudic or legal texts where main text and commentaries are presented simultaneously. The dense Hebrew script and traditional layout are key visual features, indicating its genre as a scholarly religious work concerning Passover law.","soldPrice":25000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.545Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$15,000 - $20,000","currency":"USD","id":113326,"estimateMin":15000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113327/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with commentary by r. joseph of padua. title within architectural arch. each page within ornamental border, vertical woodcuts in margins with elongated cuts below. borders decorated with ornamental design and numerous woodcuts. order of service in judeo-italian, ladino and yiddish in parallel columns on f.2v. printer\u2019s device on f.3v. ff. 20 (of 22), final two leaves (grace after meals) provided in facsimile. stained in places, trimmed, marginal paper repairs. later calf elaborately tooled in gilt, worn. 4to. yudlov 35; yaari 27; yerushalmi 34-37. giovanni di gara, venice: 1599. the first illustrated venetian hagadah. an exceptionally scarce and important edition. \n according to yudlov the final two leaves might not have been originally issued with this hagadah, but in fact printed elsewhere by zanetti. yudlov also notes the existence of variations among copies of this important hagadah (see here ff. 8, 13, 16)."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"80","title":{"en":"hagadah shel pesach."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113327/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":10000,"aiDescription":"This lot contains a \"Hagadah Shel Pesach,\" a liturgical text for the Passover Seder. Printed in Hebrew on paper, it likely dates from the early modern period. The page features an ornate floral border and a woodcut illustration at the bottom depicting a scene with figures and architecture, possibly related to the Exodus story. The decorated borders and illustrative elements are notable visual features for collectors.","soldPrice":18000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:42.546Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$10,000 - $15,000","currency":"USD","id":113327,"estimateMin":10000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113328/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"each page within elaborate woodcut illustrated and textual borders. preliminary page with order of the seder service in three languages: judeo-italian, yiddish and ladino, (reflective of the languages spoken in the venetian ghetto at the time). vivid illustrations throughout. ff. (34). several leaves expertly laid to size (small marginal portions provided in facsimile viz. ff. 1, 4, 10), trimmed, few light stains. modern calf. housed in custom slip-case. sm. 4to. yudlov 370; yaari 29. daniel zanetti, venice: 1601. the four hagadahs printed in venice between 1599-1604 are are of considerable historic importance as transitional experiments between the mantua hagadahs of 1560 and 1568 and the definitive venetian editions of 1609 and 1629.\n the present dramatic hagadah is the first to bear a title-page embellished with woodcut illustrations. the type is also larger and bolder than the 1599 edition. see previous lot. of note is the varied applications of the illustrations that were used differently in each of these two venetian editions. see yerushalmi, haggadah and history, plates 34-40."},"estimateMax":20000,"lotNumber":"81","title":{"en":"hagadah shel pesach. with commentary by r. joseph of padua."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113328/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":15000,"aiDescription":"This is a \"Hagadah Shel Pesach\" with commentary by R. Joseph of Padua. Printed in Hebrew on paper, it likely dates from the early modern period. The page is richly illustrated with woodcut images: a large scene at the top depicting a crowded event, and four smaller vignette portraits of figures surrounding the central text block. The integration of text and multiple illustrations is a key visual characteristic.","soldPrice":21000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:39.276Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$15,000 - $20,000","currency":"USD","id":113328,"estimateMin":15000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113329/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"additional engraved title depicting draped archway flanked by moses and aaron beneath vignette of moses before the burning bush. numerous engraved copper-plate illustrations within the text. complete with folding engraved hebrew map of the holy land indicating the travels in the wilderness and the division of the land among the tribes of israel. all accomplished by the proselyte abram ben jacob. concluding aschkenazic hymns provided with judeo-german translations. ff. (1), 26, (1). map laid in. touch worn and lightly soiled, marginal paper repairs, new endpapers. original mottled calf, with gilt-tooled device containing hebrew title on covers, rubbed, expertly rebacked. folio. yudlov 93; yaari 59; yerushalmi 59-62. asher anshel & partners, amsterdam: 1695. the first illustrated amsterdam hagadah. \n this is the first hagadah (and one of the first hebrew books) to contain copper-engraved illustrations. it also contains a fine folding map of the land of israel, one of the very earliest to be captioned in hebrew.\n the first of two variants (see next lot)."},"estimateMax":10000,"lotNumber":"82","title":{"en":"hagadah shel pesach. with commentary by isaac abrabanel."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113329/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":8000,"aiDescription":"This is a \"Hagadah Shel Pesach\" featuring commentary by Isaac Abrabanel. Printed in Hebrew on paper, likely from the modern period, the page is distinguished by a large, ornate engraved frontispiece. The engraving depicts two prominent robed figures flanking a central text block, with an outdoor scene in the background. The detailed engraving and the figures' attire are significant visual attributes for collectors.","soldPrice":14000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:39.280Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$8,000 - $10,000","currency":"USD","id":113329,"estimateMin":8000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113330/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"additional engraved title depicting large figures of moses and aaron beneath six circular vignettes of biblical themes.numerous engraved copper-plate illustrations within the text. complete with folding engraved hebrew map of the holy land indicating the travels in the wilderness and the division of the land among the tribes of israel. all accomplished by the proselyte abram ben jacob. concluding aschkenazic hymns provided with judeo-german translations. ff. (1), 26, (1). variously stained. original mottled calf, with blind-tooled device containing hebrew title on covers, expertly rebacked. folio. yudlov 93; yaari 59; yerushalmi 59-62. asher anshel & partners, amsterdam: 1695. the first illustrated amsterdam hagadah. \n the second of two variants: the printer issued two versions of the engraved title-page."},"estimateMax":10000,"lotNumber":"83","title":{"en":"hagadah shel pesach. with commentary by isaac abrabanel."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113330/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":8000,"aiDescription":"This lot is a \"Hagadah Shel Pesach\" with commentary by Isaac Abrabanel. Printed in Hebrew on paper, it is characterized by a detailed engraved frontispiece. Two robed figures stand on either side of the central text, and above them, five circular vignettes illustrate scenes from Jewish history or Passover narratives. The elaborate engraving and multiple illustrated medallions are notable visual features.","soldPrice":8000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:39.281Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$8,000 - $10,000","currency":"USD","id":113330,"estimateMin":8000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113331/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"letterpress title and additional engraved title depicting moses and aaron beneath vignette of moses and the burning bush. 16 copper-plate engravings throughout the text. wide-margined folding map of the holy land. this copy with strong impressions of the engraved illustrations. ff. (1) 31, (1). lightly stained, marginal repairs. modern gilt-ruled polished calf. housed in custom slip-case. folio. yudlov 120; yaari 73; yerushalmi, 66-9. solomon proops, amsterdam: 1712. the second illustrated amsterdam hagadah. \n changes were undertaken in producing this amsterdam 1712 edition following the first amsterdam edition (1695). most significantly, this included the addition of two series of vignettes in the style of the earlier venetian hagadah - namely, the various stages of the seder (f. 2r) and the ten plagues (f. 13r).\n see c. roth, printed illuminated haggadoth in: aresheth, vol. ii pp. 22-4."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"84","title":{"en":"hagadah shel pesach. with commentary by isaac abrabanel and \u201cbi\u2019urim\u201d (synopses of commentaries in ma\u2019aseh hashem, mateh aharon and chevel b\u2019nei yehudah). instructions in both judeo-español and judeo-german."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113331/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This lot is a Hagadah Shel Pesach, a liturgical text for Passover, with commentary by Isaac Abrabanel and additional synopses from other commentaries. Uniquely, it includes instructions in both Judeo-Español and Judeo-German. The item is a large, folded map, featuring detailed topographical representations and illustrations. The map, likely made of paper, depicts a geographical area relevant to Jewish history, with textual annotations in Hebrew script, adorned with decorative elements and small vignettes depicting figures and animals.","soldPrice":10000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:39.283Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113331,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113332/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"prefaced by \u201cke\u2019arath keseph,\u201d a lengthy panegyric by r. joseph ezovi of perpignan; prayers and readings for the month of nissan and for the night of passover; passover hagadah; and finally, pirkei avoth (ethics of the fathers). edited by r. abraham ankawa. ff. 84. closely shaved, light stains, burn mark on two leaves, trace wormed. modern calf-backed marbled boards. 12mo. yudlov, 861; halevy 12. israel ben abraham (bak), jerusalem: 1843. the second jerusalem hagadah. - (the first edition appeared a year prior).\n carries the haskamah of chief rabbi haim avraham gaguine of jerusalem who commends the man responsible for bringing the book to press, one reuben of damascus."},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"85","title":{"en":"chukath hapesach."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113332/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"aiDescription":"This is a Hebrew textual work titled \"Chukath Hapesach\" printed in Jerusalem. It appears to be a Jewish liturgical or legal text related to Passover. The text is presented in a multi-column format, with some sections in larger typefaces, and includes a decorative border at the bottom. The condition of the paper suggests an older publication, with visible signs of aging and minor discoloration. The language is Hebrew, and the script is a traditional Hebrew print. The overall impression is that of a religious or scholarly publication from an earlier period.","soldPrice":1700,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:39.285Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,500 - $2,000","currency":"USD","id":113332,"estimateMin":1500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113333/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"one of 79 numbered copies printed entirely on vellum . illustrated throughout. folding map of the land of israel at end. rebound in mottled calf, slip-case. folio. milan,: 1980."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"86","title":{"en":"the amsterdam (1712) hagadah. facsimile edition."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113333/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":800,"aiDescription":"This is a facsimile edition of the Amsterdam Hagadah from 1712, a Jewish liturgical text for Passover. The title page is written in Hebrew script, announcing \"הגדת אמשטרדם\" (Hagadah Amsterdam). The page features an elaborate, ornate frame or cartouche surrounding a section of text, indicative of classical printing aesthetics. The item is identified as \"No. 62,\" suggesting it is part of a numbered series or limited edition. The text is in Hebrew, reflecting the original 1712 edition's language. The item is a modern reproduction of an historical religious text.","soldPrice":900,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:39.286Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":113333,"estimateMin":800},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113334/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"one of 79 numbered copies printed entirely on vellum . illustrated throughout. original calf. folio. milan,: 1981."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"87","title":{"en":"the venice (1629) hagadah. facsimile edition."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113334/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":800,"aiDescription":"This is a facsimile edition of the Venice Hagadah, originally printed in 1629, a Jewish text for Passover. The title page prominently displays \"הגדת ונציה\" (Hagadah Venezia) in Hebrew. A striking visual feature is the decorative border composed of two columns with intricate scrollwork, supporting a stylized arch and a smaller inset illustration at the top. The item is marked \"No. 33,\" indicating its place within a numbered edition. The text is primarily in Hebrew, typical for a Hagadah, and the overall design emulates the Baroque or Renaissance print style of the original work.","soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:39.288Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":113334,"estimateMin":800},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113335/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"one of 35 numbered copies printed entirely on vellum . illustrated throughout. rebound in cream morocco, with protective wrapper and slip-case. folio. tel aviv,: 1981."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"88","title":{"en":"the mantua (1560) hagadah. facsimile edition."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113335/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":800,"aiDescription":"This is a facsimile edition of \"The Mantua Haggadah,\" originally published in 1560, a Jewish liturgical text for Passover. The title is presented in both Hebrew, \"הגדת מנטובה,\" and English. The page includes details about its publication in Israel in 1981, indicating its modern reproduction. A notable visual element is the small graphic of a standing figure with a weapon, possibly a soldier, near the bottom of the page. The item is labeled \"No. 21,\" suggesting it is part of a limited or numbered series. The primary language is Hebrew, with some English text providing contextual information about the facsimile.","soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:39.289Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":113335,"estimateMin":800},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113336/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(hagadah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"one of 25 numbered copies printed entirely on vellum . illustrated throughout. rebound in tree-calf, with slip-case. sm. folio. london: 1984. a hagadah extracted from the avignon machzor entitled \u201cseder hakuntress,\u201d this facsimile edition was issued by the london bibliophile j. schwarcz. this copy, signed by the publisher, is marked \u201cno. 1.\u201d"},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"89","title":{"en":"the avignon (1765) hagadah. facsimile edition."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113336/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This is a facsimile edition of the Avignon Hagadah, which dates to 1765, a Jewish liturgical text for Passover. The page includes handwritten annotations and a printed statement in English, noting it was reprinted in the year 5744 (1984 according to the Gregorian calendar) from an original Mochee printing from 1525, also mentioning 25 copies on vellum and 35 on blue paper. The item is marked \"No. 1\" and bears a signature, suggesting it might be a specific copy from a limited edition. The text is primarily in Hebrew script, with the English description providing details on the facsimile's production.","soldPrice":650,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:39.290Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113336,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113337/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"halevi, joshua of tlemcen"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"printer\u2019s device on title (yaari, hebrew printers marks, no. 26). ff. 38. trace wormed, some foxing, signed by censors at end. modern blind-tooled maroon morocco. sm. 4to. vinograd, sabbioneta 52. vincenzo conti, sabbioneta : 1567."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"90","title":{"en":"halichoth olam [talmudic methodology, with commentary to the thirteen divine attributes of mercy]. introduction by shmuel hanaggid."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113337/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":400,"aiDescription":"This item is a copy of \"Halichoth Olam,\" a Talmudic methodology text with commentary on the thirteen divine attributes of mercy, featuring an introduction by Shmuel HaNaggid. The publication date is 1506, as handwritten on the cover. The title page is adorned with a prominent circular woodcut illustration depicting mythological or allegorical figures, possibly a satyr and another creature, within a decorative frame. The text is entirely in Hebrew, utilizing traditional Hebrew script. The overall appearance is that of an early printed book on Jewish scholarship, with a distinctive printer's mark or illustration.","soldPrice":850,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:39.291Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":113337,"estimateMin":400},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113338/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"halperin, jacob"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within six-part woodcut border embellished with floral motifs. with the approbation of r. isaiah horowitz - the shalo\u201dh hakadosh. ff. 53. previous owner\u2019s marks, lightly worn and stained. modern crushed morocco tooled in gilt. sm. 4to. vinograd, padua 4. gasparo crivellari, padua: 1622-23. an important work of responsa containing a wealth of contemporary information. the author corresponded with some of the greatest rabbis of his generation including the shalo\u201dh, levush, simcha luzzatto of venice, and others (see listing on f. 2r)."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"91","title":{"en":"nachlath ya\u2019akov [responsa]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113338/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This item is a copy of \"Nachlath Ya\u2019akov,\" a collection of Jewish legal responsa. Printed in Padua in 1622 by Gaspar Criwellari, as noted at the bottom of the page. The title page features a highly decorative border composed of floral and foliate motifs, arranged in four distinct panels around the central text block. The text is entirely in Hebrew, presented in traditional Hebrew script. The detailed woodcut border is a significant visual characteristic, indicating the aesthetic and printing practices of the early 17th century.","soldPrice":650,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:43.477Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113338,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113339/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(iberian / sephardic literature)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition of this translation of joseph karo\u2019s shulchan aruch. title within architectural arch. bookplate of irma roth on verso of title-page. ff. 175, (2). few stains. modern gilt-ruled crushed morocco. 4to. vinograd, venice 1059. baldisera bonibelli, venice: 1609. prepared by the rabbi of the spanish synagogue of venice, \u2018the book for the maintenance of the soul\u2019 is an abbreviated, spanish translation of the shulchan aruch, the primary text of jewish law - the first time it appeared in the vernacular (in latin characters)."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"92","title":{"en":"moses altaras. libro de mantenimiento de la alma."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113339/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This is \"Libro de Mantenimiento de la Alma\" by Moses Altaras, a religious or philosophical text translated from Hebrew into Spanish. The title page is dominated by an impressive architectural woodcut featuring an ornate arched gateway flanked by columns, with decorative elements atop the arch. The publication year is noted as 1569. The text is in Spanish, printed in a legible Latin script. The detailed architectural illustration serves as a prominent visual feature, characteristic of Renaissance-era book design.","soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:43.479Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113339,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"artist":{"en":"(iberian / sephardic literature)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. spanish text interspersed with hebrew. two parts in one volume.the mayer sulzberger copy with his bookplate (provenance: christie\u2019s, 5.22.86 lot 32). ff. (6), 20, (6), 256, (10). ex-library, foxed and stained. modern tan morocco. housed in custom slip-case. 4to. palua 19333; kayserling, p. 15. giovanni caleoni, venice : 1627. a disciple of isaac uziel in amsterdam, isaac atias was haham of the first portuguese-jewish congregation in hamburg, before accepting the call in 1622 to serve as rabbi of venice where he later died. see je, vol. ii, p. 268.\n following the lead of maimonides in his sepher hamitzvoth, the author has divided this important work into two parts: the first, an enumeration of the 248 positive precepts; the second, an enumeration of the 365 negative precepts. in the prologue, athias explicitly refers to his marrano brethren as the \"noblest nation of spain\" who have been punished with \"exile, calamities, death and excessive suffering\u2026 and whose majority number have been miserably buried in the darkness of perdition until the lord assisted them and they returned to adore his blessed service.\u201d"},"estimateMax":7000,"lotNumber":"93","title":{"en":"isaac atias (athias). tesoro de preceptos donde se encierran las joyas de los seys cientos y treze preceptos que encomendó el señor a su pueblo israel."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113340/view","tags":["judaica_books","judaica_all","judaica"],"directSalePrice":5000,"soldPrice":5000,"lastUpdate":"2021-11-12T09:08:49.776Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$5,000 - $7,000","currency":"USD","id":113340,"estimateMin":5000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113341/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(iberian / sephardic literature)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"title within historiated architectural border depicting moses and aaron. ff. 184. title neatly repaired, worn and stained. modern morocco. 4to. vinograd, venice 1616. bragadin, venice: 1713."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"94","title":{"en":"joseph karo. shulchan hapanim [jewish law]. translated into judeo-spanish (ladino) by meir ibn yair meiri."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113341/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This item is a copy of Joseph Karo's \"Shulchan Hapanim,\" a Jewish law text translated into Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) by Meir ibn Yair Meiri. The title page is richly illustrated with a complex woodcut. At the top, two winged angels flank the Tablets of the Law. Below, two bearded figures, likely rabbis or scholars, are depicted in niches on either side of the central text. The bottom border features an intricate design with various animals and decorative elements. The text is primarily in Hebrew script, but the content is in Ladino, a Judeo-Spanish dialect. This work combines religious legal scholarship with a distinctive illustrative style of the period.","soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:43.480Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113341,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113342/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(iberian / sephardic literature)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within architectural arch. final page with signature of signora ricca abudraham. pp. (8), 906. lightly stained. modern boards. lg. 4to. thomas van ge\u2019el, leiden: 1722. a paraphrase of the early prophets including the major rabbinic biblical commentators."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"95","title":{"en":"isaac de acosta. conjeturas sagradas sobre los prophetas primeros."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113342/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":800,"aiDescription":"This is \"Conjeturas Sagradas Sobre los Prophetas Primeros\" by Isaac de Acosta, a work concerning sacred conjectures on the early prophets. The title page is elegantly designed with an architectural motif featuring a large arched opening. Above the arch, a decorative banner contains a hand holding a floral branch, and a cartouche with a coat of arms. The text is entirely in Spanish, written in a clear Latin script, and printed in Leiden by Thomas Van Geel. The clean, classical style of the typography and the subtle decorative elements suggest a scholarly publication from a sophisticated European press, likely from the 17th or 18th century.","soldPrice":1400,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:43.482Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":113342,"estimateMin":800},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113343/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(iberian / sephardic literature)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. spanish interspersed with hebrew. pp. 216. foxed and stained, previous owner\u2019s marks, upper corners of pp. 27-32 removed affecting a few letters. contemporary calf-backed boards, worn. 8vo. kayserling p. 104. juan pablo fantechi, livorno: 1751. a sophisticated (and lengthy!) bar-mitzvah speech, in which, among other topics, the symbolism of the tabernacle festival`s four species is presented (pp. 126-144). in what appears an original interpretation, the author maintains that the ethrog represents the first cause, the lulav the angelic world, the hadas the spheres, and finally, the aravah or willow branch the terrestrial or sublunar realm (p. 140).\n that the book is in spanish rather than italian is not at all surprising, for the majority sephardim of livorno were still portuguese and spanish speaking until the beginning of the 19th-century.\n kayserling notes with consternation that church officials found fault with this text and placed it on the index of 1755."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"96","title":{"en":"mordecai de abraham de soria. oracion panejirico doctrinal sobre la mala tentacion[oration about the evil inclination\u2026recited by a disciple of the author on the day that he entered bar mitzvah, the first day of sukoth]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113343/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a printed book, specifically an \"Oracion panejirico doctrinal sobre la mala tentacion\" by Mordecai de Abraham de Soria. It is an oration about the evil inclination, recited by a disciple on his bar mitzvah. The item is textual, primarily in Spanish, and features a decorative title page with an emblem of two creatures supporting a central crown-like element, framed by scrolling foliage. 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Escriptura que repugnantes entre si parecen\" by Menasshe ben Israel. It is a textual work discussing the agreement of seemingly contradictory passages in the Holy Scriptures, and includes three tables. The primary language appears to be Spanish, with some Latin on the title page. The item dates to 'clɔ. Iɔ c XXXI.' (1631) and was published in Francofurti, featuring a clear, unornamented typographic layout on its title page.","soldPrice":12000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:43.484Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113344,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113345/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"ibn gabirol, solomon."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. square and cursive rabbinic type alternate in text. ff. 41 (of 60). provided in facsimile: ff. 1, 5, 7-9, 13-15, 17, 23, 47-51, 53, 57-59. upper corners of few leaves with loss affecting text, few marginal repairs, stained in places. modern blind-tooled crushed morocco. housed in custom slip-case. sm. 4to. vinograd, soncino 3; steinschneider, p. 2319, no. 6916.1; goff, heb-98; thes. a-27; offenberg 57. joshua solomon ben israel nathan soncino, soncino: 1484. first edition ethical work, a collection of maxims, proverbs and moral reflections. the second book - the first, according to bibliographer gerson cohen - printed by the soncino family, publishers of more hebrew volumes than any other press. see d. amram, the makers of hebrew books in italy (1963) pp. 56-60.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 12."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"98","title":{"en":"mivchar hapeninim [\u201cchoicest of pearls\u201d]. translated from the arabic by judah ibn tibbon."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113345/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This is a page from a printed book, \"Mivchar Hapeninim\" (Choicest of Pearls), which is an ethical text translated from Arabic by Judah Ibn Tibbon. The page displays a dense block of Hebrew script arranged in columns, indicating its textual nature. There are no visual ornaments or borders, focusing solely on the content and suggesting a functional rather than decorative print style. 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The page is predominantly textual, written in Hebrew script, and lacks significant decorative elements beyond the main title at the top. The typography is clear, with some hand-drawn lines or marks visible in red-orange ink near the top of the text block. The paper exhibits some foxing and discoloration consistent with an older publication.","soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:43.487Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113346,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113347/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"ibn melech, solomon."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition . title within ornamental woodcut border. double columns. key words provided with nikud (vowel points). signatures including yehudah aryeh halevi of bamberg; learned marginalia in a few hands. (ff. 192). discolored, stained in places. modern morocco, housed in slip-case. folio. vinograd, const. 199; yaari, const. 148. moses ben eliezer parnas harofe, constantinople: 1548-49. michlol yofi incorporates much of david kimchi\u2019s sepher hashorashim, to the extent of co-opting some of kimchi\u2019s translations to french (or rather provencal)."},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"100","title":{"en":"michlol yofi [linguistic commentary to the bible]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113347/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1200,"aiDescription":"This is a decorative title page from a printed book, \"Michlol Yofi,\" which is a linguistic commentary to the Bible. The page features Hebrew text centrally arranged, surrounded by elaborate engraved borders. The borders depict intricate floral and foliate motifs, with some stylized architectural elements. The overall aesthetic is rich in ornamentation, characteristic of Hebrew printing from an earlier period, designed to highlight the importance of the text within.","soldPrice":1200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:43.489Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - $1,800","currency":"USD","id":113347,"estimateMin":1200},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113348/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"ibn shem tov, shem tov ben joseph"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"third edition. title within architectural arch. f. 81. foxed, censored in places. modern blind-tooled calf. folio. vinograd, padua 2. lorenzo pasquato, padua: 1567. though a prolific author of philosophic works, only two works by ibn shem tov (spain, 15th century) were published - the present derashoth hatorah and the commentary to maimonides\u2019 guide of the perplexed - which continues to this day to be reprinted in standard editions of the guide.\n derashoth ha-torah cites abundantly from the author\u2019s predecessors: sa\u2019adyah, rashi, ibn ezra, nachmanides, gersonides - with constant referral to the guide (\u201chamoreh\u201d). appended are several sermons on the theme of repentance (derash leteshuvah).\n despite the ancient presence of the university - one of the great institutions of learning in europe - only two hebrew books were printed in padua throughout the 16th-century. see amram, the makers of hebrew books in italy, pp. 338-41 and 387-88."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"101","title":{"en":"derashoth hatorah [sermons to the pentateuch]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113348/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This is a highly ornate title page from a printed book titled \"Derashoth Hatorah\" (Sermons to the Pentateuch). The page features Hebrew text presented within a grand architectural framework, resembling an archway or a classical portal. The design includes columns, pedestals, and a pediment adorned with an eagle, putti, and decorative foliage, indicative of a Renaissance or Baroque influence in Hebrew typography. The overall visual is striking, emphasizing the significance of the work through its elaborate presentation.","soldPrice":950,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.805Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113348,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113349/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"ibn yachya, david."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"third edition. title within ornamental border. a wide-margined copy. ff. 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The border is composed of a repeating geometric and foliate pattern, giving the page a classic and organized appearance. 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(1), 244, (1), 151. browned, some wear. modern calf and contemporary vellum; housed together in slip-case. 8vo. vinograd, amsterdam 2002; m.h. gans, memorbook (1977) p. 185 no. 5 (illustrated) koschmann b. joseph baruch, amsterdam: 1771. two-part edition, sub-titled kether kehunah and kether malchuth - also known as she\u2019erith yisrael. the second part written by menachem mann amelander continues the historical chronicle from the fall of masada to the writer\u2019s own era of 18th century holland. amelander garnered material from both jewish and general historical sources, resulting in a work unusually rich in information regarding the history of jews in germany, poland and especially holland. the she\u2019erith yehudah is \u201cthe most important work of all of old-yiddish historiographical literature.\u201d zinberg p. 233."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"116","title":{"en":"(commonly and erroneously attributed to). yosippon [historical narrative of the second temple period]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113363/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a historical narrative titled 'Yosippon,' which recounts the Second Temple period and is printed on paper. The visible page features Hebrew text above a detailed woodcut illustration. The illustration depicts a battle scene with multiple figures in period armor, engaged in combat with swords and shields, some on horseback and some fallen. The background includes architectural elements like a castle or city walls, suggesting a dramatic historical account.","soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:59.301Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113363,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113364/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(kabbalah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"title surrounded by florets. ff. 52. light wear, corners neatly repaired. modern calf-backed marbled boards, corners vellum. vinograd, prague 584. grandchildren of moses katz, prague: 1688. nathan nata hanover (d. 1683), a native of volhynia, survived the notorious chmielnicki massacres of 1648-9 and recorded the atrocities in his woeful chronicle \u201cyeven metzulah\u201d (venice, 1653). in italy, where he sought refuge, he made the acquaintance of the great kabbalists of the time: moses zacuto, hayyim cohen, nathan spira, and benjamin halevi. in the present work, sha\u2019arei zion (first ed. 1662), hanover recorded for posterity the lurianic traditions he imbibed from these men, his work in turn becoming immensely popular, serving as a conduit for kabbalistic traditions."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"117","title":{"en":"nathan nata hanover. sha\u2019arei tzion [a collection of mystical prayers, religious customs and ascetic reflections]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113364/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This item is a historical religious text titled \"Sha\u2019arei Tzion\" by Nathan Nata Hanover. It is a collection of mystical prayers, religious customs, and ascetic reflections, likely from the Kabbalistic tradition. The printed book features Hebrew script with an ornate border around the text, characterized by a repeating floral and cruciform pattern. The aged paper shows some discoloration and minor handwritten annotations, indicating its historical nature and usage.","soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:59.302Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113364,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113365/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"kalischer, yechiel michel ben aryeh leib segal"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. previous owner\u2019s marks including signatures of ish-ger (joseph solomon graziano); f.4 with prague purchase details. ff. 104. browned, neat paper repairs on title. modern blind-tooled calf. sm. 4to. vinograd, prague 503. sons of judah bek, prague: 1675. comprised of eighteen sections, including novellae from the author\u2019s uncle, the maharsh\u2019a."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"118","title":{"en":"sha\u2019arei shamayim [philosophical sermons, poems and eulogies]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113365/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This item is a historical religious text titled \"Sha\u2019arei Shamayim.\" It contains a collection of philosophical sermons, poems, and eulogies, presented as a printed book in Hebrew script. The text is framed by an elaborate decorative border featuring repeating floral and cruciform motifs, consistent with traditional religious printing styles. The paper exhibits signs of age, including discoloration and faint handwritten marks, suggesting its historical significance and use.","soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:59.303Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113365,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113366/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"kalonymos ben kalonymos of arles"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"third edition. learned marginalia throughout. verso of title-page with inscription and signature by samson cohen modon. ff. 32. dampwrinkled, previous owner\u2019s marks, signed by censors at end. few light stains. modern mottled calf. 4to. vinograd, cremona 18. vincenzo conti, cremona: 1558. from a prominent and distinguished provençal jewish family, the philosopher kalonymos of arles (1287-1337) pokes fun here at the human condition, at aspiring patricians who claim bogus pedigrees, self-proclaimed savants and pious frauds. also noted are historical references to the first expulsion from france in 1306 and to the massacres of 1320-21. see i. davidson, parody in jewish literature, pp. 28-9; m. waxman, a history of jewish literature vol. ii, pp. 608-11."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"119","title":{"en":"even bochan [ethics in the form of satire]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113366/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This item is a historical printed book titled \"Even Bochan,\" focusing on ethics presented in the form of satire. The book is written in Hebrew script, with a title page that includes the publication year 1557 and an ornate printer's mark. The simple page layout, devoid of a decorative border, highlights the text. The paper shows signs of age with some discoloration and handwritten annotations in red, including a prominent '1' at the top left, and a stamp from a library in Berlin at the bottom, indicating its provenance.","soldPrice":750,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:59.304Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113366,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113367/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"karo, isaac"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. title within architectural arch. an uncommonly wide-margined copy. ff. (1), 81. inheritance inscription on title-page, trace wormed along outer margins, ff.3-15 with repaired dampsoiling along inner margin with minimal loss. later blind-tooled calf, lightly rubbed. tall folio. vinograd, mantua 58. venturin ruffinelli, mantua: 1558. a concisely written commentary to the chumash which includes literal, homiletical, kabbalistic and philosophical interpretations. the author, isaac karo (not to be confused with his celebrated nephew, r. joseph karo), was a native of toledo and a man of broad culture. several years before the spanish expulsion in 1492, isaac karo moved his yeshivah to portugal, but following the the subsequent expulsion of the jews from portugal in 1497, he was forced to flee to turkey. karo entered the rabbinate in constantinople, where toldoth yitzchak was first published in 1518. its extreme popularity is evidenced by the fact that two editions were published in the same year of 1558 (riva di trento and mantua). see ej, v col. 193."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"120","title":{"en":"toldoth yitzchak [novellae to the pentateuch]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113367/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This item is a historical printed book titled \"Toldoth Yitzchak,\" comprising novellae to the Pentateuch. The book features a highly decorative architectural title page printed in black ink, depicting an ornate archway supported by twisted columns, with Hebrew text within the arch and above. The intricate design suggests a significant period of printing craftsmanship. The aged paper exhibits some handwritten annotations in the upper left margin, adding to its historical character.","soldPrice":2250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:59.306Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113367,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113368/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"karo, joseph."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"four parts (from two different cracow editions) bound into one volume. each part with individual title set within arch. scholarly marginalia and early ownership inscriptions. * part i: orach chaim. ff. 201 (i.e. 110). cracow, 1585-86. * part ii: yoreh deah. ff. 114. cracow, 1583-84. * part iii: choshen mishpat. ff. 136. cracow, 1593. * part iv: even ha\u2019ezer. ff. 66. cracow, 1593. variously stained, browned, upper corners of several leaves repaired affecting text. modern elaborately blind-tooled calf (identifying editions are erroneously recorded on spine). housed in custom slip-case. folio. vinograd cracow 88 and 163. isaac prostitz, cracow: 1583-1586, 1593. this edition of the orach chaim is unrecorded by vinograd. \n the rem\u201da is considered to be the greatest halachic authority and codifier in poland. his contemporaries looked to him as the \u201cmaimonides of polish jewry\u201d in his methodical approach, manner of study, character and humility. these glosses to yoseph karo\u2019s shulchan aruch are also known as the\u201dmapah\u201d - or, \u201ctable-cloth\u201d to yoseph karo\u2019s \u201cprepared table.\u201d it resulted in the universal acceptance of the the shulchan aruch in both aschkenazic and sephardic hemispheres. the rema\u2019s contribution added supplements, explanations and aschkenazic / polish customs and practices pertaining to all walks of life, which were not included, or differed from the practices cited by yoseph karo. the rema\u2019s rulings are considered binding on aschkenazic jews worldwide."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"121","title":{"en":"shulchan aruch [code of jewish law]. with commentary by moses isserles (rem\u201da)."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113368/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":10000,"aiDescription":"This item is a historical printed book of \"Shulchan Aruch,\" a code of Jewish law, featuring commentary by Moses Isserles (Rem\"a). The book includes a prominent, highly detailed architectural title page printed in black ink. This design depicts an archway supported by columns, topped with an eagle and two cherubic figures, framing the Hebrew text. The elaborate graphic design is a notable visual feature, indicative of advanced printing techniques from its period. The aged paper shows minor wear, consistent with a historical document.","soldPrice":18000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.108Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$10,000 - $15,000","currency":"USD","id":113368,"estimateMin":10000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113369/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"kimchi, david"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. edited by samuel ben meir latif. text in square hebrew typeface, biblical references in sidebars in rabbinic type. ff. 120 (of 144). lacking ff. 73-81, provided in facsimile: ff. 2\u20134, 9, 70, 98, 137-144. quires vii and viii reversed as called for by iakerson. stained in places, occasional marginalia, few leaves strengthened, occasionally affecting text, worming and marginal tears repaired. edges tinted red. modern blind-tooled and paneled morocco. housed in custom slip-case. sm. folio. vinograd, naples 12; steinschneider, col. 873, no. 43; thes. a-66; goff heb-39; offenberg 105; bmc xiii, p. 62; iakerson 53. [azriel ben joseph aschkenazi gunzenhauser] , naples: 1490. r. david kimchi (1160? -1235?), also known by the acronym (rada\u201dk), was the most prominent grammarian of the hebrew language in the medieval period, surpassing all others in simplicity, comprehensiveness, and methodical presentation of the subject matter. kimchi was born in provence after his father fled the almohad persecutions in spain. both his father and brother were accomplished grammarians in their own right and kimchi`s own philological writings would owe a great deal to their early influence.\n this work was originally part of a longer grammatical treatise, called michlol. the first section, chelek hadikduk (grammar) retained the title michlol, while the second section, chelek ha\u2019inyan (lexicon), would become known as sepher hashorashim, a glossary of hebrew and aramaic words. the title derives from the layout of the text, where the root letters of individual words are printed in large bold letters followed by philological explanations and biblical citations. it was due to the popularity of both michlol and sepher hashorashim that most of the works of kimchi`s predecessors fell into disuse. circulating in manuscripts for more than three centuries after his death, kimchi`s philological writings became the primary grammatical text for the study of hebrew and biblical vocabulary for centuries to come. with the advent of printing, sphfer hashorashim was brought to press three times during the 15th century alone, first in rome, and twice in naples. as a result, kimchi`s work became readily accessible to a much broader constituency than he could have imagined and sepher hashorashim became the most-used reference tool for the study of biblical vocabulary through the 15th and 16th centuries for jews and christians alike.\n samuel ben meir latif, the editor of this volume, began his career in the nascent field of hebrew printing as a proofreader at the first soncino press, before bringing his talents to the gunzenhausers in naples. it is perhaps somewhat ironic that the soncinos would also relocate to naples at around the same time as this volume appeared and within six months had issued their own edition of the sepher hashorashim (see next lot). near the end of his life in 1514, latif was printing in his own name at mantua.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 46."},"estimateMax":12000,"lotNumber":"122","title":{"en":"(rada\u201dk). sepher hashorashim [\u201cbook of roots\u201d - lexicon to the bible]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113369/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":8000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from \"Sepher Hashorashim\" (\"Book of Roots\"), a lexicon to the Bible by Rada\"k. The page features multiple columns of Hebrew text, characteristic of a dictionary or scholarly work. The simple layout focuses on the textual content, with some handwritten annotations in the margins, particularly in red ink. 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[joshua solomon ben israel nathan soncino], naples: 1491. by the time this work came to press, joshua soncino had been expelled from the town of soncino and settled in naples were he competed directly with the printing establishment of the gunzenhausers. he was aided in the production of this volume by isaac ben judah quatorze, whose name appears in some copies in the colophon (f. 167v). the present copy makes no mention of quatorze and has additional typographical variants on ff. 2,3,7,8,53.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 42."},"estimateMax":30000,"lotNumber":"123","title":{"en":"(rada\u201dk). sepher hashorashim [\u201cbook of roots\u201d - lexicon to the bible]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113370/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":25000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from \"Sepher Hashorashim\" (\"Book of Roots\"), a lexicon to the Bible by Rada\"k. The printed page is characterized by Hebrew text set within a highly ornate decorative border, featuring intricate floral and animal motifs, including what appears to be a bird and a lion. The elaborate border indicates a significant printing style from its period. The aged paper shows signs of wear and some handwritten annotations, including page numbers at the top left.","lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.112Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$25,000 - $30,000","currency":"USD","id":113370,"estimateMin":25000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113371/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"kimchi, david"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"complete variant edition with blank title-page (as noted by yudlov in the mehlman catalogue). another variant is the size of the first word \u201camar\u201d on f. 1b - here, the same font size as the following words, in most other copies it is a larger size. printed in three columns. former owners` signatures and inscriptions on opening leaf, including saul david\u2026segal ish mortara. ff. 132. stained in places, slight worming on a few leaves, marginal repair to opening two leaves. modern exquisitely blind-tooled calf. housed in custom slip-case. sm. folio. vinograd, const. 37; mehlman 1253; st. cat. bodl. 4821, 45 (ed. rara). samuel rikomen & astruc de toulon, constantinople: 1513. the provencal exegete and grammarian r. david kimchi was a life-long anti-christian polemicist. most famous in this respect are his teshuvoth lanotzrim (responses to christians), culled from his commentary to psalms. however, a trace of the anti-christian polemic is also to be found in his sepher hashorashim. under the entry \u201celem\u201d (f. 87a, bottom of third column), quoting his father r. joseph kimchi, the author derides the christian assertion that the word \u201calmah\u201d (a young girl) in isaiah 7:14 refers to a virgin birth (parthenogenesis). remarkably, the passage has survived intact in our copy. in other copies consulted, the offending lines were struck by the ever-watchful censor."},"estimateMax":9000,"lotNumber":"124","title":{"en":"(rada\u201dk). sepher hashorashim."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113371/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":7000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from \"Sepher Hashorashim,\" a lexicon to the Bible by Rada\"k. The page features columns of Hebrew text in a clear, legible print, indicating a scholarly or reference work. The layout is clean and functional, without ornate borders, focusing on the density of information. The paper shows signs of aging, with some discoloration and minor wear, consistent with an antique text.","soldPrice":13000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.113Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$7,000 - $9,000","currency":"USD","id":113371,"estimateMin":7000},{"sold":true,"artist":{"en":"kimchi, david."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"another edition. printed in two columns. ff. (1), 5-570 cols., pp. 3. two leaves supplied in facsimile (f. 2:8 and f. 16:6), discolored, opening leaf repaired. modern calf. folio. vinograd, venice 140. daniel bomberg, venice: 1529."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"125","title":{"en":"(rada\u201dk). sepher hashorashim."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113372/view","tags":["judaica_books","judaica_all","judaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2021-11-12T09:08:49.869Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113372,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113373/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"kimchi, david,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"another edition. title within woodcut architectural arch. printed in two columns. hebrew words occasionally provided with nikud (vowel points). sidebars with latin equivalents. initial words within woodcut design. marginal reference to shada\u2019l on col. 320. ff. 137. lightly browned. later gilt-tooled morocco over heavy wooden boards, clasps and hinges, expertly rebacked. folio. vinograd, venice 330. giustiniani-adelkind, venice: 1546-47. unusually, this edition of kimchi\u2019s fundamental lexicographical work explicitly uses the word \u201cnotzrim\u201d and similar references to gentiles."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"126","title":{"en":"(rada\u201dk). sepher hashorashim."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113373/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This item is a bound copy of \"Sepher Hashorashim\" by Rada\"k, a lexicon to the Bible, dated 1649, specifically from Venice. The book is covered in rich brown leather, highly decorated with gold tooling. Notable visual features include intricate gold filigree borders, a central ornate medallion on each cover, and five raised bands on the spine, each adorned with a similar gold design. 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The page features a striking architectural title page printed in black, depicting an archway supported by detailed columns and topped with ornate crowns and a decorative frieze, framing the Hebrew text. The intricate graphic design is a notable visual element, characteristic of historical printing. The aged paper shows some discoloration and faint handwritten markings at the top, adding to its historical provenance.","soldPrice":1400,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.116Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113374,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113375/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"kimchi, david,"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"latin interspersed with hebrew. reads from right to left. paginated in an early, neat hand. manuscript index at end. ff. (496). lightly discolored, previous owner\u2019s marks on title. later calf, rehinged, worn. thick 8vo. vinograd, basle 109; prijs, 112. froben, basle: 1564. münster translated kimchi\u2019s sepher hashorashim from hebrew to latin, all the while embellishing upon the original."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"128","title":{"en":"(rada\u201dk). sepher hashorashim. - dictionarium hebraicum. translated into latin by sebastian münster."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113375/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":400,"aiDescription":"This is a 16th-century Hebrew-Latin dictionary, specifically 'Sepher Hashorashim - Dictionarium Hebraicum,' translated into Latin by Sebastian Münster. The work is dated M.D.LXIII. (1563). The title page features both Hebrew and Latin script and includes an ornate woodcut printer's device depicting a caduceus with serpents intertwined around a central staff, topped by a bird, and resting on two stylized human faces. 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The frontispiece is an elaborate woodcut architectural design, resembling a classical archway supported by ornate columns with spiral fluting and decorative capitals, topped by a frieze and pediment. The text, primarily in Hebrew, is framed within this archway, with some handwritten annotations visible at the top left of the page.","soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.119Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113376,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113377/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"kimchi, moses."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"title printed in red and black. printer\u2019s device on title. opening blank annotated. pp. (16), 256, (16). browned. modern blind-tooled morocco. 12mo. vinograd, leiden 36; willems 355. 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The page is adorned with red ink and several handwritten inscriptions in cursive.","soldPrice":400,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:48.120Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":113377,"estimateMin":400},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113378/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"kol bo"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. table of contents are bound here at the start of the volume. ff. 176 (of 179). provided in facsimile are ff. 1, 5-6. leaves 2-4 laid down with loss of text, separate additional facsimile of f. 179, also a 16th century manuscript of f. 179; censor\u2019s signature dated 1575, on f. 178v, indicating the loss of the original folio 179 (now replaced from another copy) before that date. several leaves remargined or strengthened, some from a shorter copy. lightly stained, some ink biting at censored words or phrases, scattered marginalia. edges tinted red. modern blind-tooled paneled morocco, titles gilt on spine. housed in custom slipcase. folio. * three additional typographical variant folios (ff. 10, 12, 79) tipped in at end. vinograd, italy 5; goff heb-67; steinschneider, col. 555, no. 3589; thes. a-94; offenberg 81; bmc xiii, p. 78; iakerson 78. printer unknown, (italy [naples?]) : (ca. 1490-1492). written in the late 13th or beginning of the 14th century, the kol bo contains 148 sections dealing with blessings, prayer, the synagogue, sabbath, holidays, marriage, monetary matters, forbidden foods, and mourning; it also includes one of the earliest commentaries to the passover hagadah. the identity of the author remains unknown, although scholars have suggested a relationship between this work and the orchoth chaim of aaron hakohen of lunel. identical language in the two works caused several important rabbinic scholars such as joseph karo and chaim joseph david azulai to suggest that kol bo is an abridgment of that work. the bibliographer isaac ben-yaacov went so far as to suggest that the kol bo was an earlier working of the orchoth chaim.\n the dating of this first printed edition of kol bo has long intrigued scholars and a. k. offenberg`s study of the watermarks in several copies suggests a date of 1491\u201392. however, in a copy sold at auction in 2013 (sotheby\u2019s, december 17, lot 123), contemporaneous hand-written hebrew genealogical notes appear on an accompanying free endpaper and bear the date 1490, suggesting the possibility of the kol bo having been printed at least one year earlier than previously believed.\n see m. steinschneider, catalogus librorum hebraeorum (1852-60) addenda et corrigenda, col. lxxxiii; m. marx, studies in bibliography and booklore 1:1 (1953) p. 37, no. 38; a.k. offenberg, the dating of the kol bô: watermarks and hebrew bibliography in his a choice of corals: facets of fifteenth-century hebrew printing (1992) pp. 59-88.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 51."},"estimateMax":20000,"lotNumber":"131","title":{"en":"[\u201comnia in eo:\u201d compendium of jewish law]. 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Sepher Hatishbi,' by Elia Levita, providing definitions for Hebrew words found in the Talmud, Midrash, and medieval Hebrew. The title page is printed in both Latin and Hebrew script, with a small decorative printer's mark at the bottom center. The printing location is given as 'IMPRESSUM ISNAE in Algauia,' and the date 'M. D. XXXXI.' (1541) clearly marks it as a mid-16th-century work. 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This book serves as a foundational text for Hebrew grammar studies.","soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.514Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113387,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113388/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"printed entirely on vellum. . according to aschkenazic rite. with instructions in yiddish. title within architectural arch. opening of adon olam (f. 2a) and initial letters of pirkei avoth (f. 257a) historiated. bound into two volumes. portion of the aleinu prayer censored (f. 280a). ff. 352. title and final page abraded, few leaves occasionally worn or stained. modern calf with clasps and hinges. housed in custom slip-case. 12mo. vinograd, mantua 55; st. cat. bodl. 2084 (ed. hic terrarum rarissima); freimannn, pergamentdrucke zfhb vol. 15 no. 84. venturino roffinello for meir b. ephraim and yaakov b. naphtali, mantua: 1558. a complete edition. printed entirely on vellum. of exceptional scarcity. \n a complete ashkenazic siddur for all festivals and occasions including special yotzroth for brith milah and weddings. also with a hagadah for passover, as well as the complete pirkei avoth.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, vellum no. 25."},"estimateMax":120000,"lotNumber":"141","title":{"en":"seder tephiloth mikol hashanah [prayers for the whole year]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113388/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":80000,"aiDescription":"This lot features a 'Seder Tephiloth Mikol Hashanah' (prayers for the whole year), presented in two volumes. The books are bound in brown leather, with the spines featuring raised bands and gilt lettering indicating \"Tefilot Rit. Ashken,\" \"I,\" \"Printed on Vellum,\" and \"Mantua 1558\". The texts are printed on vellum, signifying a luxury edition, and the volumes are notable for their robust construction and historical binding style, with one volume lying horizontally and showing a clasp and ring for closure.","soldPrice":80000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.286Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$80,000 - $120,000","currency":"USD","id":113388,"estimateMin":80000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113389/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy)."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition . two volumes. * vol. i: weekday, sabbath, rosh chodesh, chanukah, purim, four parshiyoth, pesach, (including passover hagadah), ethics of the fathers shavu\u2019oth, fast days, tisha b\u2019av and shabbath nachamu. * vol. ii: rosh hashana, yom kippur, sukoth, simchath torah and related laws and customs. prayers are printed in square type, instructions and laws are printed in rabbinic type. initials floriated; the word \u201cmatzah\u201d in the hagadah is floriated on a round seder plate (vol. i on quire 9, 8a); initial \u201choshanah\u201d (on quire 15, 5b) floriated and between fleur-de-lis devices. * vol. i: ff. 155 (of 166). ff. 1, 6, 99-104, 116, 153, 166 provided in facsimile; f. 163 provided from the fano edition. * vol. ii: ff. 146 (of 154). ff. 147-54 provided in facsimile. a made-up copy, many leaves remargined, variously stained, previous owner\u2019s notations, wine and wax stains in hagadah section, few paper repairs, few words lost on opening leaf of vol. ii. modern uniform blind-tooled calf. housed in custom slip-case. sm. folio. * six leaves from the fano machzor are appended at the end of vol. i. vinograd, soncino 12; goff heb-73; offenberg 83; steinschneider, col. 393, no. 2576; thes. a-37; iakerson 30; y. yudlov, hamachzorim harishonim keminhag roma in: kiryath sepher vol. 64, (1992-93) pp. 1435-48. soncino , soncino-casal maggiore: 1485-6. the soncino machzor, the very first hebrew printed prayer book. \n \u201cthis magnificent incunable is one of soncino\u2019s most outstanding productions. it is the first book fully vocalised and with woodcut headings all the way through the text. it is the only book printed in casal maggiore and took an entire year to print due to the complexity of the contents.\u201d (wineman catalogue, no. 21).\n the roman rite, also known as the italian, or \u201clo\u2019azim\u201d rite, is rich in multifaceted piyutim. it originated in early medieval rome and maintained a distinct identity. for a thorough, scholarly discussion of this rite, see samuel david luzzatto: mavo lemachzor bnei roma (1966). see also the facsimile of this machzor with companion volume of studies, ably edited by angelo piattelli (jerusalem, 2012).\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 19."},"estimateMax":60000,"lotNumber":"142","title":{"en":"machzor [prayers for the entire year]. according to roman rite."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113389/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":50000,"aiDescription":"This item is a Machzor (prayers for the entire year) adhering to the Roman rite, specifically Part II. It is an early printed book from Casale Maggiore, dated 1485-6, and features text in Hebrew script. The open pages reveal decorative initial words or text blocks, and the volume is bound in a reddish-brown cover with raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine, indicating \"Machzor Rit. Rom Pt II\" and \"Casale Maggiore 1485-6.\"","soldPrice":72500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.287Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$50,000 - $60,000","currency":"USD","id":113389,"estimateMin":50000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113390/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"the israel mehlman copy with his notes on opening paste-down. ff. 282 (of 352). variously stained, many leaves remargined. many leaves provided in facsimile (collation available upon request). modern calf. thick 12mo. vinograd, bologna 9; steinschneider, cat. bodl. no. 2074, col. 307. company of silk weavers, bologna: 1537-38. no complete paper copy of this machzor is extant. for the vellum issue see pierpont morgan library catalogue, hebraica from the valmadonna trust (1989) no. 27.\n the second of only nine books printed by the jewish silk weaver\u2019s guild who operated a hebrew press at bologna between 1537 and 1540. each work was beautifully prepared, a tribute to the involvement of jewish artisans and craftsmen in the formative years of hebrew printing.\n see s.c. reif, judaism and hebrew prayer (1993) pp. 164-66; amram, the makers of hebrew books in italy, pp. 232-35."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"143","title":{"en":"tephilah kephi minhag roma [prayers for the entire year]. according to roman rite."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113390/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"aiDescription":"This is a 'Tephilah Kephi Minhag Roma' (prayers for the entire year), following the Roman rite. The item is an early printed book, likely from the 16th or 17th century, featuring densely packed Hebrew text without elaborate illustrations on the visible page. The paper shows signs of age and wear, consistent with an antique prayer book. It is a textual example of Jewish liturgical practice from a specific geographic tradition.","soldPrice":2750,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.288Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":113390,"estimateMin":2000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113391/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"two volumes. titles within elaborate frames, many initial letters within cartouches. finely composed manuscript leaf added as the third to last folio of vol. i comprising an elegy in accordance with the custom of community of ferrara. many marginal notes, especially in vol. 11 in which additional piyutim are transcribed. vol. i: ff. 200. * vol. ii: ff. 189. variously stained in places, several leaves remargined, new endpapers. later calf, expertly rebacked. folio. vinograd, bologna 16. menachem ben abraham of modena & partners, bologna: 1540. prayers for the entire year, including passover hagadah, ethics of the fathers; along with the song of songs, ruth, lamentations, jonah and ecclesiastes and various laws relating to birth, family purity, marriage, burial, etc. includes the first appearance of treves\u2019s commentary elucidating the subject matter of the prayers and the meaning and derivation of phrases. for a thorough, scholarly discussion of this roman rite, see samuel david luzzatto, mavo lemachzor bnei roma, with notes and additional material by daniel goldschmidt and a bibliography by y. y. cohen (tel-aviv, 1966)."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"144","title":{"en":"machzor. according to roman rite. with kimcha de\u2019avishona by yochanan treves and commentaries by ovadiah sforno and moses maimonides."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113391/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This lot presents a Machzor following the Roman rite, featuring commentaries by prominent scholars such as Yochanan Treves, Ovadiah Sforno, and Moses Maimonides. The book includes a richly decorated title page with an ornate architectural border, intricate floral and foliate designs, and mythical creatures such as griffins. Printed in Bologna, the page is predominantly in Hebrew script, and the style indicates an early modern period, likely 16th or 17th century printing.","soldPrice":4500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.290Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113391,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113392/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe copy, printed entirely on blue paper. parts i and ii bound in one volume. title within architectural arch. initial letters within cartouches, f.48b (hagadah) with woodcut illustrations of cuffed hands pointing to matzah and bitter herbs. printed in two columns. censors signatures on final leaf. the salman schocken copy. ff. 210. opening two leaves silked, marginal repairs with small loss supplied in facsimile (opening six leaves, f. 127, final leaf), stained in places. modern crushed morocco. housed in custom slip-case. sm. folio. vinograd, mantua 42; y.y. cohen, bibliographia shel machzorim\u2026lephi minhag bnai roma (1966), no. 9. jacob cohen of gazolo, mantua: 1557-60. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on blue paper. \n although the title states \"chelek rishon\", in reality it contains part ii as well. the first part concludes at the end of the first column on f. 117 and part ii begins on the second column.\n after having served at the press of foa in sabbioneta, jacob cohen of gazolo came to mantua in 1556 and over the following eight years established a \u201csplendid record for good typographical work.\u201d d. amram the makers of hebrew books in italy, p. 325.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 13."},"estimateMax":9000,"lotNumber":"145","title":{"en":"machzor keminhag roma [festival prayers for the entire year]. according to italian rite. includes passover hagadah, ethics of the fathers, five scrolls and laws relating to festivals."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113392/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":6000,"aiDescription":"This is a 'Machzor Keminhag Roma' (festival prayers for the entire year) according to the Italian rite, presented as an open volume revealing its contents. The book includes a Passover Haggadah, Ethics of the Fathers, five scrolls, and laws relating to festivals. The pages exhibit multiple columns of Hebrew text on a light blue paper, featuring small, geometric or floral decorative elements, indicating a focus on readability and content rather than elaborate illustration. The binding is a plain dark cover, with light-colored endpapers and gilt page edges visible when closed.","soldPrice":6000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.292Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$6,000 - $9,000","currency":"USD","id":113392,"estimateMin":6000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113393/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"two parts in one volume. title within wreath-like decoration over architectural columns. on verso, printer\u2019s mark of tobias foa (yaari, hebrew printers marks, no. 21). initials historiated. many marginal annotations. tipped in: notes from the various valmadonna consultants (the librarian, the binder and prof. abramsky). a unique bibliophilic copy: eight leaves with variant textual layout additionally provided (and so indicated). ff. 394. a made-up copy. small loss on title, several leaves stained or with neat paper repairs. modern cream boards. housed in custom slip-case. thick 4to. vinograd, sabbioneta 42 & cremona 40; benayahu, cremona 28. tobias foa-vicenzo conti-giovanni di gara, sabbioneta-cremona-venice: 1556-1560. this important aschkenazic machzor took years to complete. begun in sabbioneta in the house of tobias foa, it was completed in cremona on the eve of the new year [5]321 (1560) by vicenzo conti (as explained in the colophon at the end of the volume). folios 225-232 were printed in venice as a variant section by di gara.\n according to meir benayahu, this machzor, as noted on the title, is a second edition of the aschkenazic machzor printed earlier in salonika in 1548-9 for use by the italian aschkenazic community of that city. however one of the novel additions to the present edition are the many kabbalistic commentaries to the prayers.\n from a typographical perspective, the sabbioneta machzor is something of a mystery. considering it was printed in different cities, clearly the transition was hardly seamless. the great bibliographers, such as steinschneider, sonne, and berliner tried to make sense of the way in which various letters occur in the edition. benayahu believed he found the demarcation line between sabbioneta and cremona. signatures 1 through 36 (f.144), as well as signatures 38-39, are clearly sabbioneta. from signature 40 (f.157) to the end is certainly cremona. signature 37 resembles neither sabbioneta nor cremona, and benayahu reasoned that it is an imitation of the first, salonikan edition.\n to add to the puzzle, it seems that the second part of the machzor went through two printings, each marked by slight variations. see benayahu, hadephus ha\u2019ivri becremona (1971), pp. 139-178."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"146","title":{"en":"machzor mikol hashanah [festival prayers for the entire year]. according to the aschkenazic rite."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113393/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"aiDescription":"This item is a 'Machzor Mikol Hashanah' (festival prayers for the entire year) according to the Ashkenazic rite. It is an early printed book, likely from the 16th or 17th century, featuring Hebrew text on aged paper. The visible page includes decorative initial letters or words with gold and colored accents, and a framed block of text at the bottom. This aesthetic suggests a period when printing incorporated elements of manuscript illumination.","soldPrice":11000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.293Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":113393,"estimateMin":4000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113394/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy)."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"complete in two volumes. titles within extravagant engraved borders. wide-margined copy on thicker paper. signs of zodiac on ff. 175-7. considerable hebrew marginalia written in a fine old italki cursive hand especially in vol. ii, containing additions and instructions, especially seeking to specify which words to emphasize and say aloud, likely intended for a learned hazan. vol i: ff. 360. vol. ii: ff. 384. dampstained in places, trace wormed. modern uniform calf-backed marbled boards. lg. folio. vinograd, venice 1596. bragadin, venice: 1711-15. this extraordinarily large machzor was printed for the use of the hazan at the request of the aschkenazic congregations of a number of leading italian communities: venice, padua, rovigo, verona, mantua, casale monferrato, and gorizia. due to the enormous expense involved in this publishing endeavor, preceding the volume\u2019s customary rabbinic endorsements, two italian magisterial documents appear, providing copyright protection for twelve years.\n in his commentary, r. isaac segal, who served as cantor in the town of herrlisheim, not only reflects upon the texts of the prayers, but also provides a compilation of laws and customs based upon aschkenazic source material. segal defends the recitation of the somewhat controversial piyut malachei rachamim \u2013 that beseeches god via the mediation of angels. the issue is treated at length by r. isaac lampronti in his encyclopedic work, pachad yitzchak, s.v. tzerachav. for a full discussion, see s. sprecher \"hapulmus al amirath machnisei rachamim\" in: yeshurun, vol. iii (1997) pp. 706-29."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"147","title":{"en":"sha\u2019ar bath rabim [prayers for festivals]. according to aschkenazi rite. with commentary hadrath kodesh by isaac segal of herrlisheim. introduction by isaac pacifico."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113394/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This lot features 'Sha\u2019ar Bath Rabim' (prayers for festivals) according to the Ashkenazi rite, with commentary by Isaac Segal of Herrlisheim and an introduction by Isaac Pacifico. The item is an early printed book from Nella Stamparia Bragadina, Appresso Gioanni de' Paoli, identifiable by its elaborate title page. The page is framed by a highly detailed woodcut border depicting allegorical figures, cherubs, and ornate decorative elements, common for Baroque-era publications.","soldPrice":3750,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.294Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113394,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113395/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy, spanish)."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe copy, printed entirely on blue paper. hebrew and spanish on facing pages. prepared by ishac de souza britto. engraved title by a. santcroos depicting the sacrifice of isaac. approbation of haham shelomo salem. dedication by the editor to the magnate and art connoisseur moses de aaron de pinto. list of subscribers. on ff. 8v, 9r, 270v and 271r proop`s printer device of hands extended in priestly benediction (yaari, hebrew printers marks, no. 120). ff. (1), 5, 271. lightly stained, new endpapers. contemporary vellum, stained, modern morocco spine labels. 8vo. vinograd, amsterdam 2020; kayserling, p. 61. joseph, jacob & abraham, sons of the late solomon proops, amsterdam: 1772. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on blue paper. \n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 48."},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"148","title":{"en":"seder tephiloth\u2026 keminhag k.k. sephardim / orden de las oraciones cotidianas en hebraico y romance [daily prayers]. according to the sephardic rite."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113395/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"aiDescription":"This item is a 'Seder Tephiloth' (daily prayers) in Hebrew and Romance, adhering to the Sephardic rite. The book was reprinted in Amsterdam in the year 5582 (1822) by Ishac de Souza Britto. The title page features an engraved architectural frame with classical columns and decorative garlands, enclosing the Hebrew and Spanish (Romance) titles and publishing information. Below, a small pastoral scene with a figure is depicted, suggesting a blend of classical and illustrative styles.","soldPrice":3250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.296Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,500 - $2,000","currency":"USD","id":113395,"estimateMin":1500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113396/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe copy, printed entirely on red-rose paper. kabbalistic device on f. 5. final four leaves in ladino. ff. 248 (lacking ff. 124-5). touch worn, f. 123 and 126 taped at margins. modern boards. 8vo. vinograd, vienna 809. anton schmid, vienna: 1838. exceptional, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on rose-colored paper. \n very likely, a unique copy. see valmadonna trust, treasures - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 91."},"estimateMax":2500,"lotNumber":"149","title":{"en":"seder tephilah mikol hashanah [prayers through the year]. according to sephardic custom."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113396/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"aiDescription":"This is a Sephardic prayer book titled \"Seder Tephilah Mikol HaShanah\" (Prayers Through the Year). Printed in Vienna in 1838 by Anton Edlen von Schmid, k.k. priv. Buchdrucker, it contains prayers for the entire year according to Sephardic custom. The book features a pink cover with Hebrew text and a decorative border. It includes the title \"Tephila Minhag Sphardim\" in Latin script at the bottom.","soldPrice":5000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.297Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,500 - $2,500","currency":"USD","id":113396,"estimateMin":1500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113397/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy)."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"according to sephardic rite. includes piyutim. final leaf with calendar for the years 1843-46. ff. 152. lightly stained, trace wormed. modern hunter-green crushed morocco tooled in gilt. 12mo. vinograd, jerusalem 13; halevy 4. israel bak, jerusalem: 1842. the first prayer book printed in jerusalem. \n the publisher records here the hardships he endured in safed (earthquake, famine, etc) and his relief in having now settled in the holy city of jerusalem."},"estimateMax":7000,"lotNumber":"150","title":{"en":"tephilath yisrael [daily prayers]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113397/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":5000,"aiDescription":"This is a Jewish prayer book titled \"Tephilath Yisrael\" (Daily Prayers). The content is in Hebrew, likely intended for daily use based on the title. The image shows a worn, off-white page, possibly the title page, with black Hebrew text. The page appears to be from a religious text or devotional book.","soldPrice":7500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:57.298Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$5,000 - $7,000","currency":"USD","id":113397,"estimateMin":5000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113398/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(liturgy)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"all four volumes bound in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, two polished red, two dark tan. 8vo. naphtali hertz levi rophé, amsterdam: 1726."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"151","title":{"en":"group of four dutch prayer-books according to sephardic rite. seder tephilah leta\u2019anith. ff. 126. [vinograd, amsterdam 1293]. * seder hatephiloth. ff. 192. [vinograd, amsterdam 1294]. three copies. one printed on regale paper and bound with kalendario hebrayco. 1725."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113398/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This lot consists of a group of four Dutch prayer books, specifically \"Seder Tephilah Leta\u2019anith\" (126 ff.) and three copies of \"Seder HaTephiloth\" (192 ff.), all according to the Sephardic rite. One copy of \"Seder HaTephiloth\" is noted as printed on royal paper and bound with a \"Kalendario Hebrayco\" in 1725. The image shows a page with decorative borders and Hebrew text, indicating a religious text, likely a prayer book, printed in Amsterdam as suggested by the catalog text.","soldPrice":750,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.363Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113398,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113399/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"luria, solomon"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. title within architectural arch. ff. 72 (i.e. ff. 70 - mispaginated). browned and stained, title repaired. modern blind-tooled calf. folio. vinograd, lublin 76. kalonymus ben mordechai jaffe, lublin: 1599. r. solomon luria (1510-73) was arguably the greatest polish rabbi of his day. he displayed surprising assertiveness and independence in his halachic rulings, often castigating his rabbinical opponents. a purist, he was often unhappy with the state of rabbinic leadership in his time, noting that although many were ordained, few rabbis were knowledgeable enough to perform their duties appropriately.\n the present responsa are historically important for the cultural life of the jews of poland and lithuania - and include many examples of colloquial old yiddish."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"152","title":{"en":"(maharsha\u201dl). shailoth u\u2019teshuvoth [responsa]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113399/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":800,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew book titled \"Shailoth u\u2019Teshuvoth\" (Responsa), attributed to Maharsha\"l. It is a work of Rabbinic literature, likely on Jewish law and custom. The page features a prominent architectural title-page border with columns, an arch, and decorative elements including crowns and foliage, all printed in black ink on aged paper. The text within the arch is in Hebrew.","soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.365Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":113399,"estimateMin":800},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113400/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"luria, solomon"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition . signatures on title including asher luria. ff. 99. trimmed, browned, f. 54 repaired. modern blind-tooled morocco. sm. 4to. vinograd, basle 194; prijs, basle 164. konrad waldkirch, basle: 1599."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"153","title":{"en":"(maharsh\u201dl). atereth shlomo [novellae to isaac dueren\u2019s sha\u2019arei dura]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113400/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a Hebrew textual work titled \"Atereth Shlomo\" (Novellae to Isaac Dueren\u2019s Sha\u2019arei Dura), attributed to Maharsh\"l. The image shows a page of Hebrew text within a decorative, intricate border composed of floral and geometric motifs, suggesting a religious or scholarly publication. The page appears aged, indicating its historical context.","soldPrice":650,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.366Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113400,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113401/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"lusitano, samuel hacohen of pisa"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within typographical border, woodcut device on title (ya\u2019ari, printers\u2019 marks no. 59). ff.(2), 33 (i.e. 31). dampstained, small tear to margin of f.3. modern calf. sm. 4to. vinograd, venice 1324. giovanni martinelli for vendramin, venice: (1640?/1656?)."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"154","title":{"en":"tzaphnath pane\u2019ach [commentary to the books of ecclesiastes and job]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113401/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":300,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew commentary titled \"Tzaphnath Pane\u2019ach,\" focusing on the books of Ecclesiastes and Job. The page features a decorative border with floral and geometric patterns around the main text. A central circular emblem on the lower half of the page contains a crown and two outstretched hands, a common symbol for priestly blessing, surrounded by four Hebrew words at the cardinal points within a square frame. The overall aesthetic suggests an older, carefully printed religious text.","soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.368Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":113401,"estimateMin":300},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113402/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"malkiel chezkiah ben abraham."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within decorative woodcut border. ff. 22. title laid down, expert paper repairs, f. 2 with small loss, library call number in two places. modern cream calf, slip-case. 8vo. vinograd, thiengen 5. eliezer treves, thiengen: 1560. the author here discusses themes relating to the garden of eden and the tree of knowledge, og king of bashan and other enigmatic aggadic materials.\n the fifth of only seven hebrew books printed between 1560-67 in this small german town (today known as waldshut-tiengen) situated along the swiss border in the province of baden-württemberg. all thiengen hebrew imprints are scarce - indeed all are entirely unknown to adams\u2019 comprehensive census of hebrew books held in cambridge university libraries."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"155","title":{"en":"malkiel [philosophical conceptions of the afterlife, reward and punishment etc.]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113402/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"aiDescription":"This is a Hebrew philosophical text titled \"Malkiel,\" which discusses conceptions of the afterlife, reward, and punishment. The image displays a title page with a prominent architectural border featuring columns and decorative elements in black ink on aged paper. The title \"Malkiel\" is displayed in a framed box at the top, with additional Hebrew text below it. The aesthetic suggests an older scholarly or religious work.","soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.369Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":113402,"estimateMin":2000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113403/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"meinstrash, moses ben simon of vienna."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within typographic border. ff. (41). browned and stained. modern gilt-ruled crushed morocco. sm. 4to. vinograd, prague 627. grandsons of moses katz, prague: 1693. the only published work by this author who was a hazzan in vienna, grandson of the renowned be\u2019er, hazzan of the alte schule. see heller, the seventeenth century hebrew book, p. 1237."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"156","title":{"en":"panim masbiroth [commentary to talmud aggadah]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113403/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":400,"aiDescription":"This item is a Hebrew commentary titled \"Panim Masbiroth,\" dedicated to Talmud Aggadah. The page features a decorative border composed of repeating floral and geometric patterns in black ink. The main body of the text is in Hebrew, set within a plainer central area, and the overall appearance suggests a scholarly religious text from an earlier period. The catalog text indicates its focus on commentary.","soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.371Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":113403,"estimateMin":400},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113404/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"meir of rothenburg"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first complete edition. including the enactments of rabbeinu gershom. title within historiated woodcut border incorporating printer\u2019s device (yaari, hebrew printers marks, no. 37). ff. 2, 5-114. leaves 3-4 were destroyed during printing and are missing in all copies. foxed and browned, previous owner\u2019s marks on title. modern crushed morocco with central gilt devices on covers. folio. vinograd, prague 161; mehlman 753. prague: 1608. first complete edition containing 1,020 responsa by this supreme arbiter of halachic authority in germany."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"157","title":{"en":"shailoth u\u2019teshuvoth mahara\u201dm me\u2019rothenburg [responsa]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113404/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":800,"aiDescription":"This is a Hebrew book titled \"Shailoth u\u2019Teshuvoth Mahara\u201dm me\u2019Rothenburg\" (Responsa). The page features a highly decorative title-page border, incorporating architectural elements like columns, topped with birds and foliage. Various mythological figures, faces, and winged creatures adorn the design, alongside hands in a gesture of blessing. The text is entirely in Hebrew, printed in black ink on aged paper, indicating a historical Rabbinic work of Jewish law.","soldPrice":1300,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.372Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":113404,"estimateMin":800},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113405/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(messianism)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with excerpts from sepher amanah written by a messianic jew to prove the truth of his faith. text in hebrew and latin. ff. (16). lightly foxed, two small wormholes on final leaf. modern morocco. 4to. vinograd, isny 14; mehlman 1909. paulus fagius, isny: 1542. grace after meals for messianic jews. what commences as a traditional aschkenazic grace after meals (ff. 2-6), is followed by a christological version of the same (ff. 7-10). in the appended tract (\u201cquid obstet iudaeis quo minus credant\u201d), the author contends that what prevents jews from accepting christianity is the thorough social ostracism that is the fate of the apostate jew.\n according to a note written by mehlman in the nli copy of this work: \"but one other copy is known to exist.\""},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"158","title":{"en":"precationes hebraicae\u2026 [birkath hamazon]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113405/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This item is a Latin and Hebrew text titled \"Precationes Hebraicae\u2026\" (Hebrew Prayers), specifically identified as \"Birkath HaMazon.\" Printed in M.D. XXXII (1532), it is a rare early printed work that includes both Hebrew prayers and Latin explanations or commentary. The page displays text primarily in Latin, with a smaller section of Hebrew, set in a clear, early modern type on aged paper. This suggests a scholarly or liturgical work for understanding Jewish prayers.","soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.373Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113405,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113406/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"midrash tehilim."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. few marginal notes. a wide-margined copy. ff. 51. lightly stained, censored, inscription on and with stamp removed from opening page, f. 46 with small hole, final leaf repaired with some loss. modern blind-tooled calf. housed in custom slip-case. sm. folio. vinograd, const. 36; mehlman 173; st. cat. bodl. col. 595, no. 3788 \u201ced rara.\u201d np, constantinople: 1512. the midrash tehilim, also known as midrash shocher-tov due to its opening verse, is one of the most beautiful composed texts of midrashic literature. its exalted language covers many variegated themes and contains colorful stories and parables. entitled \u201cmidrash tilim\u201d (without the letter \u201chei\u201d), it concludes at psalm chap. 118. the midrash on psalms chaps. 119-150 was published approximately three years later (bibliographers debate the exact imprint and date)."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"159","title":{"en":"[midrashic commentary to the book of psalms]. anonymous."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113406/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":10000,"aiDescription":"This item is an anonymous Midrashic commentary to the Book of Psalms, presenting a type of Jewish religious literature. The subject matter is biblical exegesis, focusing on the Psalms. The item appears to be an unbound or single leaf page from an older text, with handwritten annotations and some staining, suggesting age and use. The text is in Hebrew, displaying a historical script style. The notable visual features include the title 'מדרש תלים' prominently displayed, along with various handwritten marginalia.","soldPrice":11000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.374Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$10,000 - $15,000","currency":"USD","id":113406,"estimateMin":10000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113407/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(midrash)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"printer\u2019s device on title (yaari, hebrew printers marks, no. 26). ff. 46. worn and stained, signed by censors at end. later limp vellum. sm. 4to. vinograd, sabbioneta 54. vincenzo conti, sabbioneta: 1567. pirkei rebi eliezer aims to inculcate ethical teachings for daily life by demonstrating moral values deduced from the biblical narrative. the works\u2019 style waxes poetic, especially concerning the coming of the messiah, a subject to which many passages are devoted. \u201cit cannot be said to be a strictly ethical book as it contains a good deal of extraneous matters, such as chapters on astronomy, the calculation of the calendar and many exotic legends.\u201d see m. waxman, history of jewish literature vol. i, pp. 144-5."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"160","title":{"en":"pirkei rebi eliezer (attributed to rabbi eliezer ben hyrcanus, brother-in-law of raban gamliel)."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113407/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":700,"aiDescription":"This item is a copy of Pirkei Rebi Eliezer, a significant work of Jewish midrash, attributed to Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus. The genre is rabbinic literature, offering theological and ethical teachings. The language is Hebrew, printed on aged paper, and the page is designed with a decorative border and a prominent circular woodcut illustration at the bottom. This central illustration depicts several intertwined mythological or symbolic figures, including a human-like figure wrestling with serpents or dragons, a common motif in early printed books.","soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.376Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$700 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113407,"estimateMin":700},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113408/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(mishnah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"printed entirely on vellum. initial words set within elegant frame. conservator\u2019s notes at end. formerly, the sholem asch copy. ff. (24). a quote concerning the nature of the jews\u2019 exilic impurity written on final page. expert marginal repairs, few light stains. later calf, recased, modern dust-jacket and custom slip-case. folio. vinograd, bologna 16; freimannn, pergamentdrucke zfhb vol. 15 no. 63. menachem ben abraham of modena & partners, (bologna: 1540). rare vellum issue. comprises leaves 117-141 from vol. i of the bologna 1540 machzor (see lot 143).\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, vellum no. 15."},"estimateMax":9000,"lotNumber":"161","title":{"en":"pirkei avoth [ethics of the fathers]. with commentaries by moses maimonides and ovadiah sforno. originally a part of the bologna machzor, issued in accordance to roman rite."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113408/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":6000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from Pirkei Avoth (Ethics of the Fathers), a tractate of the Mishnah, featuring commentaries by Moses Maimonides and Ovadiah Sforno. It is part of the Bologna Machzor, issued according to the Roman rite, indicating its liturgical and historical context. The document is printed in Hebrew, with a clear layout presenting the core text and surrounding commentaries. Visually, it features decorative initial word panels, particularly a rectangular one with a floral and foliate design enclosing a Hebrew word, common in historical religious texts.","soldPrice":7500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:02.409Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$6,000 - $9,000","currency":"USD","id":113408,"estimateMin":6000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113409/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(mishnah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"six parts bound in six volumes. each part with own title-page within woodcut architectural border. numerous woodcut text diagrams at end of vol. ii; two manuscript folding charts in an early hand at end of vol. iii; double-page plan of the temple, a detailed illustration of the menorah (f.27r.) and table and showbread (f.38r) in vol. v. tipped in at end of vol. ii an extra set of variant leaves displaying typographical differences in seder moed (ff. 73-76 and ff. 97-100). some marginalia. vol. i (zera`im): ff. 97. * vol. ii (mo`ed): ff. 104, (4). * vol. iii (nashim): ff. 82. * vol iv (nezikin): ff. 116, opening few leaves supplied from another copy. * vol. v (kodshim): ff. 122, (1). * vol. vi (toharoth): ff. 176. a mixed set. occasional staining, previous owner\u2019s marks. modern full calf (non-uniform), in fitted box. 4to. vinograd, sabbioneta 50 and mantua 80; mehlman 106. & mantua, jacob cohen of gazolo:, sabbioneta, tobias foa: 1559 : 1561-2. the first two orders of this edition were printed by tobias foa in sabbioneta; the last four orders by jacob cohen in mantua.\n the hebrew press at sabbioneta escaped lightly from the storm of papal condemnation of hebrew books which was raging at the time in venice and rome. indeed, the sabbioneta hebrew press flourished between the years 1551 and 1559, and hebrew books never previously published - even those treating aspects of christianity - were issued with considerable freedom. the decree of pope paul iii in 1553 passed over the city without apparent effect - a tribute to the liberality and culture of the ruling prince of the province.\n the mantua volumes were the last books to be typeset by jacob cohen of gazolo before he retired. he had served at the press of foa in sabbioneta and came to mantua in 1556 where he established a reputation for splendid typographical work. see amram, the makers of hebrew books in italy, pp. 288-293, 325."},"estimateMax":8000,"lotNumber":"162","title":{"en":"with commentaries by moses maimonides and obadiah bertinoro."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113409/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":6000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from a religious text with commentaries by Moses Maimonides and Obadiah Bertinoro. The page features a detailed woodcut illustration of an elaborate structure resembling a monumental ark or perhaps a study lectern with multiple levels and ornate pillars. This architectural depiction, possibly representing a synagogue ark or a conceptualized 'Tree of Life' for study, is a prominent visual feature. The text is in Hebrew, integrated around and beneath the illustration, contributing to the historical and scholarly context of the work.","soldPrice":11000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:02.411Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$6,000 - $8,000","currency":"USD","id":113409,"estimateMin":6000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113410/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(mishnah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe wide-margined copy, printed entirely on blue paper. numerous woodcut diagrams, double-page plan of the temple at end. ff. 122, (1). stained and dampsoiled, few marginal repairs. modern blind-tooled crushed morocco, slip-case. lg. 4to. vinograd, mantua 80; mehlman 106. jacob cohen of gazolo, mantua: 1562. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on blue paper. \n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 21."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"163","title":{"en":"seder kodshim."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113410/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from Seder Kodshim, a division of the Mishnah dealing with holy things and temple services. The language is Hebrew, printed on light blue paper, which is an unusual and notable material feature for historical texts. The page prominently displays a detailed diagram of a menorah, a seven-branched candelabrum, accompanied by Hebrew text providing explanations or references. This visual representation of a significant religious artifact is a key feature for buyers interested in Jewish ritual objects or historical diagrams.","soldPrice":2250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:02.412Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113410,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113411/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(mishnah)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe copy, printed on blue paper. title-pages within architectural arch, printer\u2019s device on verso. extensive marginalia. ff. 97 and ff. 104. first title on white paper, rest on blue. few stains, edges worn. modern maroon calf. 4to. vinograd, sabbioneta 50. tobias foa, sabbioneta: 1559. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed on blue paper. \n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 17."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"164","title":{"en":"seder zeraim. * bound with: seder moed. with commentaries by moses maimonides and obadiah bertinoro."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113411/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"aiDescription":"This item is a title page for Seder Zeraim, bound with Seder Moed, both sections of the Mishnah, featuring commentaries by Moses Maimonides and Obadiah Bertinoro. The genre is Jewish religious literature, specifically Mishnah with classical commentaries. The language is Hebrew. The page is framed by a highly ornate architectural and floral border, featuring caryatid-like figures on either side and a wreath design at the bottom, emblematic of Renaissance-era printing. This decorative framework is a significant visual element, enhancing the aesthetic appeal for collectors of early printed Hebrew books.","soldPrice":3500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:02.414Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":113411,"estimateMin":2000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113412/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(mishnah)."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first latin edition . hebrew text (and occasional arabic) with full latin translation by willem surenhuis. six parts (according to the six orders of the mishnah) bound in three volumes. each of the six orders preceded by a finely engraved frontispiece by richel, with vignettes illustrating the principle content of each tractate. additional engraved plates (some folding). titles in red and black with printer\u2019s device. stamp of immanuel loew. lightly browned and foxed in places, ex-library. contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, expertly rebacked. folio. fuks, amsterdam 612. g. & j. borstius, amsterdam: 1698-1703. first latin edition of the complete mishnah. a monumental achievement of hebrew scholarship by the dutch scholar willem surenhuis (1664-1729)."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"165","title":{"en":"mischna sive totius hebraeorum juris. with commentary by moses maimonides and ovadiah bartenura."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113412/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This item is an intricate engraved plate from \"Mischna Sive Totius Hebraeorum Juris,\" which includes commentaries by Moses Maimonides and Ovadiah Bartenura. The genre is historical religious jurisprudence, likely from a comprehensive edition of the Mishnah. The plate features a large central oval depicting a rabbinic assembly or legal proceeding, surrounded by eight smaller oval vignettes illustrating various biblical or talmudic scenes. The engravings are detailed and enclosed within a foliate scrollwork frame, indicative of 18th-century European printmaking, with 'AMSTELDAMI' imprint at the bottom, suggesting a Dutch origin.","soldPrice":2750,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:02.415Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113412,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113413/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"moses ben maimon (maimonides /"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"third edition. with commentaries by shem tov, ephodi and ibn crescas. title within garlanded architectural columns. few marginal notes in hebrew and in english. ff. (14), 174, (2). lower corner of title repaired, lightly stained in places, few neat marginal repairs, signature on title. modern blind-tooled polished calf. folio. vinograd, sabbioneta 8. cornelio adelkind for tobias foa, sabbioneta: 1553. exhibited by the pierpont morgan library, see their catalogue: hebraica from the valmadonna trust (1989) no. 33.\n the guide for the perplexed is undoubtedly the most celebrated jewish philosophical text - and by far the most influential. the final work of maimonides (1135-1204), it was completed c. 1185 and is the main source of the rambam\u2019s philosophical views. due to its aristotelian leanings, the moreh nevuchim had a turbulent history fraught with controversy, both within and beyond the jewish community. tragically - and obviously due to other motivations - the work was publicly burned by the dominicans in paris, 1232. it is said that r. jonah gerondi, one of those who agitated for the banning of moreh nevuchim, later journeyed to maimonides\u2019 tomb in eretz israel to beg forgiveness."},"estimateMax":2500,"lotNumber":"166","title":{"en":"ramba\u201dm). moreh nevuchim [\u201cguide for the perplexed\u201d] * with: moses provencal. biur inyan shnei kavim [dissertation on the theorem of apollonius]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113413/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"aiDescription":"This item is a title page for Maimonides' \"Moreh Nevuchim\" (Guide for the Perplexed), bound with Moses Provencal's \"Biur Inyan Shnei Kavim.\" This work belongs to the genre of Jewish philosophy and rabbinic discourse. The language is Hebrew. The page features an elaborate architectural title border, complete with columns, a pediment, and decorative elements like fruit garlands, cherubs, and standing figures (possibly allegorical or mythological). A prominent crest or emblem is centered at the bottom, adding to the visual grandeur typical of significant early printed editions.","soldPrice":5000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:02.417Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,500 - $2,500","currency":"USD","id":113413,"estimateMin":1500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113414/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"moses ben maimon (maimonides /"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition of maimonides\u2019 commentary. title within woodcut architectural border. ff. (24). closely trimmed, lightly shaved. modern morocco. folio. vinograd, mantua 65. meir b. ephraim & jacob cohen of gazollo for g. ruffinelli, mantua: 1560. a complete ethics of the fathers with title-page stating such, nonetheless the volume is foliated ff. 67-88 and with the final page, following avoth, with yotzroth prayers. for creative commercial purposes, the printers extracted the text from their machzor of 1557-60, issuing avoth here as a separate entity. for the complete machzor, see lot 145."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"167","title":{"en":"ramba\u201dm). masechta avoth [commentary to ethics of the fathers, with text]. with commentaries by maimonides and rashi. including maimonides\u2019 introduction, shmoneh perakim."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113414/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1200,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from Masechta Avoth (Ethics of the Fathers) with commentaries by Maimonides and Rashi, including Maimonides' introduction, Shmoneh Perakim. The genre is a foundational Jewish ethical text with classical commentaries. The language is Hebrew. The page is dominated by an elaborate architectural archway illustration, featuring decorated columns adorned with grapevines and an ornate entablature. This grand arch frames the main Hebrew text of the tractate, creating a visually striking and ceremonious presentation.","soldPrice":1600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:02.418Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113414,"estimateMin":1200},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113415/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"moses ben nachman (nachmanides /"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. printed in double columns. initial word of books of numbers and deuteronomy (\u201csepher\u201d) within metalcut floral borders. initial words in square type; texts in semi-cursive sephardi \u201crashi\u201d letters. (initial metalcut for genesis and decorative metalcut frame on f. 1v provided in facsimile). ff. 259 (of 300). lacking ff. 1-33, 62, 71, 73, 80, 92 and 298-300, all replaced in facsimile; original f. 72 appears in duplicate, f. 153 blank, as issued. few leaves supplied from a shorter copy and mounted, most with running titles trimmed or shaved, occasionally with repairs affecting some text, some browning and staining, trace wormed. modern blind-tooled and paneled morocco. housed in custom slip-case. folio. vinograd, lisbon 3; goff heb-87; steinschneider, col. 1960, no. 6532-49; thes. b-18; offenberg 97; bmc xiii, p. 94. eliezer (toledano), lisbon: 1489. the first book printed in lisbon. \n nachmanides (the ramban, 1194-1270) was a renowned philosopher, kabbalist, biblical exegete, poet and physician as well as one of the leading authors of talmudic literature in the middle ages. following his participation in the barcelona disputation in 1263, nachmanides fled spain and immigrated to the land of israel where he later died.\n though he began work on this commentary to the torah while still in his native spain, it was completed, or at least emended, during the sage`s later years in the land of israel, as attested to by his first hand knowledge of the geography of the holy land. his critical analysis of the aggadic and halachic interpretations of both talmudic and midrashic texts is lucidly written.\n the first edition, printed in rome sometime between 1469 and 1473, is most likely the first hebrew book ever printed, and its popularity remained undiminished in subsequent centuries. the second edition, offered here, is the first book printed in any language in portugal`s capital city of lisbon. published by eliezer toledano in 1489, it is one of only a dozen hebrew works known to have been printed in portugal before the expulsion of the jews by king manuel, a mere eight years later, in 1497.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 59."},"estimateMax":20000,"lotNumber":"168","title":{"en":"ramba\u201dn). chidushei hatorah [commentary to the pentateuch]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113415/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":15000,"aiDescription":"This item is a page from \"Chidushei Hatorah\" (Commentary to the Pentateuch) by Nachmanides (Ramban). The genre is Jewish biblical commentary, a central piece of rabbinic literature. The language is Hebrew. The page presents a dense block of printed text, typical of scholarly works, with a decorative initial word panel at the top that breaks the uniformity of the text. The overall appearance suggests a historical print, likely from an early edition, without prominent illustrations beyond the decorative initial word.","soldPrice":35000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:02.420Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$15,000 - $20,000","currency":"USD","id":113415,"estimateMin":15000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113416/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"moses ben nachman (nachmanides /"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"third edition. printed in rabbinic type, without nikud. ff. 218 (of 244). lacking the two blank leaves absent in nearly all copies, ff. 1-7, 131, 187, 230-44 all expertly reproduced in facsimile, ff. 8-19 mounted, some text affected on f. 8. additional leaves remargined, strengthened, some corners filled, lightly soiled and stained, trace wormed. modern crushed morocco. folio. * an additional copy of f. 23.4 (here f. 175) mounted with losses, provided here in separate folder. vinograd, naples 10; goff heb-88; steinschneider, col. 1961, no. 6532-50; thes. a-65; offenberg 98; bmc xiii, p. 57. joseph ben jacob aschkenazi gunzenhauser], [naples: 1490 . see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 39. the publication of three incunable editions of nachmanides\u2019 commentary to the pentateuch is an eloquent attestation to the immense popularity of the work.\n only twenty-eight books were printed at the short-lived hebrew press at naples which operated from 1480-1500. no doubt the naples craftsmen would have continued to produce fine books had not the spanish expulsion and the subsequent political changes for jews throughout europe silenced the activity of the neapolitan hebrew presses. see amram, the makers of hebrew books in italy, pp. 63-6.\n another (complete) copy of this nachmanides naples edition in the possession of the valmadonna trust library was exhibited in the pierpont morgan library, see their catalogue: hebraica from the valmadonna trust (1989) no. 13."},"estimateMax":18000,"lotNumber":"169","title":{"en":"ramba\u201dn). peirush hatorah [commentary to the pentateuch]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113416/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":12000,"aiDescription":"This is an early printed Jewish text, a commentary to the Pentateuch titled \"Peirush HaTorah\" by Ramban (Nachmanides). The page is filled with Hebrew script. It features a simple layout with large blocks of text, indicating a functional rather than decorative approach to its typography. The paper appears aged with some light discoloration, consistent with historical documents. This item represents a significant piece of Rabbinic literature and Jewish scholarship, likely from an early modern period printing.","soldPrice":30000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:02.421Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$12,000 - $18,000","currency":"USD","id":113416,"estimateMin":12000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113417/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"moses ben nachman (nachmanides /"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe, wide margined copy, printed entirely on blue paper. opening word of each of the five books within an elaborate woodcut vignette. ff. 158. trace wormed, some staining, opening few leaves with repaired soiling. modern polished calf. folio. vinograd, venice 252. giustiniani-adelkind, venice: 1545. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on blue paper. \n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 1."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"170","title":{"en":"ramba\u201dn). bi\u2019ur al hatorah [commentary to the pentateuch]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113417/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This is an early printed Jewish text, a commentary to the Pentateuch titled \"Bi'ur al HaTorah\" by Ramban (Nachmanides). The page is distinguished by an elaborate woodcut border surrounding the opening text block. The border features intricate scrollwork, floral motifs, and what appears to be decorative elements, possibly cherubs or putti, along with a central cartouche. The main text is in Hebrew script, and the overall aesthetic suggests a valuable and decorated piece of early modern religious printing.","soldPrice":7250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:02.423Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113417,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113418/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(moses ben nachman (nachmanides /"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"printed entirely on vellum. issued by nachman davids (based upon the basle 1580 edition). ff. 13, with additional two opening and closing leaves on paper. full vellum, slip-case. 8vo. joachimsthal, amsterdam: 1928. rare, bibliophilic edition printed on vellum. \n this treatise was written as a clear rejection of maimonides\u2019 negative aristotelian view of sexuality. the author writes that far from shameful, marital intimacy can bring one to profound mystical experiences.\n while it is still uncertain who authored this text, it has been traditionally attributed to nachmanides since r. israel elnekaveh attributed it to him in his mid-14th century work, menorath hamaor.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, vellum no. 45."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"171","title":{"en":"ramba\u201dn, attributed to). igereth hakodesh [sexual morality]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113418/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This is an early printed Jewish text titled \"Igereth HaKodesh\" (Letter of Holiness), attributed to Ramban, focusing on sexual morality. The page is framed by a decorative border of geometric and floral motifs, enclosing the Hebrew title and bibliographic information. The text is in clear Hebrew script, with a title that stands out in larger, bolder characters. The layout and decorative elements suggest a formal and possibly significant publication within Jewish religious literature from an early modern period.","soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.970Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113418,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113419/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"moses of coucy"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. woodcut initials and incipit panels. a wide-margined copy. ff. 278 (of 280). opening leaf and final leaf supplied in facsimile. several leaves expertly remargined, occasional stains. modern blind-tooled calf, rubbed. housed in custom slip-case. folio. vinograd, soncino 37; goff heb-85; thes. a-48; goldstein 58; offenberg 95; steinschneider p. 1797 no. 6453.2. gershom ben moses soncino, soncino: 1488. the first book printed by gershom soncino. second incunable edition of this extensive work, the first edition of which was issued in rome, c.1469-72.\n following maimonides\u2019 code, the sepher mitzvoth gadol is the most significant work of this halachic genre. indeed, in r. joshua boaz baruch\u2019s ein mishpat, passages in the talmud are carefully cross-referenced to both maimonides\u2019 code and to the sepher mitzvoth gadol. a major stylistic difference between the two works is that rabbinic precepts are included in the sma\u2019g, while the mishneh torah only enumerates biblical commandments.\n r. moses of coucy was among the elite strata of french tosafist. a student of r. judah of paris and brother-in-law of r. samson of sens, it is of little surprise that r. moses was one of the four rabbis who argued in defense of the talmud in the famed disputation in paris, 1240. see m. j. heller, printing the talmud (1992) pp. 185-90.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 22."},"estimateMax":40000,"lotNumber":"172","title":{"en":"sepher mitzvoth gadol (sema\u201dg) [\u201cthe great book of commandments\u201d: enumeration of the 613 precepts]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113419/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":30000,"aiDescription":"This is an early printed Jewish text, specifically a page from \"Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol\" (SeMaG), which enumerates the 613 precepts. The page features a decorative initial word panel, likely a woodcut, within the main body of the Hebrew text. The text is densely printed in Hebrew script, characteristic of religious scholarly works from an early period. The decorative panel provides a visual highlight on an otherwise text-heavy page, indicating an effort towards aesthetic presentation alongside scholarly content.","soldPrice":30000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.972Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$30,000 - $40,000","currency":"USD","id":113419,"estimateMin":30000},{"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113420/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"moses of coucy"},"available":false,"description":{"en":"unique, deluxe copy, entirely printed on blue paper. title within architectural arch. additional divisional title. first word of introduction (also of text on ff. 92r and 251r) within woodcut design. letters of opening word (on f.7v) within white-on-black decorative vignette. at end of first part signatures including david ibn hamu. ff. 250, (2), 251-316. wormed, loss of text, extensively restored, opening and closing leaves with large portions provided in facsimile, f. 315 in facsimile. modern 3/4 calf over green patterned boards, slip-case. folio. vinograd, venice 318. daniel bomberg, venice: 1547. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on blue paper. no other copy on blue recorded. formerly in the benayahu collection (see his hadefus ha\u2019ivri b\u2019cremona p. 26).\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 3."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"173","title":{"en":"sepher mitzvoth gadol (sema\u201dg) [\u201cthe great book of commandments\u201d: enumeration of the 613 precepts]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113420/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This is an early printed Jewish text, a title page from \"Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol\" (SeMaG), also known as \"The Great Book of Commandments.\" The page is dominated by a large, elaborate architectural woodcut border, resembling a triumphal arch or temple entrance, with ornate columns and a decorative pediment. The central area within the arch contains the title and publication information in Hebrew script. The intricate design and classical architectural elements suggest a high-quality production, possibly from the Italian Renaissance period, highlighting the importance of the work.","lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.974Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113420,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113421/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(münster, sebastian"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first latin edition. hebrew and latin on facing pages. translated by sebastian münster. ff. (182), final leaf supplied in facsimile. modern calf. 12mo. vinograd, worms 1-2. petrus schoeffer, worms: 1529. the first - and only - hebrew book printed in worms (rhineland-palatinate), the famed home of rashi. includes an early edition of maimonides\u2019 principles of jewish faith, here provided with a translation into latin by münster one of the foremost christian hebraist scholars of his time."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"174","title":{"en":"ed.) shelosh esrei ikrim. divrei habayith hasheini. eser gilyoth yisrael - tredecim articuli fidei judaeorum (etc)."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113421/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This is an early printed book title page, dated 1529, featuring texts in both Hebrew and Latin. The main Hebrew title is \"Shelosh Esrei Ikrim\" (Thirteen Articles of Faith), followed by a list of other historical and religious texts in Latin, including \"Tredecim articuli fidei Judaeorum.\" The layout is simple and formal, with clear typography for both languages. The presence of the explicit date \"Anno Christi, M. D. XXIX.\" makes it a precisely datable historical document, offering insights into Jewish and Christian scholarship and printing practices of the early 16th century.","soldPrice":2250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.975Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113421,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113422/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"münster, sebastian"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. text in hebrew and latin. printer\u2019s device on title and repeated on verso of final leaf. numerous woodcut astronomical illustrations. historiated woodcut initials. includes both foldout plates (between pp. 52-53 and pp. 116-117) found in only a few copies (cf. prijs, basle 24). pp. (8), 200, (16). few light stains. modern calf. 4to. vinograd, basle 23; mehlman 1871. johann froben, basle: 1527. important collection of jewish astronomical, chronological and calendrical treatises, together with philosophical poems."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"175","title":{"en":"(ed.) chochmath hamazaloth - kalendarium hebraicum."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113422/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This is an early printed scientific illustration from \"Chochmath HaMazaloth - Kalendarium Hebraicum,\" depicting a general figure of lunar eclipses. The woodcut diagram shows the sun and moon with anthropomorphic faces, orbiting a central elongated earth shadow, illustrating concepts like epicycles and dimensions in Latin. The image combines scientific explanation with artistic representation, characteristic of early astronomical treatises. It is a historical document showcasing the understanding of celestial mechanics and visual communication from an early modern period, likely the 16th century.","soldPrice":4500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.977Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113422,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113423/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"münster, sebastian"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. printer\u2019s device on opening and closing pages. signature of herman schevenhausius (1622) on title-page. few marginal notes. pp. (48) 525, (3). some dampstaining. modern calf. 8vo. vinograd, basle 11; prijs, basle 14. johann froben, basle: 1523. first edition of münster\u2019s celebrated hebrew dictionary which went through five editions in the author\u2019s own lifetime (1488-1552)."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"176","title":{"en":"aruch hasharoshoth - dictionarim hebraicum."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113423/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This is a title page from \"Aruch HaSharoshoth - Dictionarium Hebraicum,\" a Hebrew dictionary, published in June 1523. The page features a prominent caduceus-like printer's mark, depicting two intertwined serpents on a staff surmounted by a bird, with an orb at the base. The text is in both Hebrew and Latin, with the Latin providing a clear description of the dictionary's content. The detailed printer's mark and bilingual text make it a significant historical artifact of early lexicography and printing, dated precisely to \"APUD FROB. M. D. XXIII. MENSE IUNIO.\"","soldPrice":1600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.978Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113423,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113424/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"münster sebastian"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title and text in hebrew and latin. initials richly historiated. on p.14, \u201cindian\u201d alphabet. on p.18 wayber-taytsch and rashi script. on final page, printer\u2019s device. pp. (8), 212, (4). discolored. later vellum. sm. 4to. vinograd, basle 22. j. froben, basle: 1527. includes several selected passages from aramaic targums with latin translation face `a face (pp. 142-51). also contains a glossary of aramaic terms (pp. 161-87) and abbreviations (rashei teivoth) (pp. 188-212)."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"177","title":{"en":"dikduk delishan arami o hakasda\u2019ah- chaldaica grammatica."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113424/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":400,"aiDescription":"This is a title page from \"Dikduk deLishan Arami o HaKasda'ah - Chaldaica Grammatica,\" a Chaldaic grammar, published in 1527. The page displays the title in large Hebrew script at the top, followed by an extensive Latin description of the grammar's purpose and content. The clean layout and clear bilingual text highlight the academic nature of the work, indicating its use for scholars studying Aramaic. The publication date \"ANNO M. D. XXVII.\" firmly places it in the early 16th century, representing an important contribution to linguistic studies of the period.","soldPrice":2250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.979Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":113424,"estimateMin":400},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113425/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"nathan ben yechiel of rome"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first latin edition. elaborate title-page after hans holbein. extensive marginalia throughout in an early hand. pp. (8) 434, (1). lightly stained, small repair to upper margin of opening three leaves. recent calf, spine rubbed. 4to. vinograd, basle 27; prijs, basle 26. johann froben, basle: 1527. on the strength of his important contributions as a mediator of jewish learning to christian scholars, münster was elected to the chair of hebrew at basel in 1527. when john calvin came to basel in 1534, he gave himself to the study of hebrew under münster\u2019s guidance."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"178","title":{"en":"aruch - dictionarium chaldaicum. translated into latin by sebastian münster."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113425/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This is a title page from \"Aruch - Dictionarium Chaldaicum,\" a Chaldaic dictionary translated into Latin by Sebastian Münster, published in 1527. The page is framed by an elaborate woodcut border featuring classical architectural elements, putti, and decorative motifs, creating a grand and scholarly presentation. The title is prominently displayed in both Hebrew and Latin, emphasizing its bilingual nature and academic utility. The detailed border design, characteristic of Renaissance printing, and the explicit publication date \"ANNO M.D.XXVII.\" make this a notable example of early lexicography and book artistry.","soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.980Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113425,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113426/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"nathan ben yechiel of rome"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"the simcha abraham lindermann copy, with his extensive autograph marginalia throughout ff. 166. some wear. modern morocco, retaining earlier endpapers and inner covers. folio. vinograd, venice 459. bragadini, venice: 1553 (erroneously recorded, 1653). the author of these scholarly marginal notes was rabbi in posen who wrote a commentary to the aruch entitled sarid be\u2019arachin (berlin, 1864) - cited here on f. 55b. the learned writer, whose extensive knowledge of latin and greek is evident throughout, records rabbinic sources as well as scholarship from contemporary periodicals such as hamagid and monatsschrift. most of lindermann\u2019s notes post-date the publication of his work and therefore are of particular interest."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"179","title":{"en":"sepher ha\u2019aruch [talmudic lexicon]. edited by samuel d\u2019archivolti."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113426/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This is a copy of \"Sepher Ha'Aruch,\" a Talmudic lexicon, edited by Samuel D'Archivolti. The item is a historical Hebrew text, likely from an earlier period, printed on paper. The front page features extensive handwritten annotations and ownership inscriptions in Hebrew, along with three printed crown motifs. The main text is printed in Hebrew script with a decorative border around the title.","soldPrice":3000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.982Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113426,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113427/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"nathan ben yechiel of rome."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. title within wreathed architectural arch. ff. (83). browned, few stains, ff. 46-47 remargined. modern calf. sm. 4to. vinograd, cracow 150. issac prostitz, cracow: 1592. although entitled as only a digest of the aruch, this work in fact contains many words and expressions not interpreted in the original, lengthier version."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"180","title":{"en":"(attributed to). aruch hakatzar [talmudic lexicon]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113427/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This item is an \"Aruch Hakatzar,\" a Talmudic lexicon, attributed to a specific author. It is a textual work printed in Hebrew script on paper. The front page is elaborately decorated with a Renaissance-style architectural border featuring floral garlands, columns, and figures, framing the main text. This decorative frame suggests a printing style from the early modern period.","soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:17:55.983Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113427,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113428/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"norzi, raphael."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"together, three ethical works bound in one volume. the adolph lewisohn copy, with his morocco bookplate on front marbled paste-down. marginal worming neatly taped, light wear, signed by censors at end. recent polished crushed morocco with gilt dentelles, lightly rubbed, a.e.g. sm. 4to. vinograd, venice 634, 638 and 639. giovanni di gara, venice: 1579."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"181","title":{"en":"se\u2019ah soleth. second edition. ff. 14. * bound with: marpeh lanephesh. second edition. ff. (1), 15-40. and: orach chaim. first edition. ff. 31."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113428/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This lot includes three bound Hebrew texts: \"Se'ah Soleth\" (second edition), \"Marpeh Lanephesh\" (second edition), and \"Orach Chaim\" (first edition). The frontispiece of \"Se'ah Soleth\" features a grand architectural archway design, adorned with intertwined leafy garlands and columns. The texts are printed in Hebrew on paper, characteristic of religious or scholarly works from an early printing era.","soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:00.437Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113428,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"artist":{"en":"peretz ben isaac hakohen"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. printer\u2019s mark on title: an astrolabe and verse from isaiah 40:31 (yaari, no. 22). learned marginalia in more than one hand. a wide-margined copy. ff. (6), 286. stained in places, previous owner\u2019s inscriptions. modern blind-tooled crushed morocco. 4to. vinograd, ferrara 49 (mispaginated). abraham ibn usque, ferrara: 1558. one of the most significant works on the kabbalah due to its systematic treatment of all relevant themes found in earlier literature. its contribution to speculative mystic theory in pre-zoharite kabbalistic literature is the increased symbolism of the sephiroth. the author quotes a multitude of names by which each sephirah is known, each signifying a differing function. he also develops the \u201cadam kadmon\u201d theory, whereby the likeness of the order of the divine powers of the sephiroth to the human body is explored.\n in the same year of 1558, two editions of ma\u2019arecheth ha\u2019elo-huth appeared, one in ferrara, the other in mantua (see next lot). in the present ferrara edition, the anonymous commentary is designated simply \u201cpeirush,\u201d whereas in the mantua edition it bears the initials pa\u201dz, for \u201cpeirush zulath\u201d (another commentary). according to scholem, the ferrara version of the commentary has several important passages lacking in the mantua edition; see scholem, studies in kabbalah i (tel aviv, 1998) p. 176."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"182","title":{"en":"(attributed to). ma\u2019arecheth ha\u2019elo-huth [kabbalah]. with commentary by the italian mystic judah chayat and another (see below)."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113429/view","tags":["judaica_books","judaica_all","judaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"soldPrice":4250,"lastUpdate":"2021-11-26T17:45:26.177Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":113429,"estimateMin":2000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113430/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"peretz ben isaac hakohen"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. title within architectural arch. ff. (4) 208. lightly stained, opening and closing leaf with neat paper repairs. modern gilt-titled calf. 4to. vinograd, mantua 52. meir ben ephraim of padua & jacob of gozzalo, mantua: 1558. judah chayat\u2019s introduction contains an autobiographical account of the expulsion of jews from portugal, recounting his own trials and tribulations including capture by pirates. he describes his suffering at the hands of arabs while in the barbary states. his wife died there of hunger, while he himself toiled for a \u201cthin slice of bread not fit for a dog.\u201d chayut eventually reached italy, where he composed this commentary with the encouragement of joseph ya\u2019avetz.\n see g. scholem, on the problems of sepher ma\u2019arecheth ha\u2019elo-huth and its commentaries, in: kiryat sefer vol. 21 (1944) pp. 284-95."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"183","title":{"en":"(attributed to). ma\u2019arecheth ha\u2019elo-huth [kabbalah]. with two commentaries, the anonymous \u201cpa\u2019z\u201d and judah chayat."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113430/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This is \"Ma'arecheth Ha'Elo-huth,\" a Kabbalistic text, attributed to an unknown author, featuring two commentaries by \"Pa'z\" and Judah Chayat. The item is a Hebrew printed book on paper. The front page displays an ornate architectural gateway or shrine design with spiral columns and decorative elements, framing the Hebrew title and publication information. This elaborate woodcut border is typical of early modern Hebrew printing.","soldPrice":2750,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:00.439Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113430,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113431/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"pesante, moses."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition with a new introduction and many additions. ff. 68. previous owners\u2019 marks, browned with occasional light stains, title with paper repairs, few leaves neatly remargined, ff. 10-11 with some loss. modern calf. sm. 4to. vinograd, salonika 86; mehlman 616 (lacking two leaves of the introduction). joseph ya\u2019avetz, salonika: 1569. the author was an emissary from safed who traveled through the balkans between 1565 and 1573, publishing his works in constantinople and salonika. in 1573 he was killed by turkish brigands in makrinovo near the greek city of arta. see ya\u2019ari, shluchei eretz israel (1977) pp. 236, 889; ej, vol. xiii, col. 328."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"184","title":{"en":"ner mitzvah [commentary to solomon ibn gabirol\u2019s azkaroth for shavu\u2019oth, with text]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113431/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This item is \"Ner Mitzvah,\" a commentary to Solomon Ibn Gabirol\u2019s Azkaroth for Shavu\u2019oth, including the original text. It is a Hebrew religious text printed on paper. The front page features prominent decorative symbols resembling crosses or stars, flanking the title and other textual blocks. There are also handwritten annotations and what appears to be a stamp in blue ink on the page.","soldPrice":1600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:00.441Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113431,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113432/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"rakkah, massud hai ben aaron"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. intricate historiated title, featuring woodcut images of moses, aaron, angels and flowers. wide margins. ff. (8) 286, (1). lightly discolored, dampwrinkled. modern calf-backed marbled boards. folio. vinograd, venice 1818. meir di zara, venice: 1742. born in izmir, the author (1690-1768) studied under r. haim abulafia. upon emigrating to jerusalem, he was appointed one of the community\u2019s charitable emissaries and spent several years traveling throughout north africa as well as italy. he later settled in libya, where was appointed chief rabbi and opened a yeshiva in tripoli."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"185","title":{"en":"ma\u2019aseh roke\u2019ach [commentary to maimonides\u2019 mishneh torah]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113432/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":300,"aiDescription":"This is \"Ma'aseh Roke'ach,\" a commentary to Maimonides\u2019 Mishneh Torah, presented as a printed book in Hebrew. The ornate title page, printed on paper, depicts an elaborate architectural structure with classical columns, winged putti supporting a fruit basket, and two standing figures in robes holding scrolls or books. The intricate woodcut illustration is typical of Renaissance-era printmaking, featuring floral and fruit motifs at the base.","soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:00.442Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":113432,"estimateMin":300},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113433/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"rapa, abraham menachem hakohen of porto."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. the initial word of each of the five books of moses surrounded by a richly historiated vignette. blank leaf signed by clarence isaac de sola (leading zionist in montreal, 1858-1920) and also by ya\u2019acov reifmann. a wide-margined copy. ff. 209. title-page laid down, lightly stained in places, signed by censors. modern blind-tooled chestnut morocco. 4to. vinograd, verona 3. francesco delle donne, verona: 1594. whilst a young man, the author was apprenticed as a proofreader at the house of bragadin in venice. there he witnessed the violent burning of the talmud pursuant to the papal bull of 1553. on f. 203r of the present work, rapaport records the tragic event and notes his decision to commemorate the anniversary of the auto-da-fe as a personal fast-day for the rest of his life. see a. yaari, sereiphath hatalmud beitalia in: mechkarei sepher (1958) pp. 198-233.\n the author was the progenitor of the celebrated rapaport dynasty of rabbinic scholars. the family coat-of-arms prominently placed on f. 207v includes a pair of priestly hands raised in blessing and a black raven which refers to the middle high german word \"rappe\" - raven, seemingly, the german family name. indeed, the author refers to himself in his introduction as benei ha\u2019orvim - \u201cof the children of the ravens.\u201d see heller, the sixteenth century hebrew book, pp. 828-9."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"186","title":{"en":"minchah belulah [commentary to the pentateuch]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113433/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"aiDescription":"This item is \"Minchah Belulah,\" a commentary to the Pentateuch, presented as a printed book in Hebrew. The text is on paper, and the front page is framed by a decorative border of intertwined patterns. At the bottom, a printer's device or emblem is depicted, featuring an escutcheon with an intertwined design and a crown. The overall aesthetic suggests a work from an earlier period of Hebrew printing.","soldPrice":3000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:00.444Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":113433,"estimateMin":1000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113434/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"rophè, judah leib ben joseph"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition . title within architectural arch. ff. 74. foxed, portion removed from lower margin of title. modern calf. sm. folio. vinograd, prague 352. sons of abraham hida, prague: 1641."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"187","title":{"en":"kol yehudah [sermons to the book of bereishith]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113434/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This item is \"Kol Yehudah,\" a collection of sermons to the Book of Bereishith, printed in Hebrew on paper. The front page features a large, ornate architectural archway with spiral columns, crowned by a decorative frieze. The Hebrew text is framed within this elaborate structure, indicating a publication from an early printing era, possibly the early modern period.","soldPrice":700,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:00.445Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113434,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113435/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"samson ben isaac of chinon"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. title within four-piece historiated border. ff. 73. touch stained, previous owner\u2019s marks on title, signed by censors at end. modern maroon crushed morocco, elaborately gilt-tooled. sm. 4to. vinograd, cremona 21. vincenzo conti, cremona: 1558. although last of the french tosafists, samson of chinon was the first tosafist to write on talmudic methodology. sepher kerithoth is an all-comprehensive work divided into five parts. the initial four parts deal with the hermeneutic rules which are the basis of tannaitic halachic derivation, while the fifth part is devoted to the deduction of new rules applied by the talmudists in their interpretation of the bible and to an extensive elucidation upon the methods and terminology of both parts of the talmud. \u201cthis portal throws light upon many a knotty passage in the talmud by clarifying the peculiar expressions and likewise helps to understand the complicated talmudic discussions by supplying the key to their methods.\u201d see m. waxman, vol. ii, pp.191-2."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"188","title":{"en":"sepher kerithoth [talmudic methodology]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113435/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This item is \"Sepher Kerithoth,\" a text on Talmudic methodology. The book is bound in red leather, indicating a fine binding. The cover features extensive gold tooling, with intricate floral and scrollwork designs framing central oval medallions on both the front and back covers. The spine is ribbed, with gold lettering including \"KERITOTH\" and \"CREMONA 1558,\" suggesting its origin and date.","soldPrice":1300,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:00.447Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113435,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113436/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"samson ben tzadok"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"deluxe copy, printed entirely on blue paper. title within grotesques and incorporating symbol of city of cremona (see yaari, printers marks, no. 25). first edition. learned marginalia, signed at end by avraham abeles segal. ff. (6), 55. closely shaved, few stains, previous owner\u2019s marks. modern calf. housed in custom slip-case. lg. 8vo. vinograd, cremona 6. vincenzo conti, (cremona): (1556). rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on blue paper. \n during the seven years that r. meir of rothenburg (mahara\u2019m) was confined to prison, r. samson served as his teacher\u2019s attendant. the present work records the customs, rituals and halachic rulings of the mahara\u2019m during this period. glosses added by r. peretz of corbeil cite the prevalent practice when contrary to the maharam\u2019s ruling.\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 7."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"189","title":{"en":"sepher tashba\u201dtz [rabbinic law and responsa - following the decisions of r. meir of rothenburg]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113436/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This item is \"Sepher Tashba\"tz,\" a work on Rabbinic law and responsa, following the decisions of R. Meir of Rothenburg. It is a Hebrew printed book on paper. The front page features a prominent oval illustration of a nude figure, possibly mythological, surrounded by decorative elements and a frame. Above this, the Hebrew title is enclosed in an ornate cartouche, characteristic of early modern printing.","soldPrice":3000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:00.448Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113436,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113437/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"sforno, obadiah"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition . initial word within decorative frame. ff. 64. upper corner of title neatly repaired, previous owner\u2019s marks on f. 2 and f.5, dampwrinkled and lightly dampstained. modern chestnut calf, elaborately blind-tooled. sm. 4to. vinograd, bologna 8; mehlman 1219. the company of silk weavers, bologna: 1537. obadiah sforno of bologna (known in latin as salvadeus, ca. 1470-ca. 1550) was a physician by profession. primarily known for his commentaries to the torah and other parts of the bible, sforno wrote the present volume to refute the views of aristotle which he held to be in contradiction with many of the fundamental principles of judaism. sforno sets out here aristotle`s own principles which he then refutes. he also quotes abundantly from the arab philosophers ibn rushd (averroes) and al-ghazali. a latin translation of the work appeared under the title lumen gentium (bologna, 1548). see r. bonfil, eshel, be\u2019er sheva, vol. i, pp. 208-211; ej, vol. xiv, cols. 1209-10."},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"190","title":{"en":"ohr amim. [\u201clight of the nations\u201d - philosophy]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113437/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This is a philosophical book titled \"Ohr Amim\" (Light of the Nations). The item is a textual work written in Hebrew script. Its pages appear aged with visible discoloration, indicating its historical nature. The text is printed in a traditional Hebrew typeface, with a simple layout on a light-colored paper. No binding is visible, but the single sheet displays the title page with publishing information at the bottom.","soldPrice":6000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:00.450Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $4,000","currency":"USD","id":113437,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113438/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"shalom, abraham ben isaac"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within architectural arch. marginalia. a wide-margined copy. ff. 194. opening and closing leaves remargined, stained in places. modern blind-tooled paneled calf. 4to. vinograd, const. 162. eliezer ben gershom soncino, constantinople: 1538. the present work is a series of homilies on various aggadic passages from the talmud, interwoven with philosophical discussions seeking to serve as a defense of maimonides\u2019 reconciliation of greek and jewish philosophy. the author (d. 1492) was one of the last representatives of the spanish-jewish philosophic tradition and possessed a thorough command of the fields of knowledge of his time, his work here is rich in quotations from greek and arabic philosophical literature. see ej, vol. xiv, cols. 1270-1."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"191","title":{"en":"neveh shalom [philosophy]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113438/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3000,"aiDescription":"This is a philosophical book titled \"Neveh Shalom.\" The item is a textual work featuring an elaborate architectural title page. It is written in Hebrew script, and the page is decorated with an archway supported by ornate columns and intricate scrollwork, possibly from the early modern period. The page shows signs of aging, including yellowing and some minor staining. The text is printed within the archway and above it, with a decorative border framing the entire composition.","soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:09.988Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":113438,"estimateMin":3000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113439/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"shuaib, joshua ibn."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. title within architectural arch. ff. 96. light wear, trace stained and wormed, title repaired with stamps removed, previous owner\u2019s marks. modern blind-tooled mottled calf. folio. vinograd, cracow 37. isaac prostitz, cracow: 1573-75. ibn shuaib lived in spain in the first half of the 14th century and was a disciple of r. solomon ibn adret, (rashb\u201da) and later, teacher of r. menachem ibn zerach (author of tzeidah laderech). the sermons of ibn shuaib are unique inasmuch as they are the only collection of sermons by a rishon (medieval authority) that span the entire pentateuch and cycle of the year. they were clearly written to be delivered before an audience, and only afterwards prepared for publication, as evidenced by both the homiletic style and reference to specific occasions."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"192","title":{"en":"derashoth al hatorah [sermons to the pentateuch]."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113439/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a textual work titled \"Derashoth al Hatorah,\" containing sermons to the Pentateuch. The item is a book with an elaborately decorated title page, printed in Hebrew. The design features a grand architectural archway with fluted columns and detailed friezes, topped by an eagle with outstretched wings and two cherubic figures holding cornucopias. The page shows an impression of a circular seal at the bottom and some handwritten annotations at the top, suggesting its historical context.","soldPrice":1000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:09.990Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113439,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113440/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"solomon ben isaac (rash\u2019i)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second issue (variant). opening of each book decorated with zodiacal woodcuts. ff. 182 (of 191). supplied in facsimile: ff. 1, 9, 185-191. trimmed, browned and stained, wormed with loss of text in places. modern crushed morocco with gilt dentelles. sm. 4to. vinograd, augsburg 5; m.n. rosenfeld, augsburg 41. chaim schwarz, augsburg: 1533. complete copies of this essential text are almost unknown. \n the augsburg printer, chaim (shachor) schwarz was among the pioneers of hebrew printing outside of italy. he had previously worked in prague and was responsible for the issue of the famed prague hagadah of 1526."},"estimateMax":7000,"lotNumber":"193","title":{"en":"pirush hatorah vechamesh megiloth [commentary to the pentateuch and five scrolls]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113440/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":5000,"aiDescription":"This item is a book titled \"Pirush Hatorah Vechamesh Megiloth,\" providing commentary to the Pentateuch and five scrolls. It is a textual work in Hebrew, featuring an open spread revealing text and two roundels with zodiac-like illustrations: a lion and a scorpion. The book has a decorative border on the visible page edges, suggesting an ornate binding. The pages are aged, with some yellowing, and the text is clearly printed in columns.","soldPrice":5000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:09.991Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$5,000 - $7,000","currency":"USD","id":113440,"estimateMin":5000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113441/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"solomon ibn adret."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"four works printed on thicker paper and bound together into one volume. all first edition. signature on opening title. some occasional staining, few minor marginal repairs, final page laid down, otherwise in bright condition. modern full vellum. housed in custom slip-case. thick folio. vinograd, venice 74-77. daniel bomberg, venice: 1523. \u201cel rab d`españa\u201d r. solomon ibn adret (c.1235-c.1310) of barcelona, catalonia, was a disciple of the cousins r. jonah and r. moses nachmanides of gerona. following the departure of nachmanides for the land of israel in the year 1267, adret became the undisputed leader and spokesman of spanish jewry. his \u201cchidushim\u201d or talmudic novellae to tractates berachoth, chulin and gitin, along with his teacher nachmanides\u2019 novellae to bava bathra, issued in the same year by bomberg, remained the only chidushim from the school of nachmanides to be published for roughly the next two centuries.\n \n a fine, wide-margined set, with all works bound here into a single volume."},"estimateMax":20000,"lotNumber":"194","title":{"en":"four volumes of chidushei harashb\u201da [novellae to the talmud]: * chidushei berachoth. ff. 47. * chidushei chulin. ff. 133 (i.e. 134). * chidushei gitin. ff. 133. * chidushei bava bathra. appended: dina degarmei by nachmanides. ff. 116."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113441/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":15000,"aiDescription":"This item is a volume from a set of four, described as \"Chidushei Harashb\u201da\" (novellae to the Talmud), specifically \"Chidushei Berachoth.\" It is a textual work, handwritten in Hebrew script, possibly a manuscript. The page is densely covered with calligraphic text, showing variations in ink density and some smudging, indicative of its age and manual creation. The paper appears aged with some discoloration and minor imperfections. ","soldPrice":22000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:09.992Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$15,000 - $20,000","currency":"USD","id":113441,"estimateMin":15000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113442/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"solomon ibn adret"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"ff. 192. variously stained in places. inscriptions and signatures on title. modern gilt-tooled morocco. folio vinograd, venice 255; mehlman 694. giustiniani-adelkind, venice: 1545-46. numbering over three thousand in total, the rashb\u201da answered all of his responsa directly, and without unnecessary pontification. in addition to halachic questions, which are the majority of the work, the rashb\u201da also dealt with philosophical and theological concerns, shining a light on the spiritual status of spanish jewry of the time."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"195","title":{"en":"(rashb\u201da). shailoth u\u2019teshuvoth [responsa]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113442/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This item is a historical religious text titled \"Sha'iloth U'teshuvoth\" (Responsa), attributed to Rashb\"a. It is a Jewish theological work, likely from an earlier period, given its appearance and the use of the term \"Responsa.\" The document is textual, featuring Hebrew script, with the title and some prominent initial letters double-lined and decorated. There are handwritten annotations in a different script along the left margin and top, suggesting past ownership or study. The page displays signs of age, including discoloration, staining, and some minor tears, particularly on the lower left.","soldPrice":1900,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:09.994Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113442,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113443/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"solomon ibn adret"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"second edition. printed on blue-green paper. title within architectural arch. r. jonathan eybescheutz association copy (see below). ff. 31. stamp on title of david feldmann, rabbi of leipzig. modern calf-backed marbled boards. folio. vinograd, prague 847. grandsons of moshe katz, prague: 1735. rare, bibliophilic edition. printed entirely on colored paper. \n final blank, inscribed in french: \u201cmonsieur jonathan eibechitz, grand raby des juifs de la ville metz, de la ville prague, predector.\u201d\n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, colored paper no. 43."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"196","title":{"en":"(rashb\u201da). torath habayith ha\u2019aruch [rabbinic law]. with critical commentary \u201cbedek habayith\u201d by aaron halevi of barcelona and the author\u2019s response \u201cmishmereth habayith.\u201d"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113443/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This is a rabbinic law text titled \"Torath Habayith Ha\u2019aruch\" by Rashb\u201da, including critical commentary \"Bedek Habayith\" and the author\u2019s response \"Mishmereth Habayith.\" The item is a textual work featuring an ornate architectural title page, printed in Hebrew. The design includes an archway supported by decorative columns and a detailed entablature, framed by a border. The page is printed in a single color, likely black ink on a light green paper, and includes publishing information at the bottom, suggesting a print date in Prague.","soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:09.995Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113443,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113444/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(soncino press)"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"ff. (200), opening leaf and final seven leaves supplied in facsimile. lightly stained, previous owner\u2019s marks. modern limp vellum, slip-case. sm. 8vo. hieronymus (gershom) soncino, fano: 1503. famed as a publisher of biblical and rabbinic books in hebrew, soncino also issued works of christian theology, humanism and general italian literature. in the present work, a new and magnificent humanist cursive typeface designed by francesco griffo of bologna appears in an edition dedicated to cesare borgia, machiavelli`s model of the new \"prince.\""},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"197","title":{"en":"francesco petrarch. opere volgari."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113444/view","tags":["uscollectibles_booksandpaper","uscollectibles","uscollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":600,"aiDescription":"This is a page from Francesco Petrarch's \"Opere Volgari.\" The text is in an early form of Italian, likely from the Renaissance period, with some handwritten annotations at the top of the page. The script is printed, with the initial letters of some lines capitalized. The paper appears aged and discolored, with a textured surface consistent with antique printing materials.","soldPrice":1200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:09.996Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":113444,"estimateMin":600},{"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113445/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(soncino press)"},"available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. edited by angelo colocci. contains: lucretia (i-ii) and virginia (i-ii). ff. (65). lightly stained, few neat paper repairs. later vellum. sm. 8vo. manzoni, annali tipografici dei soncino 18. hieronymus (gershom) soncino, fano: 1506."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"198","title":{"en":"pacifico massimi. opera."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113445/view","tags":["uscollectibles_booksandpaper","uscollectibles","uscollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":800,"aiDescription":"This is a textual work by Pacifico Massimi titled \"Opera.\" The item is a printed page in Latin, with Roman numerals \"II\" at the top, indicating a section or chapter. The text is printed in a serif font, showing a clear mention of its impression in \"Fani Anno gratiae. M.cccc.C.VII. Per Hieronimum Soncinum,\" suggesting a print date of 1507, making it an incunabulum or early printed book. The page is light in color and appears to be in good condition for its age.","lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:09.998Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":113445,"estimateMin":800},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113446/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(talmud, babylonian)."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with commentaries by rashi, tosaphoth and piskei tosaphoth. textural diagrams. ff. 165 (of 232), lacking title, text and with final leaves of commentary chikur dinei baba bathra published after piskei tosaphoth. stained, previous owner\u2019s signature on f. 3, scattered marginalia, a few leaves repaired affecting text, marginal repairs. later tooled calf. folio. vinograd, pesaro 12; rabbinovicz, ma\u2019amar al hadepassath hatalmud pp. 21-24; heller, printing the talmud pp. 107, 119. gershom soncino, pesaro: (1510-11). this pesaro tractate has a number of distinguishing features that differ from standard editions. whereas the standard edition contains ff. 176 (following bomberg), this edition has a different pagination. the remark found on f. 29a in the standard edition: \u201cuntil here the commentary of rashi -from here on the commentary of r. samuel b. meir (rashbam) reads in this edition simply as: \u201chere rashi died\u201d (f. 26a). this is followed by a brief commentary quite unlike the lengthy comments of the rashba\u2019m. rabbinovicz felt that this was so important, he reproduced its page to \u201cpublicize it to the world\u201d (pp. 21-22 n. 19). the rashbam\u2019s commentary begins here much later (equivalent to f. 54b of the standard edition) and has many important textual variants (see rabbinovicz p. 22).\n another pesaro talmud tractate in the possession of the valmadonna trust library was exhibited in the pierpont morgan library, see their catalogue: hebraica from the valmadonna trust (1989) no. 17."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"199","title":{"en":"masechta baba bathra."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113446/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"aiDescription":"This item is a textual work titled \"Masechta Baba Bathra,\" likely a volume from the Talmud, printed in Hebrew. The page displays a dense layout of Hebrew text in multiple columns. A notable visual feature is a diagram or illustration on the lower left of the page, showing rectangular outlines, possibly representing architectural plans or layouts pertinent to the text. The page exhibits some signs of age, including light yellowing and minor stains.","soldPrice":5000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:09.999Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":113446,"estimateMin":2000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113447/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(talmud, babylonian)."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"with commentaries: rashi, tosafoth, piskei tosafoth, r. asher, & maimonides on mishnah. a mixed (incomplete) set. three volumes with marginalia. volumes occasionally stained, browned, few marginal repairs. each volume finely (differently) bound in full calf (two vols. calf-backed marbled boards). folio. sold not subject to return (17). ambrosius froben, basle: 1578-80. following the wanton destruction in italy of vast numbers of hebrew texts - especially talmud volumes - the basle humanist-printer ambrosius froben (grandson of johannes froben) was moved to issue a new edition of the talmud to compensate for the losses experienced by the learned jews of italy. due to church-related censorship matters, not all tractates were issued and so the set remained incomplete.\n see r. n. n. rabinowitz, ma\u2019amar al hadpassath hatalmud pp. 74-79; m. j. heller, printing the talmud (1992) pp. 241-65."},"estimateMax":10000,"lotNumber":"200","title":{"en":"twenty basle tractates, bound in fifteen volumes. masechta avoth. ff. 12. vinograd, basle 116. * masechta gittin. ff. 122. vinograd, basle 124. * masechta yevamoth. ff. 156. vinograd, basle 126. * masechta shevu\u2019oth. ff. 68. last page with signature of shlomo zalman ben yehuda leib katz of hanau. vinograd, basle 134. * masechta ta\u2019anith. ff. 31, (6). vinograd, basle 135. * masechta bechoroth. ff. 70. vinograd, basle 144. * masechta zevachim. ff. 122. vinograd, basle 146. * masechta chagigah. ff. 28. vinograd, basle 147. * masechta kerithoth. ff. 28. vinograd, basle 149. * masechta menachoth. ff. 112. vinograd, basle 150. * masechtoth me\u2019ilah, kinim, midoth, tamid. ff. 38. vinograd, basle 151. * masechta nidah. ff. 90. vinograd, basle 154. * masechta erechin. ff. 36. vinograd, basle 157. * masechta temurah. ff. 12. vinograd, basle 159. * masechta sotah. ff. 56. vinograd, basle 130. bound with: masechta nazir. ff. 77. vinograd, basle 153. and: masechta nedarim. ff. 120. vinograd, basle 152 * accompanied by: mishnah. seder kodshim. ff. 47. vinograd, basle 120. * and: mishnah. seder moed. ff. 53. with stamp of moses gaster. vinograd, basle 137."},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113447/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":8000,"aiDescription":"This lot comprises twenty Basle tractates, bound in fifteen volumes, primarily from the Talmud, including Masechta Avoth, Gittin, Yevamoth, and others. These are textual works in Hebrew, bound in brown leather or similar material, and feature gilt lettering on the spines. The volumes are arranged in an 'L' shape, with some lying flat and others standing upright, showcasing their uniform yet varied bindings and sizes. The collection includes a Mishnah section and tractates with specific page counts and references to the Vinograd Basle catalog.","soldPrice":15000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:10Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$8,000 - $10,000","currency":"USD","id":113447,"estimateMin":8000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113448/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"(talmud, babylonian)."},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"twelve volumes, entirely complete. title letters within decorative woodcut vignettes. printers device on title (yaari no. 60). variously browned and stained. uniform contemporary blind-tooled calf over thick wooden boards, expertly rebacked. sm. folio. vinograd, amsterdam 87-101, 103-5, 108, 113, 117-135 and 137; m.j. heller, the seventeenth century hebrew book (2011) pp. 592-3. immanuel benveniste, amsterdam: 1644-47. the first printing of the talmud in amsterdam. immanuel benveniste\u2019s esteemed, uncensored edition, here in a majestic uniform contemporary binding. \n benveniste\u2019s talmud follows the basle edition in layout and text, and likewise has no general title-page for the entire work. benveniste did not print his talmud in chronological order, but produced most tractates as individual books with separate title page and foliation so that they could be sold individually - hence a uniform and complete set is uncommon.\n due to progressive notions of freedom of speech, there was little censorship of books in the dutch republic, thus benveniste\u2019s talmud contains tractate avodah zara in its entirety with all references to christianity about which censors in other european centers of hebrew printing strongly objected."},"estimateMax":25000,"lotNumber":"201","title":{"en":"talmud bavli. with commentary of rashi, tosaphoth, piskei tosaphoth, compendium by asher b. jehiel, commentary on the mishnah by moses maimonides, plus index of decisions \u201cein mishpat.\u201d"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113448/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":20000,"aiDescription":"This item is a volume of the Talmud Bavli, a central text of Rabbinic Judaism. It features extensive commentaries by significant Jewish scholars, including Rashi, Tosaphoth, Piskei Tosaphoth, Asher b. Jehiel's compendium, and Moses Maimonides' commentary on the Mishnah. Additionally, it includes an index of decisions titled \u201cEin Mishpat.\u201d The text is in Hebrew, with the title and key initial letters decorated. A prominent feature is a detailed heraldic crest near the bottom, possibly indicating the printer, publisher, or a prominent family associated with the work. The overall aesthetic suggests an early printed edition of a religious scholarly work.","soldPrice":90000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:05.732Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$20,000 - $25,000","currency":"USD","id":113448,"estimateMin":20000},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113449/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"valerio, samuel"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within architectural arch. ff. 104. lightly discolored, trace wormed. modern blind- and gilt-tooled morocco. sm. 4to. vnograd, venice 690. giovanni di gara, venice: 1586. valerio was a physician who lived in the grecian archipelago in the second half of the 16th century. the present commentary was completed in corfu in 1579."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"202","title":{"en":"yad hamelech [commentary to the book of esther, with text]"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/2952/lot/113449/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"aiDescription":"This is a textual work titled \"Yad Hamelech,\" a commentary to the Book of Esther, which also includes the text itself. The item features an ornate architectural title page printed in Hebrew. The design depicts an archway with fluted columns adorned with festive garlands or wreaths, and a detailed architrave. The text is centrally placed within the archway, with publishing details at the bottom of the page, indicating a historical print. The page shows signs of age, with some discoloration and minor marks.","soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:18:05.734Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":113449,"estimateMin":500},{"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/113450/2/2.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"vital, david ben solomon"},"soldDate":"2017-11-09","available":false,"description":{"en":"first edition. title within historiated woodcut border surmounted by coronet. illustration of hand (relating to calendar) on f. 14v, illustration of cow\u2019s lung (relating to dietary laws) on f. 92v. an uncut copy. signature of samson cohen modon of mantua on title. ff. 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