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(12), 185, (1). leaves 19-20 lacking and supplied in manuscript in an early hand by an expert scribe exactly matching the printed page. scattered light foxing and dampstaining, previous owner\u2019s inscriptions and stamps.  \n bound in 17th-century blind-tooled calf over thick wooden boards, with two brass clasps and hinges, expertly rebacked. folio. \n vinograd, venice 421.  \n  \n venice, alvise bragadin - meir parenzo, 1551. \n  \n  rare second edition of the moreh nevuchim  \n (the first edition appeared in rome c. 1474, without commentary).  \n  \n the final work by maimonides (1135-1204). the guide for the perplexed was completed c. 1185 and is the main source of the rambam\u2019s philosophical views. he originally wrote it in judeo-arabic and it was first translated into hebrew in 1204 by a contemporary of maimonides in southern france, shmuel ben yehuda ibn tibon.  \n  \n due to its aristotelian leanings, the work had a history fraught with controversy, both within and beyond the jewish community. tragically - and obviously due to other motivations - it was publicly burned by the dominicans in paris, 1232. it is said that r. yonah gerondi, one of those who agitated for the banning of moreh nevuchim, later journeyed to maimonides\u2019 tomb in eretz israel to beg the deceased author for forgiveness.  \n  \n today the guide for the perplexed is undoubtedly the most celebrated philosophical text in all of jewish literature - and by far the most influential.  \n  \n  this volume bound with:   \n shmuel ibn seneh zarza. mekor chaim [commentary to the chumash].  \n  first edition.  ff. 130. 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yaari, const. 95; mehlman 41; steinschneider 41 \"summae raritatis\"  \n  \n constantinople, nahmias brothers, 1522. \n  \n  rare.  the copies in both nli and jts are both incomplete.  \n  \n an incomplete copy of this bible was sold by kestenbaum (the valmadonna \u201cb\u201d copy) in sale 39, lot 53.","he":"(תנ\"ך). \n \n  \n \n \n (חמישה חומשי תורה בעברית). עם תרגום אונקלוס ופירושי רש\"י, רמב\"ן ואבן עזרא. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ספר בראשית (מפרק ב', פסוק י\"ט): 82 דפים. \n \n \n ספר שמות: 88 דפים. \n \n \n הערות שוליים בכתבי יד שונים. כתובות בסוף הספר, אחת מהן מתוארכת לשנת 1662. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כתמים ובלאי במקומות שונים, דפים רבים פגומים בדרגות שונות ולעיתים עם אובדן טקסט, תיקונים ישנים במספר מקומות. כרוך בכריכה עתיקה רופפת. פורמט פוליו. נמכר ללא אפשרות החזרה. \n \n \n  \n \n \n וינוגרד, קושטא 128; יערי, קושטא 95; מלהמן 41; שטיינשניידר 41 \"נדיר ביותר\". \n \n \n קושטא (קונסטנטינופול), אחים נחמיאס, 1522. \n \n \n  \n \n \n נדיר מאוד. העותקים בספרייה הלאומית בירושלים (nli) ובספריית jts אינם שלמים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n עותק חסר של תנ\"ך זה נמכר בבית המכירות קסטנבאום (עותק ולמדונה \"b\") במכירה מס' 39, פריט 53."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"4","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121641/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":2600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:35.931Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":121641,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":3000},{"startPrice":2500,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121642/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121642/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(bible).  \n chumash. - five megiloth. - haphtaroth.  \n  \n three parts bound in one volume. issued entirely in rabbinic type (no nikud). each part proceeded by divisional title set within typographic border.  \n  fine condition.   \n  \n  *  i: ff. 162).  \n  *  ii: ff. 24.  \n  *  iii: ff. 59. \n  \n  \n lightly stained, lower margin of opening title taped. haftaroth lacking f. 26 and 36. later mottled calf with gilt extra, rubbed. modern slip-case. 24mo. \n  \n vinograd, venice 723. \n  \n venice, giovanni di gara, 1588-89. \n  \n  rare miniature hebrew bible, bound in an attractive 17th-century binding.","he":"חומש - חמש מגילות - הפטרות. \n \n \n  \n \n \n שלושה חלקים כרוכים בכרך אחד. נדפס כולו בגופן רבני (ללא ניקוד). כל חלק מקדים דף שער נפרד עם מסגרת טיפוגרפית. מצב מצוין. \n \n \n  \n \n \n חלק א': 162 דפים. \n \n \n חלק ב': 24 דפים. \n \n \n חלק ג': 59 דפים. \n \n \n כתמים קלים, שולי דף השער הראשון מתוקנים בהדבקה. כריכת עור משויש מאוחרת עם עיטורי זהב, מעט שחוקה. נתון בקופסה מודרנית. פורמט 24mo. \n \n \n  \n \n \n וינוגרד, ונציה 723; לא מופיע אצל דארלו ומול. \n \n \n ונציה, ג'ובאני די גרא, 1588-89. \n \n \n  \n \n \n תנ\"ך עברי מיניאטורי נדיר, כרוך בכריכה מרשימה מהמאה ה-17."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"5","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121642/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2500,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:35.932Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":121642,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":3000},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121643/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121643/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121643/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(bible. hebrew).  \n chamishah chumshei torah [-end] title within architectural columns. two divisional titles. unvocalized hebrew text in two columns. latin marginalia. pp. 612. lightly browned, title stained and creased, few leaves loose. recent sheep-backed boards, inner gutter split.  \n acquired from the london bookseller, the late b. hirschler. \n  \n vinograd, amsterdam 22.  \n amsterdam, menasseh ben israel for henricus laurentius, 1631. the first bible edition prepared by menasseh ben israel.  \n each page throughout this entire volume has been laid onto a larger sheet, thus turning an octavo into a quarto volume.","he":"(תנ\"ך. עברית). \n \n  \n \n \n חמישה חומשי תורה [-סוף]. \n \n \n  \n \n \n דף שער מעוטר בעמודים ארכיטקטוניים. שני דפי שער מחלקים. טקסט עברי ללא ניקוד בשתי עמודות. הערות שוליים בלטינית. נרכש מחנות הספרים הלונדונית של ב. הירשלר ז\"ל. כולל הגהות שוליים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n 612 עמודים. השחמה קלה, דף השער מוכתם ומקומט, מספר דפים רופפים. כריכה מחודשת - עור מגובה, השדרה הפנימית קרועה. \n \n \n  \n \n \n וינוגרד, אמסטרדם 22; פוקס, אמסטרדם 152; דארלו ומול 5123a. \n \n \n אמסטרדם, מנשה בן ישראל עבור הנריקוס לורנטיוס, 1631. \n \n \n  \n \n \n מהדורת התנ\"ך הראשונה שהוכנה על ידי מנשה בן ישראל. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כל דף בכרך זה הודבק על גבי גיליון גדול יותר, ובכך הפך כרך בפורמט אוקטבו לפורמט קוורטו."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"6","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121643/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":400,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:35.934Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":121643,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":800,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121644/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121644/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(bible. hebrew).   \n chamishah chumshei torah [pentateuch]. with five scrolls and haphtaroth.  \n  \n title surrounded by verses. separate title for haphtaroth. very small type (for which this printer was celebrated for), with nikud. first word in each book within typographic border. tailpiece.  \n  \n ff. 327. stained, f. 325 taped with loss of couple of letters. contemporary calf, rubbed. two clasps and hinges, a.e.g. 24mo. \n  \n  \n vinograd, amsterdam 602; fuks 551 (with variations, see below).  \n  \n amsterdam, caspar steen, 1693. \n  \n  first book published by caspar steen.  \n  \n the house of caspar steen in amsterdam was a unique phenomenon in the world of eighteenth century printing. steen was the only non-jew in this era to print exclusively hebrew books. see fuks, hebrew typography in the northern nertherlands 1585-1815 (1987), p. 416.  \n  \n the unique format of this bible edition, tall and narrow (later emulated by bibliophile ephraim deinard) makes for a most esthetic book.  \n  \n our copy differs from that of fuks in a few respects: 1) according to our title, the work was commissioned by antony steen (son of caspar steen), not by jacob b. moses raphael de cordova, as in fuk\u2019s title; 2) in our title for the haphtaroth, there is no mention of caspar and antony steen; neither do we have the error \u201cgigath egoz\u201d in the chronogram, but rather the correct spelling \u201cginath egoz\u201d; 3) though we have the notice of the compositor, joseph (not jacob!) ben moses segal of hamburg, we do not have the colophon \u201cbe-amsterdam bi-defus u-be-veith caspar steen\u201d; and finally, 4) in our copy, the final three leaves (ff. 325-327) are numbered, as opposed to fuk\u2019s copy where they are unnumbered.","he":"(תנ\"ך. עברית). \n \n  \n \n \n חמישה חומשי תורה. עם חמש מגילות והפטרות. \n \n \n  \n \n \n דף שער מעוטר בפסוקים. דף שער נפרד להפטרות. אותיות זעירות במיוחד (אשר בזכותן נודע המדפיס), עם ניקוד. המילה הראשונה בכל ספר מוקפת במסגרת טיפוגרפית. קישוט סיום. \n \n \n  \n \n \n 327 דפים. מוכתם, דף 325 מודבק עם אובדן של מספר אותיות. כריכת עור מקורית, משופשפת. שני אבזמים וצירים, כל הדפים מוזהבים בשוליהם. פורמט 24mo. \n \n \n  \n \n \n וינוגרד, אמסטרדם 602; פוקס 551 (עם שינויים, ראו להלן). \n \n \n אמסטרדם, קספר סטין, 1693. \n \n \n  \n \n \n הספר הראשון שפורסם על ידי קספר סטין. \n \n \n  \n \n \n בית הדפוס של קספר סטין באמסטרדם היה תופעה ייחודית בעולם הדפוס של המאה ה-18. סטין היה הלא-יהודי היחיד בתקופתו שהדפיס אך ורק ספרים בעברית. ראו: פוקס, הטיפוגרפיה העברית בצפון הולנד 1585-1815 (1987), עמ' 416. \n \n \n  \n \n \n הפורמט הייחודי של מהדורה זו \u2013 גבוה וצר (ובהמשך חיקה אותו הביבליופיל אפרים דיין) \u2013 יוצר ספר אסתטי במיוחד. \n \n \n  \n \n \n עותק זה שונה מזה המתואר אצל פוקס בכמה היבטים: \n \n \n  \n \n \n לפי דף השער שלנו, העבודה הוזמנה על ידי אנטוני סטין (בנו של קספר סטין), ולא על ידי יעקב בן משה רפאל דה קורדובה, כפי שמופיע אצל פוקס. \n \n \n בדף השער של ההפטרות בעותק שלנו אין אזכור לקספר ואנטוני סטין; כמו כן, הכרונוגרמה מופיעה בתעתיק הנכון \"גינת אגוז\", ולא \"גיגת אגוז\", כפי שנמצא בעותק של פוקס. \n \n \n אמנם מופיעה אצלנו הערת המסדר יוסף (ולא יעקב!) בן משה סגל מהמבורג, אך אין אנו מוצאים את הקולופון \"באמשטרדם, בדפוס ובבית קספר סטין\". \n \n \n בשלושת הדפים האחרונים (דף 325-327) מופיעה מספור רציף, בניגוד לעותק של פוקס, שבו הדפים אינם ממוספרים."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"7","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121644/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":800,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:35.935Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":121644,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121645/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121645/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121645/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(bible).  \n   chamishah chumshei torah [-end].  \n with rashi\u2019s commentary.  \n prepared by david nunes torres. with nikud and cantillation points. commentary in rabbinic type. complete in four volumes.  \n each volume with additional engraved architectural title-page. autograph hebrew signature of david nunes torres authenticating the edition on title of vol. iii. four divisional titles, half-title for the five scrolls, integrally misbound. decorative head-pieces.  \n table of haphtorah readings on last two unnumbered leaves. \n  \n few light stains in places. contemporary uniform sharkskin, rubbed. contemporary patterned box. 12mo.  \n formerly in the a.l. shane collection. \n  \n vinograd, amsterdam 795; darlow & moule 5140.  \n  \n amsterdam, immanuel athias, 1700-03.","he":"(תנ\"ך). \n \n  \n \n \n חמישה חומשי תורה [-סוף]. עם פירוש רש\"י. בעריכת דוד נוניס טורש. עם ניקוד וטעמי מקרא. הפירוש בגופן רבני. \n \n \n  \n \n \n שלם בארבעה כרכים. לכל כרך דף שער נוסף עם עיטור ארכיטקטוני. חתימה עברית בכתב ידו של דוד נוניס טורש המאשרת את המהדורה מופיעה על דף השער של כרך ג'. ארבעה דפי שער מחלקים, דף חצי-שער לחמש מגילות, כרוך בטעות בתוך הספר. עיטורים דקורטיביים בראשי עמודים. לוח קריאות ההפטרות בשני הדפים האחרונים הבלתי ממוספרים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n לשעבר באוסף a.l. shane. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כתמים קלים במספר מקומות. כריכות מקוריות מעור כריש, שחוקות. קופסה מעוטרת תואמת מהתקופה. פורמט 12mo. \n \n \n  \n \n \n וינוגרד, אמסטרדם 795; דארלו ומול 5140. \n \n \n אמסטרדם, עמנואל אתיאס, 1700-03."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"8","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121645/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:35.937Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":121645,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":1200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121646/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121646/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121646/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"bible, (hebrew, pentateuch).  \n  \n chamishah chumshei torah. \n  \n  one of 850 copies.  printed on van gelder paper. typeface designed by marcus behmer. woodcut decorative title in blue, brown and black. initial word of each of the five books surrounded by arabesques and printed in brown and black, few verses and single words printed in red. \n opening and closing blanks browned. modern chestnut calf. folio.  \n  \n berlin, officina serpentis (e. w tiffenbach) for soncino gesellschaft,  \n 1931-33. \n  \n  \u201cranks among the most beautiful hebrew books ever printed\u201d  (a.j. karp).  \n  \n the most ambitious undertaking of the soncino gesellschaft der freunde des juedischen buches, an organization of german-jewish bibliophiles.  \n  \n this bible was printed with a new typeface designed by marcus behmer and styled on the prague hagadah of gershom kohen. the intended completion of the entire bible was aborted due to the rise of nazism.  \n  \n according to a.j. karp, the verse in deuteronomy 33:29, \u201cyour enemies shall dwindle away before you, and you shall tread upon their high places\u201d was printed in red, in silent but eloquent protest against the rise of nazism in germany.  \n  \n see a.j. karp, library of congress catalogue pp. 31-34; l. avrin, the art of the hebrew book in the twentieth century, in: new york public library catalogue, a sign and a witness (1988) p.135.  \n  \n see also: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-berlin-humash-judaic-treasures","he":"(תנ\"ך, עברית, חמישה חומשי תורה). \n \n  \n \n \n חמישה חומשי תורה. \n \n \n  \n \n \n נדפס על נייר ואן גלדר. אחד מתוך 850 עותקים. גופן שתוכנן על ידי מרקוס בהר. דף שער מעוטר בהדפס עץ בצבעי כחול, חום ושחור. המילה הפותחת של כל אחד מחמשת הספרים מוקפת בעיטורי ערבסקות ומודפסת בצבעי חום ושחור, חלק מהפסוקים ומילים בודדות הודפסו באדום. \n \n \n  \n \n \n דפי פתיחה וסיום מושחמים. כריכת עור ערמוני מודרנית. פורמט פוליו. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ברלין, אופיצינה סרפנטיס (e. w. tiffenbach) עבור חברת סונצ'ינו, 1931-33. \n \n \n  \n \n \n \"נמנה עם הספרים העבריים היפים ביותר שהודפסו אי פעם\" (א.ג'. קארפ). \n \n \n  \n \n \n הפרויקט השאפתני ביותר של \"חברת סונצ'ינו לידידי הספר היהודי\", ארגון של ביבליופילים יהודים-גרמנים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n תנ\"ך זה הודפס בגופן חדש שעוצב על ידי מרקוס בהר, בהשראת ההגדה של פראג שהודפסה על ידי גרשום כהן. השלמת הדפסת התנ\"ך כולו נקטעה בשל עליית הנאציזם. \n \n \n  \n \n \n על פי א.ג'. קארפ, הפסוק \"וְאַתָּה עַל בָּמוֹתֵימוֹ תִּדְרֹךְ\" (דברים ל\"ג, כ\"ט) הודפס באדום, כמחאה שקטה אך רבת משמעות נגד עליית הנאצים בגרמניה. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ראו: \n \n \n  \n \n \n א.ג'. קארפ, קטלוג ספריית הקונגרס, עמ' 31-34. \n \n \n ל. אברין, אמנות הספר העברי במאה העשרים, בתוך קטלוג ספריית ניו יורק אות ועדות (1988), עמ' 135. \n \n \n לפרטים נוספים: \n \n \n החומש הברלינאי \u2013 אוצרות יודאיקה"},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"9","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121646/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1200,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:35.938Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,500 - $2,000","currency":"USD","id":121646,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":1500},{"startPrice":4000,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121647/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121647/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121647/003/003.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(bible.  hebrew, greek and latin.  psalms.)   \n  \n psalterium sextuplex. \n  \n  \n text in hebrew with jerome\u2019s version and the latin translations of sanctes pagninus and felix pratensis, arranged in four columns across facing pages. \n  *  part ii with the septuagint (first greek) and vulgate (first latin) versions on facing pages.  \n two parts in one volume. printer\u2019s device on title. divisional title. extensive marginalia.  \n  \n ff. (4), (196); (160). browned, title rehinged. 17th-century calf, spine gilt extra, rubbed. sm. 4to.  \n  \n vinograd, lyon 1; darlow & moule 1415; adams b-1372. \n  \n lyon, sebastian gryphius, 1530. \n  \n  the first tehilim printed in france.   \n  one of only two hebrew books printed in lyon.  \n  \n a scholarly edition incorporating the major translations of the book of psalms:  \n jerome\u2019s vulgate version was completed in the 4th century and the famed septuagint (\u201ctranslation of the seventy elders\u201d) dates from the 3rd century.  \n several unofficial enterprises at producing a version of the scriptures as a standard of accuracy were undertaken in the 16th century, but it was not until the clementine edition of 1592 that the catholic church accepted an authorized version.  \n  \n sanctes pagninus was one of the foremost hebraists of the age. his greatest achievment was his latin version of the bible, of which the old testament was the first since jerome to be based directly on the original hebrew. his notation of chapter and verse has been retained until the present day.  \n  \n  no copy in the national library israel; 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(3), 315, (1), 92. lightly browned and stained in places. 4to.  \n vinograd, amsterdam 801.  \n  \n amsterdam moses mendes coutinho 1705. \n  \n a \u201cweibertefille, \u201d a prayer-book intended especially for women.  \n  \n the striking original engraved title-page depicts the three duties of the jewish married woman: the taking of challah; kindling the sabbath candles and observance of family purity (see mishnah, shabbath, chap. ii).  \n  \n illustrated in m.h. gans, memorbook: history of dutch jewry (1971) p. 185, no. 7; and a.m. habermann, title pages of hebrew books (1969) pl. 83.","he":"(כריכה). \n \n  \n \n \n סדר התפילות [תפילות לכל השנה]. בתרגום ליידיש-יהודית. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כולל: סדר תהילים וסדר תחינות. \n \n \n דף שער מאויר עם תחריט היסטורי המציג את מצוות האישה המסורתיות, כאן בלבוש יהודי- הולנדי מהמאה ה-18. שני דפי שער נפרדים לתהילים ולתחינות, שניהם עם מסגרות טיפוגרפיות. עיטורי ראש וזנב. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כרוך בכריכה עכשווית מהודרת מעור ציד משוח בלכה, עם שני אבזמי כסף חרוטים בעיטור עמודים, ארבע פינות כסף חרוטות במוטיבים פרחוניים, ושולי דפים מוזהבים בגילוף (gauffred edges). \n \n \n  \n \n \n דפים: (3), 315, (1), 92. דפים מעט מצהיבים ומוכתמים. פורמט 4to. \n \n \n  \n \n \n וינוגרד, אמסטרדם 801. \n \n \n אמסטרדם, משה מנדס קוטיניו, 1705. \n \n \n  \n \n \n \"וויברטפילע\" \u2013 סידור תפילה ייחודי לנשים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n דף השער המקורי והייחודי מציג את שלוש המצוות של האישה הנשואה: הפרשת חלה, הדלקת נרות שבת, ושמירת טהרת המשפחה (משנה, שבת, פרק ב'). \n \n \n  \n \n \n איור זה מופיע אצל מ.ה. גנס, \"זיכרון בספר\": תולדות יהדות הולנד (1971) עמ' 185, מס' 7, וכן בא.מ. הברמן, \"דפי שער של ספרים עבריים\" (1969) לוח 83."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"12","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121649/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":3500,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.952Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":121649,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":4000},{"startPrice":500,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121650/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121650/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121650/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(binding).  \n   seder tephilah leta\u2019anith [prayers for the fast days].  \n according to the sephardic rite.  \n haphtarah of ninth of ab provided with spanish translation in latin characters. \n  \n  fine contemporary binding:  \n polished maroon calf, covers paneled in gilt, corner fleurons, spine tooled in hebrew, spine gilt extra, rubbed. all edges gilt.  \n  \n ff. 126. occasional light foxing. rubbed. 8vo.  \n vinograd, amsterdam, 1293.  \n  \n amsterdam, naphtali herz levi rofe, 1726. \n  \n the translation of the haphtarah of tish\u2019ah be-av into spanish, is non-literal and highly poetic.","he":"(כריכה). \n \n  \n \n \n סדר תפילה לתענית [תפילות לימי התענית]. \n \n \n לפי מנהג הספרדים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כולל תרגום לספרדית באותיות לטיניות של הפטרת תשעה באב. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כריכה מהודרת עכשווית: עור בורדו מבריק, לוחות הכריכה מעוטרים במסגרת מוזהבת, פינות מעוטרות בפרחי לִילִי, שדרה עם עיטורים בעברית ובזהב, שחיקה קלה. שולי דפים מוזהבים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n דפים: 126. כתמים קלים מפעם לפעם. פורמט 8vo. \n \n \n  \n \n \n וינוגרד, אמסטרדם 1293. \n \n \n אמסטרדם, נפתלי הרץ לוי רופא, 1726. \n \n \n  \n \n \n תרגום ההפטרה של תשעה באב לספרדית אינו מילולי, אלא פואטי ומליצי במיוחד."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"13","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121650/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.957Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":121650,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121651/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121651/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121651/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(binding).  \n   machzor sephardim leyom hagadol venora she tzom kippur  \n [festival prayers for the day of atonement]. according to sephardic rite.  \n engraved biblical frontispiece. title printed in red and black. volume ii (of 2).  \n three-page hebrew prayer manuscript insert.  \n    \n  contemporary polished calf,  spine gilt, pair of silver clasps and hinges.  \n ff. 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in the yiddish language, no less. however, the fact is readily comprehensible if one takes into account menasseh\u2019s marketing stategies:  \n  \n \u201cwhether through the contacts with his german jewish compositors or after running into the censorious restrictions of his own mahamad in the course of printing yosef delmedigo\u2019s writings, menasseh was motivated to expand his activities and thus attended the frankfurt book-dealers\u2019 fair in 1634; to seek a jewish or a christian market we do not know. he (did indeed) find a jewish market and began printing ashkenazi prayer-books\u2026\u201d indeed, the colophon on f. 76r. informs us that the compositor (or \u201czetzer, \u201d typesetter) of our own volume was just such a german jew, \u201creuben bar elyakum of mainz on the river rhine.\u201d  \n  \n see d. m. swetschinski, reluctant cosmopolitans: the portuguese jews of seventeenth-century amsterdam (2000), p. 151.  \n  \n  one of the finest books printed by the hebrew dutch press.  \n  \n  provenance : the library of the earl of macclesfied, shirburn castle, oxfordshire.","he":"(טקסים). \n \n  \n \n \n יצחק טירנא. מנהגים [מנהגי יהדות אשכנז בפולין, בוהמיה ומוראביה]. מתורגם מעברית ליידיש על ידי שמעון לוי גינצבורג. כולל לוח שנה לשנים ה'ת\"ה-תכ\"ד [1645-1664]. \n \n \n  \n \n \n עברית בגופן מרובע, יהודית-גרמנית (יידיש) באותיות וויבר-טייטש. כותרת בין עמודים אדריכליים. איורי עץ בגודל מלא המתארים את חיי הדת היהודיים לאורך השנה. שנים-עשר איורים קטנים נוספים המייצגים את שנים-עשר המזלות ועבודות החודשים. עותק במצב מושלם. \n \n \n  \n \n \n דפים: 76 (דפים 44-45 כרוכים אחרי דף 47). כריכת קלף עכשווית, חותם הרלדי מוזהב על הכריכות העליונה והתחתונה. sm. 4to. \n \n \n  \n \n \n vinograd, amsterdam 86 (אין עותק בספרייה הלאומית); fuks 177. \n \n \n אמסטרדם, אליהו אבואב עבור מנשה בן ישראל, 1645. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ספר טקסים נדיר במיוחד ונחשק ביותר. עותק מושלם מספריית אציל. \n \n \n ספר המנהגים משנת 1645, עם איוריו המרהיבים, הוא הספר העברי המאויר הראשון שהודפס בהולנד. אין ספק שזהו המוצר המשובח ביותר של בית הדפוס של מנשה בן ישראל. זהו גם הספר השני בלבד שהודפס בהולנד באותיות וויבר-טייטש, גופן שפותח במיוחד להדפסת ספרים ביידיש. \n \n \n  \n \n \n למרות שהטקסט דומה למהדורה הראשונה של ספר המנהגים ביידיש (מנטובה, 1590), האיורים במהדורה ההולנדית הזו צוירו מחדש לחלוטין והפכו למודל האב-טיפוס עבור אינספור מהדורות נוספות בהולנד במהלך המאה ה-17 וה-18. \n \n \n  \n \n \n בהתחלה, עשויה להתעורר השאלה מדוע יהודי ספרדי, מנשה בן ישראל, היה מעורב בהדפסת ספר מנהגים אשכנזי - ועוד ביידיש. אולם הדבר מתבהר כאשר מבינים את אסטרטגיית השיווק שלו: \n \n \n  \n \n \n \"בין אם דרך קשריו עם מדפיסים יהודים גרמנים ובין אם לאחר שנתקל במגבלות הצנזורה שהטיל עליו ה'מחמ\"ד' בקהילתו בעת הדפסת כתביו של יוסף שלמדיגו, מנשה חיפש להרחיב את פעילותו והשתתף ביריד הספרים בפרנקפורט בשנת 1634 \u2013 אם כדי לפנות לשוק יהודי או נוצרי, איננו יודעים. בסופו של דבר, הוא אכן מצא שוק יהודי והחל להדפיס סידורים אשכנזיים...\" \n \n \n  \n \n \n ואכן, בקולופון שבעמוד 76r נכתב כי המדפיס (או \"צצר\" - סדר הדפוס) של כרך זה היה ראובן בן אליקום ממיינץ שעל נהר הריין. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ראו: \n \n \n d. m. swetschinski, reluctant cosmopolitans: the portuguese jews of seventeenth-century amsterdam (2000), p. 151. \n \n \n  \n \n \n אחד מספרי הדפוס ההולנדי-עברי היפים ביותר שנוצרו. \n \n \n מקור: ספריית רוזן מקלספילד, טירת שירבורן."},"estimateMax":70000,"lotNumber":"20","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121657/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":45000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.989Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$50,000 - 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דוס בענשן. דפים: 71. \n \n \n נכרך עם: מנהגים. דפים: 57. נערך על ידי שמעון לוי גינצבורג. \n \n \n  \n \n \n שני חיבורים כרוכים יחד בכרך אחד, לפי מנהגי גרמניה ופולין. שניהם כוללים איורי עץ נפלאים וראשי תיבות מעוטרים. מאויר באיורי גלגל המזלות והמחזור החקלאי לכל חודש. עברית בתרגום ליהודית-גרמנית (יידיש), באותיות וויבר-טייטש. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ספריית מ. זאגייסקי. \n \n \n מצב: דפים כהים במידה אחידה, מספר קרעים קצרים. כריכת קלף מאוחרת. 4to. \n \n \n  \n \n \n vinograd, amsterdam 1180 ו-1324. \n \n \n אמסטרדם, שלמה פרופס, 1722 ו-1728. \n \n \n  \n \n \n שני חיבורים הכוללים: \n \n \n ברכת המזון \n \n \n זמירות שבת \n \n \n תפילות לפני השינה \n \n \n שירות לידה, נישואין ופטירה \n \n \n הגדה של פסח \n \n \n איורי העץ המרהיבים מתארים חגים ומנהגים במחזור הדתי השנתי. מקורם באיורי ספר המנהגים שהודפס בידי מנשה בן ישראל בשנת 1645 (ראו פריט ***)."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"21","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121658/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1800,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":2200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.991Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - 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(ff. 81r-82r).  \n the appearance here of typeface in red is often used to highlight a particularly poignant or solemn passage of the prayers, and yet at times the reason seems to be no more than bibliophilic fancy!  \n  \n  an unrecorded and highly unusual prayer book.","he":"(ביבליופיליה). \n \n  \n \n \n בית תפילה [סידור תפילות לכל השנה]. \n \n \n  \n \n \n לפי מנהג הספרדים. הישג יוצא דופן בדפוס עם שימוש מופרז בצבע אדום. \n \n \n  \n \n \n דפים: (1), (195). השחמה קלה במקומות, תווית הוסרה מהדף האחורי. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כריכה: מרוקו מוזהב מאוחר יותר, שדרת הספר מחולקת לתאים, קצוות מוזהבים, עיטורים מוזהבים פנימיים. 16mo. \n \n \n  \n \n \n לא מתועד אצל וינוגרד וביבליוגרפים סטנדרטיים אחרים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n וינה, א. דלה טורה, 1857. \n \n \n  \n \n \n נדפס בעיקר בשחור, עם קטעים רציפים בצבע אדום \u2013 החל משתי מילים (עמ' 171r) ועד לשלושה עמודים שלמים \u2013 פרט להערת ראש בת שתי מילים! (עמ' 81r-82r). \n \n \n  \n \n \n השימוש בצבע אדום מופיע לעיתים להדגשת קטעים נוגעים ללב או מרגשים במיוחד בתפילות, אך במקרים אחרים נראה כי הדבר נעשה מתוך גחמה ביבליופילית גרידא! \n \n \n  \n \n \n סידור נדיר ולא מתועד, בעל מאפיינים יוצאי דופן."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"30","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121667/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":750,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.393Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":121667,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":1500,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121668/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121668/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(liturgy).  \n   sepher me\u2019ah berachoth.  \n edited by shalom shachnna koidanover.  \n  \n pp. 221, (4). ex-library, few stains, title neatly repaired on verso. contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. 12mo. matching slip-case.  \n vinograd, frankfurt a/main, 287. \n  \n frankfurt a/main, n.p., 1712. \n  \n  rare.  \n a compendium of selected prayers through the year. the printer is unknown, yet the type-face utilized here is striking.","he":"(ליטורגיה). \n \n  \n \n \n ספר מאה ברכות. \n \n \n  \n \n \n בעריכת שלום שאכנא קוידנובר. \n \n \n  \n \n \n עמודים: 221, (4). עותק ספרייה, כתמים בודדים, דף השער תוקן בעדינות בגבו. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כריכה: לוחיות משיש עם גיבוי עור עגל עכשווי. 12mo. כולל מארז תואם. \n \n \n  \n \n \n וינוגרד, פרנקפורט ע״מ, 287. \n \n \n  \n \n \n פרנקפורט ע״מ, ללא ציון מדפיס, 1712. \n \n \n  \n \n \n נדיר. \n \n \n  \n \n \n קובץ תפילות נבחרות לכל השנה. המדפיס אינו ידוע, אך גופן האותיות המשמש כאן בולט ומעורר עניין."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"31","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121668/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.395Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":121668,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":1500,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121669/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121669/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(liturgy).  \n   seder tephiloth [prayers through the year].  \n according to sephardic rite.  \n  \n ff. 167, 17, 168-226. touch stained, fore-edges painted red. french inscription at front, dated 1887. contemporary gilt-ruled calf, expertly repaired. 16mo. housed in custom solander-box. \n  \n paris, chez levi, 1808. \n  \n  unrecorded: the earliest siddur printed in paris.  \n the earliest recorded hebrew prayer-book to be issued in paris is dated 1826. this beautifully printed, unrecorded little siddur was printed in paris a full eighteen years earlier.","he":"(ליטורגיה). \n \n  \n \n \n סדר תפילות [תפילות לכל השנה]. \n \n \n  \n \n \n לפי מנהג הספרדים. כתובת בצרפתית בעמוד הפתיחה, מתוארכת לשנת 1887. \n \n \n  \n \n \n עמודים: 167, 17, 168-226. מעט מוכתם, שולי הדפים צבועים באדום. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כריכה: עגל מוזהבת בגבולות גאומטריים, משופצת במיומנות. 16mo. שמור בקופסת סולנדר מותאמת אישית. \n \n \n  \n \n \n לא רשום בוינוגרד. \n \n \n  \n \n \n פריז, chez levi, 1808. \n \n \n  \n \n \n נדיר ובלתי מתועד: הסידור העברי המוקדם ביותר שנדפס בפריז. \n \n \n  \n \n \n הסידור העברי המתועד הראשון שהודפס בפריז נושא את התאריך 1826. סידור נדיר זה, המודפס באופן מרשים, יצא לאור בפריז שמונה-עשרה שנה קודם לכן, והוא אינו מופיע במקורות הביבליוגרפיים הידועים."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"32","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121669/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:35.462Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - 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with specific reference to the practice in frankfurt.  \n  \n  elijah bunimowitsch  was a professional scribe and is known to have produced a torah scroll on behalf of baron wilhelm carl von rothschild (1828-1901), the last head of the rothschild bank branch in frankfurt. after rothschild\u2019s passing, many of the books he collected were transferred to the universit&auml;tsbibliothek in frankfurt, which now holds four bunimowitsch manuscripts, one of which was written for rothschild on the occasion of his seventieth birthday in 1898.  \n  \n the present lot, executed in bunimowitsch\u2019s signature decorative style and bound by a frankfurt-based bookbinder (as per one of the bunimowitsch manuscripts in the collection of the universit&auml;tsbibliothek), includes a (blank) dedicatory cartouche at the end dated 13th cheshvan, 1889. \n  \n  literature :  \n  \n ernst r&oacute;th and leo prijs, hebr&auml;ische handschriften: die handschriften der stadt- und universit&auml;tsbibliothek frankfurt am main, vol. 1b (stuttgart: franz steiner, 1990), 138 (no. 237), 139 (no. 238), 168 (no. 259).  \n  \n ernst r&oacute;th and leo prijs, hebr&auml;ische handschriften: die handschriften der stadt- und universit&auml;tsbibliothek frankfurt am main, vol. 1c (stuttgart: franz steiner, 1993), 67-68 (no. 333).  \n  \n ms frankfurt a. m. universit&auml;tsbibliothek, qu. 38 ( http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/mshebr/urn/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:2-11327 ).  \n  \n ms frankfurt a. m. universit&auml;tsbibliothek, oct. 229 ( http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/mshebr/urn/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:2-10144 ).  \n  \n ms frankfurt a. m. universit&auml;tsbibliothek, oct. 230 ( http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/mshebr/urn/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:2-10159 ).  \n  \n ms frankfurt a. m. universit&auml;tsbibliothek, oct. 251 ( http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/mshebr/urn/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:2-10427 ).","he":"(סִדּוּר) \n \n  \n \n \n כְּתָב־יָד קַלִּיגְרָפִי בְּעִבְרִית \n \n \n  \n \n \n בִּרְכוֹת הַהַפְטָרָה \n \n \n  \n \n \n נכתב בִּיֹּפִי עַל יְדֵי הַסּוֹפֵר אֵלִיָּהוּ בּוּנִימוֹבִיץ' \n \n \n  \n \n \n ארבעה דפים כתובים על קלף בכתב אשכנזי מרובע וחצי-קורסיבי בדיו שחורה. תחילת הפרקים והטקסטים המודגשים מוגדלים; כל עמוד תחום במסגרת גיאומטרית מעוטרת ייחודית; פאנלים מעוטרים בפתיחת כל קטע; קרטוש הקדשה מהודר ליד תחתית דף 4r. כל דף מוצמד לכרטיס מרופד משי לבן ומחובר בנפרד. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כרוך על ידי th. schnell מפרנקפורט בכריכת עור חומה מעוטרת בזהב עם גבולות עלוותיים, כותרת מוזהבת על הכריכה העליונה. עיטורי זהב בחלק הפנימי; דפי פתיחה והדבקות בדוגמא מקורית מהתקופה. \n \n \n  \n \n \n גודל עמוד: 11 x 8 אינצ'ים (29 x 21 ס\"מ). הכתמה קלה וסימני שימוש; קימוטים קלים בכריכה ושחיקת דיו מסוימת. שחיקה בפינות הכריכה והצירים, שדרת הכריכה הפנימית מפוצלת. שמור בנרתיק קיפול מודרני מבד בצבע בורדו. \n \n \n  \n \n \n פרנקפורט על המיין, 1889. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ספר ברכות מהודר זה, הכתוב בקפידה רבה ומעוטר ביופי, נועד ככל הנראה להיות מונח על שולחן קורא התורה בבית הכנסת. \n \n \n  \n \n \n שני מאפיינים טקסטואליים מעניינים בכתב היד הם הכללת המילים \"ותִּקּוֹם נָקָם\" בברכה השנייה שלאחר ההפטרה, וכן ציון המנהגים השונים לגבי סיום הברכה הרביעית ביום הכיפורים \u2013 עם התייחסות מפורשת לנוהג בפרנקפורט. \n \n \n  \n \n \n אֵלִיָּהוּ בּוּנִימוֹבִיץ' היה סופר מקצועי, וידוע כי כתב ספר תורה בהזמנת הברון וילהלם קרל פון רוטשילד (1828-1901), ראש סניף בנק רוטשילד בפרנקפורט. לאחר פטירתו של רוטשילד, ספרים רבים שאסף הועברו לספריית האוניברסיטה בפרנקפורט, אשר מחזיקה כיום בארבעה כתבי יד של בונימוביץ', ביניהם כתב יד שנכתב עבור רוטשילד לרגל יום הולדתו ה-70 בשנת 1898. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כתב היד הנוכחי, אשר נכתב בסגנונו הדקורטיבי האופייני של בונימוביץ' ונכרך בידי כרך מפרנקפורט (כמו אחד מכתבי היד של בונימוביץ' באוסף ספריית האוניברסיטה), כולל קרטוש הקדשה (ריק) בסופו, מתוארך ליום י\"ג בחשוון, 1889. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ספרות: \n \n \n  \n \n \n ארנסט רוֹת וליאו פּרַייס, כתבי יד עבריים: כתבי היד של ספריית העיר והאוניברסיטה של פרנקפורט על המיין, כרך 1b (שטוטגרט: פרנץ שטיינר, 1990), עמ' 138 (מס' 237), 139 (מס' 238), 168 (מס' 259). \n \n \n ארנסט רוֹת וליאו פּרַייס, כתבי יד עבריים: כתבי היד של ספריית העיר והאוניברסיטה של פרנקפורט על המיין, כרך 1c (שטוטגרט: פרנץ שטיינר, 1993), עמ' 67-68 (מס' 333). \n \n \n כתבי יד בספריית האוניברסיטה בפרנקפורט על המיין: \n \n \n  \n \n \n ms frankfurt a. m. universit&auml;tsbibliothek, qu. 38 \n \n \n ms frankfurt a. m. universit&auml;tsbibliothek, oct. 229 \n \n \n ms frankfurt a. m. universit&auml;tsbibliothek, oct. 230 \n \n \n ms frankfurt a. m. universit&auml;tsbibliothek, oct. 251"},"estimateMax":10000,"lotNumber":"46","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121683/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":5000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:36.856Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$7,000 - 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$700","currency":"USD","id":121689,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts"},"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121690/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121690/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121690/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"torah scroll.  \n   small sepher torah written in an aschkenazi square hebrew hand on vellum.  \n set on wood rollers. height of scroll: 7.5 inches. 19th century. some wear and repairs.  \n sold not subject to return. fully refurbished in 2010 by london sofer b. benarroch. \n housed in separdic-style torah cover. with binder embroidered in hebrew:  \n \u201cgifted to the chief rabbinate of england\u201d (c. 1958).","he":"(ספר תורה) \n \n  \n \n \n ספר תורה קטן, כתוב בכתב אשכנזי מרובע על קלף. מגולל על עמודי עץ. \n \n \n  \n \n \n גובה הקלף: 7.5 אינץ'. \n \n \n  \n \n \n שחיקה ותיקונים מסוימים. נמכר ללא אפשרות החזרה. \n \n \n  \n \n \n המאה ה-19. \n \n \n  \n \n \n שופץ באופן מלא בשנת 2010 על ידי הסופר הלונדוני ב. בנארוש. \n \n \n  \n \n \n נתון במעיל בסגנון ספרדי, עם אבנט רקום בעברית: \"מתנה לרבנות הראשית של אנגליה\" (בערך 1958)."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"53","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121690/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":3600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:49.798Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":121690,"category":{"en":"Manuscripts"},"estimateMin":4000},{"startPrice":2000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121691/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121691/002/002.png","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121691/001/001.png"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(torah, scribal arts).  \n    \n  fifty torah scroll sheets.  \n a fascinating collection of fifty torah scroll parchment sheets (yeri\u2019oth), originating from various torah scrolls written in multiple european locations over the past two centuries.  \n  \n this unusual collection is unparalleled for its beauty and craftsmanship. its significance is profound on multiple levels. most significantly, these sacred texts were used for torah readings thousands of times in synagogues over many generations. each congregation, with its unique customs and traditions, gathered week after week, as the torah was read at least four times: on mondays and thursdays, twice on shabbat, and additionally on rosh chodesh and all festival days.  \n  \n some of these torahs remained within a single community, while others traveled across cities and even countries, carried along by history itself, through wars and pogroms. each holds within its letters and parchment a story of its own, a silent witness to the past. if they could speak, they would fill volumes telling of their journeys.  \n  \n since each torah was written by a different scribe, in a different location and time period, they reflect the rich diversity of jewish traditions. among them are scrolls written in germany according to ashkenazic custom, in lithuania following the practices of the vilna gaon, and in russia and poland in the tradition of the baal shem tov and his disciples. each region, with its distinctive character, left its mark on the sacred writing, making this collection a true treasury of scribal traditions, an anthology of torah craftsmanship. \n  \n for those fascinated by the world jewish scribal arts (sta\u2019m),  \n  this collections offers invaluable insight.  though all the scribes were devout and meticulous in their work, striving for the highest standards of sanctity and precision, there are noticeable differences between the scrolls of past centuries and those written today: \n    \n  the letters forms:  \n    \n every scribe's hand reveals distinct nuances and flourishes. the ashuri script, traditionally used for torah scrolls, is primarily written in two styles: beith yosef script and ari-zal script. this collection includes scrolls written entirely in one or the other, as well as some that mix elements, such as a standard ari-zal script with a reversed letter tzadi or a unique cheth letter formation. \n  \n it is striking that, despite the extensive halachic guidelines governing the shape of torah letters - some essential even for the scroll\u2019s validity - and the established customs for crowns (tagin) and ornamental strokes (kotzim), there was once far greater variation in scribal styles. before the publication and widespread influence of halachic works such as keseth hasofer and mishnah berurah, each scribe relied upon the traditions of his teachers or his own understanding of the laws. even while adhering to halachic principles, every scribe's unique hand is evident, shaping each of the torah\u2019s 27 letters in an individual way. \n  \n a particularly fascinating distinction is seen in the \"arches\" atop the letter cheth, where each scribe adopted his own stylistic approach. \n  \n  crowns and strokes:  \n  \n similar variations exist in the ornamental crowns and strokes. some scribes even introduced artistic enhancements when two or three crowned letters appeared in succession. \n  \n another intriguing detail is that certain scrolls reveal an ancient tradition where the opening and closing passages of the torah were completed by distinguished individuals, with the scribe preparing hollow outlines of the letters for them to fill in with ink. other scrolls, by contrast, were written entirely by the scribe from beginning to end. \n  \n  parchment, sheets, and columns:  \n    \n unlike today's parchment, which is typically made from stillborn calf hides (shlil), the parchments in these scrolls were crafted from the skins of mature cattle. the processing materials available today were not as common then, resulting in parchment that is noticeably taller, wider, thicker, and heavier. \n    \n due to the economic hardship of those times, the number of columns per sheet was often greater than today\u2019s standard. to maximize parchment usage, some scribes wrote in narrower columns, reduced spacing between them, and minimized the blank margins at the top and bottom of the sheet. \n  \n additionally, certain scrolls feature exceptionally tall columns, some with as many as 63 lines per column, and the scribes often compressed words tightly within the lines. some even sacrificed the ideal halachic proportion of letter width to height, opting for narrow, elongated script to fit more text into each column. \n  \n that said, the collection also includes sheets with generous, elegant margins and wide spacing between columns, reflecting an effort toward aesthetic beauty despite material constraints. \n  \n another striking difference from modern standards is that not all scribes adhered to the practice of starting each column with the letter vav (vavei ha\u2019amudim), likely because it would have restricted their flexibility in determining column size and length. \n  \n it is also worth noting that, unlike today, when scribes can readily purchase necessary materials, scribes in earlier times often had to prepare everything themselves, from the sinews used for stitching the parchment sheets together to the glue for reinforcing seams. even the ink and quills were often homemade, which further contributed to the distinctive character of each scroll. some of the older scrolls show evidence of exceptionally high-quality ink that has remained vibrant and intact for over 250 years. \n  \n looking at this collection, one cannot help but marvel at the craftsmanship and devotion of these scribes, who, with their limited resources, produced works of such remarkable beauty and holiness. \n  \n this collection is a treasure trove, an extraordinary window into the history of torah scrolls and the sacred scribal arts. the torah has always been the heartbeat of jewish life, passed down through generations at great sacrifice and devotion. but how rare it is to encounter, in a single swoop, such a magnificent array of torah scrolls\u2014each with its own story, its own journey, and its own breathtaking craftsmanship. \n  \n each vellum sheet laid onto large mat. range of sizes. images available upon request. \n  \n  provenance:  \n a senior, brooklyn-based torah scribe, of several decades; who, under the supervision of kestenbaum & company, prepared the above description.","he":"חמשים יריעות של ספרי תורה \n \n  \n \n \n אוסף מדהים של חמשים יריעות שלימים מספרי-תורה שונים, שנכתבו במשך שתי המאות האחרונות ברחבי מזרח אירופה. \n \n \n  \n \n \n *** \n \n \n  \n \n \n האוסף הזה, יחיד במינו, כמוהו לא נהייה ביופיו ובהידורו, חשיבותו העצומה היא רבת-פנים. מצד אחד, הרי בספרים הקדושים הללו נשתמשו לקריאת-התורה אלפים פעמים בבתי כנסת עתיקים במשך דורות רבים \u2013 ציבור וציבור ומנהגיו, ציבור וציבור וגווניו. [מספר קריאות-התורה בכל שבוע הוא לפחות ארבע \u2013 בימים שני וחמישי פעם אחת, וביום השבת שתי פעמים. בימים-טובים וראשי חדשים ישנה קריאת התורה גם בימי השבוע האחרים]. \n \n \n  \n \n \n בין הספרים ישנם כאלו שנשתמשו בהם בקהילה אחת, ונתגלגלו לקהילה אחרת \u2013 ולפעמים למדינה אחרת \u2013בעקבות מלחמות ופוגרומים, באופן שכל ספר יש לו היסטוריה לעצמו הספוגה בין האותיות והגוילים, אשר אלמלי היו יכולים לספר \n \n \n כל אחד את סיפורו, בוודאי יכולים היינו לכתוב עליהם ספרים שלימים... \n \n \n  \n \n \n *** \n \n \n  \n \n \n מצד האחר, מכיון שכל ספר-תורה נכתב בידי סופר שונה ובמדינה שונה \u2013 ביניהם ישנם ספרים שנכתבו בגרמניה עפ\"י מסורת אשכנז, בליטא עפ\"י מנהגי הגר\"א מווילנא זצ\"ל, ברוסיא ופולין עפ\"י מנהגי הבעל-שם-טוב זצ\"ל, תלמידיו ותלמידי תלמידיו; וכן הלאה, כל איזור ואיזור באופיו המיוחד \u2013 הרי האוסף הוא אוצר בלום של מידע על הלכות ומנהגים רבים ושונים \u2013 בבחינת \"מאסף לכל המחנות\". \n \n \n  \n \n \n *** \n \n \n  \n \n \n לחובבי ספרות הסת\"ם, חשוב לציין שלמרות שכל היריעות כולם נכתבו ע\"י סופרים יריאים ושלימים, ומתוך עבודתם נראה בעליל שכתבו את הספרים בקדושה וטהרה, ובשימת-לב נפלאה לדקדוקי ההלכה וההידור, ישנם כמה הבדלים בין הספרים של אותן השנים והספרים של היום, והבדלים בין הכתיבות שבין ספר לספר: \n \n \n  \n \n \n צורות האותיות \n \n \n  \n \n \n בכתיבת ידו של כל סופר וסופר ניכרים חידושים והבדלים בולטים. כפי הידוע, בכתב אשורית נהוגים בעיקר שתי סדרות של צורות אותיות: כתב הבית-יוסף וכתב האר\"י. באוסף היריעות נמצאים אלו שנכתבו כל אותיותיה בכתב בית-יוסף ואלו שנכתבו כולן בכתב האר\"י. נמצאים גם יריעות שנכתבו רוב אותיותיהן בכתב האר\"י מלבד ה\"צדי ההפוכה\" ו/או צורת החית המיוחד. \n \n \n  \n \n \n נקודה מפליאה מאוד היא, שעל-אף שישנן הלכות רבות בכתיבת אותיות סת\"ם \u2013 חלקם באופן כתיבתן לכתחילה, וחלקם המעכבים אפילו בדיעבד \u2013 וישנם גם הידורים רבים הנהוגים בכתיבת ה\"תגין\" וה\"קוצים\" שעל אותיות מיוחדות. מכיון שהספרים שבאוסף הזה נכתבו קודם שהופץ דרך-כתיבה קבוע בעולם הספרות ע\"י ספרי הלכות כתיבת-סת\"ם הנודעים (כגון \"קסת הסופר\" ו\"משנה ברורה\"), כל סופר וסופר כתב את אותיותיו בדרך עצמאי, וכפי שקיבל מרבותיו או כפי הבנתו את ההלכה. על-אף שנתאמצו כולם לכתוב על-פי יסודות ההלכה, ניכרת ייחודיות בין כל סופר וסופר בצורותיו של כל אחת מ-27 אותיות התורה, \n \n \n ובעימודם. \n \n \n בחטוטרות שעל החתי\"ן ניכר במיוחד הבדל מהותי בין סופר וסופר \u2013 שכל אחד מהן לקח לו דרך לעצמו. \n \n \n  \n \n \n תגים וקוצים \n \n \n  \n \n \n בצורת התגים והקוצים ישנה גם-כן יחודיות לכל כתב לעצמו, ולפעמים הסופרים הוסיפו שיפורים לעצמם כאשר נמצאים 2-3 אותיות הצריכים תגים ברצף אחד. \n \n \n  \n \n \n פרט נוסף מעניין הוא, שבין הספרים ישנם כאלו שניכר שהתחלת פרשת בראשית וסיום התורה, נכתב כנהוג ע\"י אנשים מכובדים שונים, שהסופר הכין להם אותיות חלולים והמכובדים מילאום בדיו, ומאידך ישנם ספרים שנכתבו בידי הסופר עצמו מתחילתם ועד סופם. \n \n \n  \n \n \n הקלף, היריעות והעמודים \n \n \n  \n \n \n בשינוי מן הנהוג כיום לעשות קלף מעור \"שליל\", הקלפים בימים הללו נעשו מעורות של בהמות גסות רגילות. חומרי העיבוד המצויים כיום לא היו נפוצים באותם הימים \u2013 ואכן הקלפים ברובם הם גבוהים, רחבים, עבים וכבדים בהרבה מהיום. \n \n \n  \n \n \n מחמת העניות ששלטה בתקופות ההן, מספר העמודים בכל יריעה הוא בדרך-כלל יותר מן הנהוג כיום, ובכדי לחסוך על הקלף, חלק מהסופרים עשו לפעמים עמודים צרים ביותר כדי למלאות את כל היריעה, וקיצרו בריווח שבין עמוד ועמוד, וכמו-כן בגליון הפנוי שלמעלה ולמטה. \n \n \n  \n \n \n בנוסף, ישנם עמודים גבוהים מאוד (המכילים לפעמים עד 63 שורות של כתב!), וניכר גם שנטו הסופרים לדחוק מילים נוספים מן הרגיל בהרבה מן השורות. יש מהם שוויתרו גם על ההידור ההלכתי שתהא גובה האותיות כרחבן, והעדיפו לכתוב אותיות צרות וגבוהות כדי שיכילו השורות המספר הכי-גבוה של אותיות ומילים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n למרות האמור, באוסף שלפנינו יש גם יריעות שאמנם השאירו בהם גליונות רחבים מהודרים, ורווחים גדולים בין עמוד ועמוד. \n \n \n  \n \n \n עוד פרט חשוב, בשונה מן הנהוג כיום, היו סופרים שלא הקפידו להתחיל את ראשי העמודים במילים המתחילים באות ואו (\"ווי העמודים\") \u2013 כנראה גם-כן כדי שלא להיות מוגבל במספר העמודים וגובהם. \n \n \n  \n \n \n יש לזכור גם שבאותן התקופות, שונה מהיום, מחוסר כסף וחוסר אמצעים, הסופר היה צריך בדרך-כלל להכין במו-ידיו גם את הגידין לתפירת היריעות זו לזו ובעשיית הדבק ל\"מטלית\" המחבר יריעה לחבירתה. כמו-כן הדיו והקולמוס נעשו ע\"י הסופרים בעצמם \u2013 דבר שהשפיע ג\"כ על היחודיות של כל ספר וספר. 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(8), 327; (1), 328-446, (6), pp.16. trace foxed. spines rubbed, cover of final volume detached. sm. 8vo.  \n vinograd, amsterdam 1292.  \n  \n amsterdam, for samuel rodrigues mendes, moses sarfati and david gomes da silva, 1726. \n  \n  this beautifully bound pentateuch belonged to moses mendes seixas of newport, rhode island.   \n  \n new york born seixas (1744-1809) settled in newport where he was one of the founders of the bank of rhode island. as president of newport\u2019s historic touro synagogue he led the congregation's welcome to new president george washington.  \n  \n it was moses mendes seixas who composed the letter of congratulations presented by the jewish community to washington whose response included the famous refrain that his government \"gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.\"","he":"(יודאיקה אמריקאית) \n \n  \n \n \n (משה מנדס שייחס) תיקון סופרים - חמישה חומשי תורה \n \n \n  \n \n \n שישה כרכים. הסט של משה מ. שייחס \u2013 עם חתימתו המסודרת על עמוד השער של כל כרך, לצד השנה \"5531\" (1771). \n \n \n  \n \n \n חמשת הכרכים הראשונים כוללים שער מאויר יוצא דופן מאת ברנרד פיקאר, הכרך הראשון כולל שער נוסף בדפוס באותיות עבריות וספרדיות. הכרך האחרון (הפטרות) עם שער בתוך מסגרת מאוירת מאת פיקאר. כולל שירים עבריים המוקדשים לאישים נודעים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n הכרך השישי כולל את \"קאלנדריו\" של שלמה ד'אוליביירה, עם שלושה לוחות מתקפלים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כריכות אחידות, עגלוניות הולנדיות מגוונות, מעוטרות בזהב, שדרות מחולקות למדורים, כריכות עם גבולות פרחוניים, דפי פנים משוישים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n עמודים: (8), 327; (1), 328-446, (6), 16 עמ'. עקבות פוקסינג. שדרות משופשפות, כריכת הכרך האחרון מנותקת. 8vo קטן. \n \n \n  \n \n \n vinograd, amsterdam 1292. \n \n \n  \n \n \n אמסטרדם, עבור שמואל רודריגז מנדס, משה סרפתי ודוד גומז דה סילבה, 1726. \n \n \n  \n \n \n סט חומשים מהודר זה השתייך למשה מנדס שייחס מניופורט, רוד איילנד. \n \n \n  \n \n \n משה מנדס שייחס (1744-1809), יליד ניו יורק, התיישב בניופורט והיה ממייסדי בנק רוד איילנד. כנשיא בית הכנסת ההיסטורי טורו, הוביל את קבלת הפנים לקראת כניסתו של ג'ורג' וושינגטון לנשיאות. \n \n \n  \n \n \n שייחס חיבר את מכתב הברכה שנמסר לנשיא וושינגטון בשם הקהילה היהודית, עליו השיב וושינגטון במכתבו המפורסם שבו נכתב כי ממשלתו \"לא תיתן לדעות קדומות כל גיבוי, ולא תסייע לרדיפה.\" \n \n \n  \n \n \n פריט אייקוני ביותר של יודאיקה אמריקאית."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"55","title":{"en":"(moses mendes seixas). tikun sopherim - 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the jewish social worker.\u201d see marcus, \u201cthe american jewish woman, 1654-1980\u201d p. 48. \n  \n the present report clearly displays the fiduciary responsibility with which gratz took her calling. her charitable work was a labor of love and religious devotion and her report is imbued with words of kindness and sympathy towards her less fortunate brethren with nary a trace of condescension from one more fortunate. gratz deems her work \u201ca privilege\u201d and a cause for \u201crejoic[ing] that the spirit of judaism is spreading its influence through various channels.\u201d gratz calls here for the founding of a foster home for jewish children and predicts that it will be a place for rearing \u201cfuture artisans and mechanics\u2026 [who] will bless another generation.\u201d gratz speaks of bright hopes, and suggests that \u201cthe prayers of the poor, & those who were ready to perish bring down blessings on their benefactors.\u201d \n  \n rebecca gratz is justly remembered as an accomplished and engaged exemplar of an early american jewish woman deeply imbued with notions of benevolence and generosity of spirit."},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"58A","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121695/view","tags":["usjudaica_documents","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":900,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:49.808Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - 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פנקס חשבונות של כספים שנאספו לטובת \"כנסת ישראל\" בירושלים, ארץ ישראל \u2013 קופת רבי מאיר בעל הנס. \n \n \n  \n \n \n טקסט ביידיש ובעברית. \n \n \n  \n \n \n אוסף מסמכים הנושאים את נייר המכתבים המודפס של ועד כנסת ישראל בירושלים, ארגון שנוסד בשנת 1866 תחת הנהגת הרבנים מאיר אורבך ושמואל סלנט. הדפים מהווים תיעוד שנשמר על ידי רוקח, שליח ציבור (שד\"ר) שנשלח מארץ ישראל כדי לגייס תרומות בתפוצות עבור חלוקת צדקה ליהודים נזקקים בארץ הקודש. \n \n \n  \n \n \n 40 עמודים. דפים רופפים. פורמט פוליו. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ערים שונות בארה\"ב ובקנדה, 1921. \n \n \n  \n \n \n המסמך מתעד את מסעותיו של רוקח בקהילות יהודיות שונות בצפון אמריקה, החל ממקיספורט, פנסילבניה (שם קיבל 21 תרומות בסכום כולל של $34.71), דרך גרנד פורקס, דקוטה הצפונית, וכן ערים כמו מיניאפוליס וסיינט פול, מינסוטה. דפים רבים מתעדים תרומות מערים במחוזות ססקצ'ואן, מניטובה, וקוויבק שבקנדה. \n \n \n  \n \n \n בפנקס מופיעים שמות התורמים, הסכומים שנתרמו ומספרי הקבלות - רישום מדוקדק וקפדני. התרומות הן לרוב בסכומים צנועים: $0.50, $2.00, או סכומים בלתי עגולים כגון $2.06 או $1.48 \u2013 מעיד על נתינה מכל הלב, אולי מכל מה שהיה לאנשים בהישג יד באותו רגע. לעיתים מוזכרים גבאֵי צדקה מקומיים, ששימשו כאוספי תרומות בעבור רוקח, עד בואו לאסוף את הכספים בעצמו. \n \n \n  \n \n \n רוקח, כשליח רבני שאסף כספים עבור נזקקים ותלמידי חכמים בארץ ישראל, היה חלק ממסורת רבת שנים שהחלה עוד לפני הקמת ארצות הברית. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ראו: \n \n \n סטנלי מירוויס, שד\"רים באמריקה הקולוניאלית: סוכנים של חיבור בין-קהילתי וסמכות רבנית, בתוך: american jewish history כרך 102.2 (2018)."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"60","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121697/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":200,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.902Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - 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$500","currency":"USD","id":121973,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":1500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121698/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(anglo-american judaica).  \n    \n  hayne, samuel.  an abstract of all the statutes made concerning aliens trading in england from the first year of k. henry the vii. also, of all the laws made for securing our plantation trade to our selves, with observations thereon, proving that the jews (in their practical way of trade at this time) break them all, to the great damage of the king in his customs, the merchants in their trade, the whole kingdom, and his majesties plantations in america in their staple. \n  first edition.  formerly in the collection of the hungarian-los angeles bookbinder, b&eacute;la blau.  \n pp. (6), 38. browned, title evenly discolored. unbound. sm. 4to.  \n wing h1216; goldsmith 2587.  \n  \n (london), walter davis, 1685. \n  \n  first edition of this pamphlet arguing against allowing jews to trade with england's american colonies on the same terms as englishmen.  \n  \n \"the jews are a sort of person admired at, by most trading people all the world over, as well as here in england, for their great wealth and that they all know it flows from the abundance of their trade and commerce.\" \n  \n in this pamphlet, addressed to king james ii upon his accesssion to the throne, the author, samuel haynes writes that it is not his intent to achieve \"a total extirpation of the jews, or their trade (as some have aimed), \" but rather to once again impose upon them alien duty or payment of customs.  \n  \n it seems that king james' immediate predecessor, his deceased brother, king charles ii (ruled 1660-85), had granted several jews letters patents of denization with a clause inserted that they should pay no more customs than the english. haynes argues that the exemption came to an end upon the recent demise of the late king and that the jewish merchants of dutch extraction should once again be forced to pay customs. this would benefit the royal purse as well as give the english merchants an edge over their jewish competitors.  \n  \n haynes goes on to describe a holland-america cartel, whereby the jewish shippers of amsterdam or rotterdam and barbados, new york and jamaica collude with one another, to the detriment of the english. in his estimation, the jewish merchants are able to under-sell the english by as much as twenty percent. the text mentions by name several jewish merchants involved in trade between england, holland, new york and barbados.  \n  \n prof. jonathan i. israel has probed in depth the role played by dutch jews in trade between the motherland and the western hemisphere. see j.i. israel, \"the jews of dutch america\" in: p. bernadini and n. fiering, eds., the jews and the expansion of europe to the west 1450-1800 (2001), pp. 335-49. \n  \n  one of the earliest documents in the english language to refer to the commercial activity of jews in america."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"61","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121698/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.906Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - 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(1784\u20131885). sir moses was a renowned british financier, social activist, and philanthropist. he also served as the sheriff of london, knighted by queen victoria for his civic contributions. \n  \n the walking stick was presented to sir moses montefiore by mrs. gurney in remembrance of her husband, the banker samuel gurney, esq. 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but he owns a copy and many other games collectors aspire to own one too.\u201d (antiques trade gazette, 4th april 2013).  \n  \n featured in the exhibition: \u201cjews, money, myth, \" jewish museum london (2019)."},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"67","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121704/view","tags":["uscollectibles_toys","uscollectibles","uscollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":800,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.913Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - $1,800","currency":"USD","id":121704,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":1200},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121705/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121705/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121705/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(china).  \n   arthur sopher & edward isaac ezra.  \n chinese jews.  \n  \n photographic illustrations, fold-out map of jewish colonies in china.  \n pp. 76. opens with \u2018preface\u2019 (issued without title-page?).  \n map detached, page 73 loose, stamps of r.j. swan.  \n loose as issued in original printed wrappers, spine taped, staples rusted. 8vo.  \n  \n shanghai, the china press, 1926. \n  \n interesting and scarce account of the jews of kaifeng-fu.  \n includes one page advertisement at end soliciting funds for the society for the rescue of the chinese jews."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"68","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121705/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.914Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - 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but in this case, it affected zoli, a circus performer, born a dwarf, who was tremendously - and uniquely - popular throughout hungary. \n  \n zoli was arrested for illegal \u201cbook-peddling\u201d and for wearing a yellow star that did not comply with nazi requirements on the grounds of being too small. his witty defense that the badge was proportionate to his size was rejected by the authorities. zoli was imprisoned, and eventually deported - together with the majority of the hungary\u2019s jewish population - to auschwitz, where he perished. \n  \n  accompanied by:   \n roli zoli.  mechanical toy  representing a tin clown on a red motorcycle.  \n * with original box  and  mechanical key. (hungary, 1950\u2019s-70\u2019s). \n   \n see: anna k&eacute;rchy, from showbiz to the concentration camp: the fabulous, freakish life of hungarian jewish dwarf performers, zoli hirsch and the ovitz family, in: exploring the cultural history of continental european freak shows and enfreakment (cambridge 2012) p. 211-32. \n  \n see also: http://www.theescapeactshow.com/blog/past-zoltan-hirsch  \n  \n and https://twitter.com/incunabula/status/1414520548391010304"},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"81","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121718/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.764Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - $1,800","currency":"USD","id":121718,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":1200},{"startPrice":800,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121719/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust).  \n  eugene aroneanu . konzentrations-lager. tatsachenbericht &uuml;ber die an der menschheit begangenen verbrechen. dokument f321 f&uuml;r den internationalen milit&auml;rgerichtshof in n&uuml;rnberg.  \n  \n  first edition.  with supplement containing dozens of of photographic illustrations.  \n pp. 130, 64. browned. original printed wrappers, some wear. 4to.  \n  \n n.p, das licht, 1945. \n  \n evidentiary material given to each participant of the nuremberg military tribunal to become acquainted with the evidence to be presented. report recounts the german crimes against humanity detailing deportation, detention, concentration camps, tortures, medical experimentation, execution, gassing and incineration.  \n  \n delineates the web of procedures and complex organizational structure of concentration and extermination camps set up by the germans during the course of nazi rule. with appendix of dozens of unimaginably gruesome photographs."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"82","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121719/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":800,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.766Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":121719,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121720/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121720/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121720/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust).  \n   pictorial review - vaad hatzala germany. \n extensively illustrated throughout. browned, several leaves loose. original color pictorial cloth-backed boards, shaken and worn. sm. folio. germany,  1948. hundreds of photographic illustrations depicting the extensive efforts of the vaad hatzalah, together with the assistance of the u.s. army, to restore religious life to the survivors of the holocaust who were stranded in displaced persons camps in germany."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"83","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121720/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":650,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:42.768Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$200 - $400","currency":"USD","id":121720,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":250,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121721/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121721/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"(holocaust).  \n  frank, anne.  weet je nog? 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[marriage contract]. \n    \n  illuminated manuscript  in hebrew, composed in a persian hebrew cursive hand on paper.  \n text within a square panel surmounted and surrounded by textual and decorative borders in a distinctive persian style in multi colors.  \n light wear. 17 x 25 inches.  \n  \n isfahan, 1886."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"94","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121731/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":250,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1700,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:37.619Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - $700","currency":"USD","id":121731,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121732/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(kethubah).  [marriage contract].  \n    \n  illuminated manuscript  in hebrew, composed in a persian hebrew cursive hand on paper. \n text within a square panel surmounted and surrounded by textual and decorative borders in a distinctive persian style in multi colors.  \n light wear, few repaired tears. 25 x 29 inches. \n  \n isfahan, 1927."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"95","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121732/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":300,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:37.621Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":121732,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121733/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"landau, yechezkel.  \n   gebeth, welches auf anverlangen deren aeltesten, und gemeindaeltesten der prager judenschaft von dem ober-rabiner ezechiel lande.  \n  \n text entirely in german.  \n pp. (13), (1 blank). trace foxed. modern boards with contemporary marbled wrappers bound in. sm. 4to.  \n  \n (prague) (1767). \n  \n prayers composed for synagogue recital for the benefit of holy roman empress maria theresa (1717-80), composed by r. ezekiel landau (1713-93), chief rabbi of prague and famed author of responsa  noda b'yehudah."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"96","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121733/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":600,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":950,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:37.622Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$800 - $1,200","currency":"USD","id":121733,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121734/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121734/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(liturgy).  \n   gebete der hochdeutschen und polnischen juden.  \n translated from the hebrew and accompanied with remarks by  isaac abraham euchel.  \n  \n german interspersed with hebrew.  \n pp. 454. ex-library, dampstained. modern boards. 8vo.  \n  \n koenigsberg, anton schmid, 1815. \n  \n the first translation of the hebrew prayers into german; first published in 1786.  \n  \n a student of immanuel kant at the university of koenigsberg, isaac abraham euchel (1758-1804) was one of the founding fathers of the haskalah movement in germany and editor of its journal, hame'asef."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"97","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121734/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":200,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:37.624Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":121734,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":400,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121735/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"menasseh ben israel.  \n   obrona izraelit&oacute;w.  \n  \n  first edition in polish.   \n translated by jacob tugendhold.  \n  \n pp. (4), clxvi. ex-library, lightly foxed. contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, worn. 12mo. 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(pr&eacute;face &agrave; la tireuse de cartes). victor sejour.\" \n  \n  translation:   \n \"family is society in small, humanity is the state in big. (preface of the tireuse de cartes). victor sejour.\"  \n  \n  the autographed and signed quote  highlights the idea that the family unit is a miniature representation of societal structures, and humanity as a whole can be viewed as a macro-level extension of the governing principles seen in a political state.  \n  \n \u2018tireuse de cartes\u2019 is by far the most important and influential dramatization of the mortara case. it influenced napoleon iii, emperor of france, to intercede with pope pius ix in his attempt to free the young boy.  \n  \n juan victor s&eacute;jour marcou et ferrand (1817-74) was an american creole of color and expatriate writer. born in new orleans, he moved to paris aged 19 where he spent the rest of his life.  \n  \n \u201cs&eacute;jour\u2019s la tireuse de cartes (the fortune-teller) is a result of the enormous amount of public attention received by the mortara case, revealing an era of trans-atlantic intellectual exchange, in which an african-american writer used notions of emancipation in religious as well as racial terms, linking the plight of blacks in america to that of jews in europe, and to the larger battles for freedom and nationhood advancing across the continent.\u201d  \n  \n see el&egrave;na mortara, writing for justice: victor s&eacute;jour, the kidnapping of edgardo mortara, and the age of transatlantic emancipations (2015)."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"104","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121741/view","tags":["usjudaica_manuscripts","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":300,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.996Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":121741,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":50,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121742/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121742/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121742/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(poland).  \n  piechotka, maria & kazimierz.   \n   the wooden synagogues of poland. pp. 218, (2). \n  * and:  boznice drewniane. pp. 219, (1).  \n  \n two volumes.  \n first english edition and original, first polish edition.  \n each volume with profusion of illustrations and photographs of synagogue exteriors and interiors. with many architectural and diagrammatic plans. fold-out map at end of each volume.  \n each with original dust-jacket. sm. folio.  \n  \n warsaw, 1959 and 1957. \n  \n highly important study and pictorial record of the unique wooden synagogues of poland.  \n see https://www.commentary.org/articles/alfred-werner/wooden-synagogues-by-maria-and-kazimierz-piechotka /"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"105","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121742/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":50,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":150,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.997Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$100 - $200","currency":"USD","id":121742,"category":{"en":"Judaica Books (Non-Hebrew)"},"estimateMin":100},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121743/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(prague).  \n   beschreibung derer sanctsagungs gebetter, welche die prager judenschaft megen ubweis chung des feinds den 29ten juni 1757 in der so genannten synagog alt-neu schul verrichtet haben. 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בראשית. in the beginning, there was genesis. genesis tells the universal story of creation. it is the cornerstone of monotheistic faith, and the bedrock of the people of the book. it is also the first book renowned artist avner moriah created in his 15-year journey to illuminate the entire pentateuch.  \n  \n  * vol. ii:  exodus - שמות. exodus takes its hebrew name shemot (\u2018names\u2019) from the first verse, which lists the members of jacob\u2019s family descending into egypt \u2013 70 people in all. by the time they left egypt, they had grown many-fold in numbers but were yet to become a nation. the israelites\u2019 slavery came to an end, but their journey had just begun. \n  \n  * vol. iii:  leviticus - ויקרא. if the compelling stories of genesis and exodus virtually tell themselves, leviticus is a different case: it is where the terms of the contract between god and his chosen people are spelled out for posterity in meticulous detail. some find it technical and uninspiring; others revel in the ritual. artist avner moriah embraced leviticus as a challenge and chose to illuminate it in black and gold, and with multiple shades of gray to reflect the nuanced interpretations of the written legal word that are inherent to even the most carefully worded law.  \n  \n  * vol. iv:  numbers - במדבר. numbers, the book\u2019s english name, is a nod to the two censuses taken of the israelites at god\u2019s command. however, its hebrew name \u2013 \u201cbamidbar\u201d \u2013 or \u201cin the desert\u201d \u2013 encapsulates both the physical and spiritual place of the people of israel at that time. .  \n  \n  * vol. v:  deuteronomy - דברים. with the end of the israelites\u2019 voyage to the promised land, deuteronomy seals the pentateuch. it is also the conclusion of this artistic undertaking. it is the book that brings it all together. deuteronomy \u2013 devarim in hebrew \u2013 is mainly a recap. it restates the rules that god handed down to his chosen people, and retells of the trials that they endured on the long path to the land of canaan.\u201d \u201cin 2007, i embarked on an artistic and spiritual journey to illustrate the five books of moses and contribute a unique visual interpretation of these ancient texts for all who hold dear both the written word and painted image. each book was carefully researched for its singular role in the whole, inspiring hundreds of original drawings illustrating the stories behind the words. the completed volumes now have a life of their own. they are just beginning their independent journey not only as objects of beauty but as contemporary vessels of jewish education and learning for generations to come.\u201d avner moriah, jerusalem, october, 2018.  \n  \n avner moriah\u2019s complete bible has been exhibited at hebrew union college - jewish institute of religion, new york. \n  see:  http://huc.edu/news/2019/09/09/avner-moriah-five-books-moses  \n  \n  see also:  https://avnermoriah.com   \n  \n detailed collation, references and additional illustrations available upon request."},"estimateMax":30000,"lotNumber":"134","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121771/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":17000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:53.825Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$20,000 - $30,000","currency":"USD","id":121771,"category":{"en":"Illustrated Books"},"estimateMin":20000},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121772/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121772/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"(numismatics).  \n  isidore konti.  bronze medal.  \n commemorating the 250th anniversary of jewish settlement in the united states. dimensions: 186.39 g, 76.10 mm.  \n 1905.  \n  \n  obverse:  commemorating the 250 anniversary of the jewish settlement in the united states., isidore konti s.c. standing personification of justice with seated liberty triumphing over intolerance.  \n  \n  reverse:  'freedom is heaven-born, justice and righteousness are the foundations of her throne' [hebrew]. history stands, inscribing the anniversary dates 1655-1905.  \n  \n \u201cin 1654 a ship from recife, brazil, carrying jewish refugees of spanish and portuguese descent, reached the shores of new amsterdam. the following year, thanks to the intervention of the dutch west india company, they were allowed stay as permanent residents in the city. 250 years later, the jewish sculptor isidor konti was commissioned to design a medal celebrating the anniversary of jewish settlement in the united states. 286 bronze medals were struck for the occasion.\u201d (mfa boston)."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"135","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121772/view","tags":["usnumismatics_coins","usnumismatics","usnumismatics_all"],"directSalePrice":150,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":150,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:53.826Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - 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$600","currency":"USD","id":121774,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":15000,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121775/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"berlinghieri, f. / ptolemy, c.  \n  \n tabula quarta de asia. \n  \n fine hand color. \n  \n 13 x 20 inches. finely framed. \n  \n cf. nebenzahl, maps of the holy land, no. 2; laor, maps of the holy land, no. 600. \n  \n florence, c. 1479-1482. \n  \n  one of the first western maps of the middle east & holy land. a stunning example with rich color & gold leaf.  \n    \n very rare, published in a single edition. one of the first printed maps of the holy land and much of the middle east. it was based on the written texts of the great second-century alexandrian geographer and astronomer, claudius ptolemy. it was the recovery of ptolemy's work that was the foundation for the renaissance in geography. \n  \n ptolemy's map had great and long-reaching influence: \u201cthe contours of the 'asia part iv' served as a matrix for holy land maps as late as the eighteenth century\u2026ptolemy represented scientific cartography and renaissance mapmakers based their 'modern' maps on his classical achievement\" (nebenzahl). moreover, the edition in which this map appeared was published in florence, the city that was the heart of the renaissance. \n  \n berlinghieri's was the third printed edition of ptolemy (along with the ulm edition)published no later than 1482. there were previous editions in bologna (1477) and rome (1478), but only examples from the latter are ever seen on the market. this florence edition of ptolemy's atlas, with text in verse by berlinghieri, was not dated. however, internal evidence securely dictates that it could not have been published later than september 1482 (see shirley, mapping of the world, no. 9). one scholar has suggested that the maps were engraved as early as 1472, which would pre-date all known printed editions of ptolemy. current research places the engraving of the maps between 1479 and 1482. \n  \n the berlinghieri is also one of the rarest editions of the ptolemy atlas, as it appeared in a single edition. noteworthy also is its publication in florence, where copperplate engraving first developed in italy. this map appeared at a time when the graphic problems of how a map is to be presented were just beginning to be worked out. thus, the map contains several earmarks of early copperplate engraving, such as the use of roman monumental type and the primitive representations of topographic features, such as mountains."},"estimateMax":25000,"lotNumber":"138","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121775/view","tags":["uscollectibles_booksandpaper","uscollectibles","uscollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":15000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:53.830Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$15,000 - $25,000","currency":"USD","id":121775,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":15000},{"startPrice":15000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121776/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"sanuto & visconte / ptolemy, c.  \n  \n holy land. \n  \n full original color. \n  \n few mends mainly along centerfold with slight loss, overall very good.  \n 12 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches. finely framed. \n  \n laor no. 603; nebenzahl, pp. 58-9. \n  \n ulm, 1482. \n  \n  a monument of holy land cartography with a distinguished provenance.  \n  \n the earliest acquirable, \"modern\" (i.e. non-ptolemaic) map of the holy land. an attractive example in full original color marked by the use of the dark blue associated with the first edition of 1482.  \n  \n from the collection of the great scholar and collector of holy land cartography, eran laor.  \n  \n \"this 'modern' map, copied directly from marino sanuto and pietro vesconte by donmus nicolaus germanus, is crucial for the development of holy land cartography during the early history of printing. the sanuto vesconte map had not been improved substantially for over 150 years, and it was destined to provide the basic image of the holy land until the eighteenth century\" (nebenzahl)."},"estimateMax":25000,"lotNumber":"139","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121776/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":15000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":15000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.752Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$15,000 - 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$3,000","currency":"USD","id":121777,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":12000,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121778/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"anonymous.  \n    \n untitled woodcut map of the holy land.  \n  a superb example.  \n    \n fine condition with complete margins. \n two joined sheets.  \n  \n 12 x 17 5/8 inches. finely framed. \n  \n t. campbell, the earliest printed maps, no. 218, pp. 144-51;  \n cf. nebenzahl, maps of the holy land, p. 62. \n  \n [lyons, 1506]. \n  \n  \"the earliest modern printed map\"  - campbell. \n  \n in its first edition of 1475 (lubeck), this was, as campbell states, the first modern printed map in the sense of being the first printed work to attempt something approaching a realistic geographic depiction of an area. it preceded by two years the first edition of the ptolemy atlas of bologna, which was the first atlas overall. previous to this, printed maps were limited to diagrams or works based more on theology than geography. \n  \n this first edition of this map referred to above is, practically speaking, unacquirable. only a single, complete copy has appeared on the market in the last 25 years (it now resides in the osher map library, portland, maine). \n  \n however, new editions of this map and an accompanying world map, closely modeled after the lubeck editions, were published first in paris in 1488 and then in lyons in 1491. our 1506 example is the second lyons edition. \n  \n there were at least four later lyons editions through 1555. (examples of the maps from particular editions can be readily differentiated, as indicated by campbell.) in recent years, only editions of 1517 or later have appeared on the market and usually in poor, trimmed examples. thus, this 1506 edition is one of the earliest editions of this map to become available in several years and is especially desirable for its unusually fine condition. \n  \n according to nebenzahl, the map was based on a lost work by burchard of mt. sion, a 13th century dominican from magdeburg, who made the map to illustrate his pilgrimage to the holy land. with east at the top, the map displays the holy land from damascus and sidon in the north to the red sea in a kind of modified, very high-altitude bird's-eye view. in stylized fashion, each town and city is shown atop a separate mountain separated by walls or rivers. a compact jerusalem with its several walls is at the very center of the map. in this edition, the place names were changed to french from the latin of the lubeck edition. the map appeared in a work entitled la mer des histoires, a history of the world up to the year 1475, which also contained a geographical summary. \n  \n the maps of the holy land that would soon be published after this one in the many editions of the ptolemy atlas, were not based on the prototype used by this map. thus, its highly distinctive visual manner, so redolent of its medieval source, yet still taking a step toward modern mapping, is available to the collector only in the various editions of this map itself."},"estimateMax":20000,"lotNumber":"141","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121778/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":12000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.755Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$15,000 - $20,000","currency":"USD","id":121778,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":15000},{"startPrice":1200,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121779/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"braun, g. & hogenberg, f.  \n  \n hierosolyma urbs sancta, iudeae, totiusque orientis longe clarissima, qua amplitudine ac magnificentia hoc nostro aevo conspicua est. \n  \n fine hand color; excellent condition. \n finely framed. \n  \n laor, e. maps of the holy land, no. 1040. \n  \n [cologne, 1575]. \n  \n superb bird's-eye view of contemporaneous jerusalem seen from the east. at the top of the map is engraved (in latin): \"this is jerusalem. i have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.\"  \n a most attractive example with fine hand-color of \"the most famous city of judah and the east in her present size and greatness.\""},"estimateMax":1800,"lotNumber":"142","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121779/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":1200,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.757Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,200 - $1,800","currency":"USD","id":121779,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":1200},{"startPrice":2000,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121780/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"braun & hogenberg / adrichom, c.  \n    \n ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore christi floruit, cum locis in quibus christ passus. \n  \n fine hand color; excellent condition. \n  \n 28 x 18 3/4 inches. finely framed. \n  \n laor, no. 1041. \n  \n [cologne, 1588]. \n  \n one of the most important early plans of jerusalem for understanding biblical geography, and one of the most detailed and elaborate as well. \n  \n over 250 sites are shown and identified on the plan, which depicts biblical-period jerusalem and its surroundings. the braun and hogenberg is an expansion of adrichom's plan of the city published in 1584 and was only one of three double-sheet plans that appeared in the civitatis orbis terrarum, \"the most impressive and elaborate collection of city views ever produced\" nebenzahl, p. 33."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"143","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121780/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":2000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.758Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":121780,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":800,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121781/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"ortelius, a.  \n  \n typus chorographicus, celebrium locorum in regno iudae et israhel arte factus a tilemanno stella sigenensi. \n  \n fine hand color; excellent condition. \n  \n 13 7/8 x 18 inches. finely framed. \n  \n laor, no. 546. \n  \n [antwerp, 1590]?  \n  \n lavishly engraved map of the holy land divided into the kingdoms of judah and israel, with an unusually large cartouche. the map's place names and territorial divisions are those of biblical times.  \n  \n maps of ancient geography such as this one were conceived and drawn by ortelius himself, unlike the \u2018modern\u2019 maps in his atlas. the shoreline on the map extends from beirut to el-arish; inland, palestine is shown on both sides of the jordan river, and the map extends as far south as the dead sea.  \n  \n the map bears a date of 1586 but was not published until 1590, suggesting that a great deal of time must have been devoted to its engraving."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"144","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121781/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":800,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.759Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":121781,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":3000,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121782/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"de jode, g. & c.  \n    \n terrae sanctae quae promissionis terra, est syriae pars ea, quae palaestina uocator, desecriptio, per tylmannu stellam. \n    \n fine hand color; excellent condition. \n 12 x 19 3/4 inches. finely framed. \n  \n laor, no. 375. \n  \n [antwerp, 1593]. \n  \n a rare, pictorially rich map including a large view of contemporaneous jerusalem. the map is after tilemann stella, who produced the most up-to-date map of the holy land available at the time, while the view is based on that of fernando bertelli, also then recently published.  \n  \n the de jode family (gerardus, the father, and cornelis, the son) had the misfortune of attempting to compete in the atlas market with the formidable and well-connected abraham ortelius. the de jodes were and are respected as mapmakers, as evidenced by this work based on then current sources, but they were no commercial match for ortelius. they published a mere two editions of their atlas as opposed to approximately 40 by ortelius. hence, the considerable rarity of de jode maps in today's market."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"145","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121782/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":3000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.761Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":121782,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":3000},{"startPrice":1500,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121783/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"ortelius, a.  \n  \n abrahami patriarchae peregrinatio et vita. \n  \n superb hand-color; excellent. \n 14 x 18 inches. finely framed.  \n  \n laor no. 547; nebenzahl 34. \n  \n [antwerp, c. 1601-1612]. \n  \n \"the wanderings of abraham' is among the most elaborate of ortelius's compositions. it demonstrates his combined skills as a cartographer and an artist, and his accomplishment as an historian\" (nebenzahl).  \n  \n unlike most maps in his atlas, this work was composed by ortelius himself and is so indicated on the map. the map is surrounded by 22 fine medallions containing key episodes from the life of abraham. the map attempts to be geographically faithful to the time of abraham. for example, ancient tribal names and territorial divisions are used, and the cities of sodom and gomorra are shown."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"146","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121783/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":1500,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.762Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $3,000","currency":"USD","id":121783,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":4000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121784/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"abraham bar yaaqov.  \n    \n from: haggadah shel pessah. \n  \n fine hand-color; slight fold wear and creasing, but excellent for its type. \n 10 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches. finely framed. \n  \n nebenzahl, pp. 138-139; laor 876, illus. p. 132. \n  \n [amsterdam, 1695]. \n  \n  the earliest hebrew map of the holy land.   \n  finely hand-colored.  \n  \n the first, collectible map of the holy land with hebrew lettering.  \n this map traces the route of the exodus and notes the locations of 41 encampments of the israelites in the wilderness.  \n the coloring on our example is very similar to those illustrated in both nebenzahl and laor."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"147","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121784/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":4000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":4000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.763Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":121784,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":4000},{"startPrice":15000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121785/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"n. de fer.  \n  \n terre sainte ancienne, moderne, et historique. \n  \n original outline color; expertly conserved and re-mounted on new cloth; some loss but relatively minor for a wall map, overall excellent. \n 38 1/4 x 46 inches. finely framed.  \n  \n nebenzahl, pp. 140-141. \n  \n paris, 1701 / 1705. \n  \n  a magnificent wall map of the holy land. known in just one other example  \n  \n \"de fer's map is known in but one complete copy, in black and white, at the bibliotheque nationale in paris. its rarity heightens interest in that it is one of the most visually intricate compilations in the history of holy land maps\" (nebenzahl).  \n  \n this splendid work contains both ancient and modern maps of the holy land and likewise two views of jerusalem. it also has numerous, large scenes of both old and new testament episodes.  \n  \n our copy differs from the one in the bibliotheque nationale pictured in nebenzahl in the following respects: ours has a large title banner above the map not on the bn copy but lacks the text panels left and right found on the bn copy. thus, the emergence of the present copy reveals that neither it nor the bn copy are per se \"complete\" copies. also, our copy has a 1705 date as well as a 1701 date."},"estimateMax":20000,"lotNumber":"148","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121785/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":15000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":16000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:47.764Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$15,000 - $20,000","currency":"USD","id":121785,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":15000},{"startPrice":5000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121786/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"delargive, j.  \n    \n nouvelle carte de la terre sainte. \n  \n fine hand color; margins complete, area of reinforcement, else excellent. \n 33 3/4 x 24 inches. finely framed. \n  \n cf. laor, 240; j. boutier, une tentative de relev&eacute; cadastral de paris: le plan de l'abb&eacute; jean delagrive, \u201d 1735- 1757 in: colloque \u201cle plans de paris fu xvie au xviiie si&egrave;cles\u201d (paris, june 14, 1994). \n  \n [paris, 1722]. \n  \n  rare, unrecorded state of a beautiful holy land map.  \n  \n apparently separately issued, unrecorded first state of a large, ornate and richly detailed map of the holy land. laor cites only a 1772 mondhare strike of the lower portion only of this two-sheet map. the map is not in nebenzahl in any form. moreover, no prior maps of the holy land that present such a range of detail and decoration as this one exist.  \n  \n the principal map is oriented to the north, which is atypical for delineations of the holy land based on adrichom, as this map is. the map shows the locations of the tribes of israel with a wealth of place-names and illustrations of biblical events, including battles. there is also a version of the adrichom plan of ancient jerusalem, with locations keyed to a list. two inset maps trace the paths of the israelites and voyages of st. paul, respectively. images of the contents of the tabernacle and scenes of the interior of the holy of holies are pictured along the bottom. an ornate cartouche features two scenes. in one, moses and aaron preside over the parting of the red sea, whose waters are shown already closing in on the chariots of the pharaoh. moses points with his staff at the second scene below-a tableau surrounding the cross. balancing these images is a scene of the expulsion of adam and eve from the garden of eden.  \n  \n the map was first produced in 1722 by abb&eacute; jean delagrive, a former priest who left the church for mapmaking. it appears to have been delagrive's first published work, predating his \u201cnouveau plan de paris et de ses faubourgs\" by six years. in this map, delagrive claims to have worked with greater precision and with more accurate triangulation than had preceding mapmakers. he further asserted that city plans ought to be held to the same scientific standard as maps and that they should always use a northern orientation. the paris plan was the first such to be sold by subscription to the public; it is reasonable to suspect that his holy land map, which has no text on its verso, would have been similarly distributed."},"estimateMax":7000,"lotNumber":"149","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121786/view","tags":["usjudaica_art","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":5000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":5000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:42:05.322Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$5,000 - $7,000","currency":"USD","id":121786,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":5000},{"startPrice":5000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121787/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"pieter van der aa.  \n  \n ierusalem. \n  \n fine condition with a dark impression. \n 15 3/4 x 78 1/2 inches. finely framed. \n  \n laor 933. \n  \n [amsterdam, 1729]. \n  \n  a breathtaking panorama of jerusalem.  \n  \n this is arguably the most visually prepossessing of all early views of jerusalem. its scale alone affords a level of detail not seen on anything published before, or long after. moreover, this example, which is in mint condition, boasts a printing impression of uncommon strength and clarity, investing the view with a nearly photographic realism.  \n  \n the view is perforce an imaginary reconstruction of the ancient city as seen from the east. a table to the right lists 55 places and structures that are keyed to the view.  \n  \n according to laor, the view is a much enlarged version of a work by the great bohemian engraver, wenceslaus hollar, who spent most of his career in london. the small plan at upper left is, as noted in the text above it, by b. villalpondo."},"estimateMax":9000,"lotNumber":"150","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121787/view","tags":["usjudaica_art","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":5000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":5000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:42:05.324Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$6,000 - $9,000","currency":"USD","id":121787,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":6000},{"startPrice":10000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121788/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"marshall, i. (j.?).  \n  \n a new map of the land of promise and the holy city of jerusalem. \n  \n on three sheets; lightly toned, few stains and wrinkles, 2nd & 3rd sheet do not align; overall excellent of this size. \n 23 x 57 inches. finely framed.  \n  \n cf. tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, k-p, p. 209. \n  \n [london, c.1790]. \n  \n  visually rich wall map of the holy land.  \n  \n a very rare, separately published, english map of the holy land, enlivened with a plethora of visual detail, including both a large view and plan of jerusalem. it is not recorded by either laor or nebenzahl.  \n  \n there are scores of vignettes throughout the map illustrating biblical episodes, each accompanied with the appropriate biblical citation. fourteen larger vignettes in the side margins depict and identify episodes of greater significance. the somewhat na&iuml;ve style of the engraving suggests that the work might have been designed as a teaching tool in the study of the bible.  \n  \n j. marshall and company flourished between 1782 and 1804 at the address listed on this map under the name of i. marshall (no. 4 aldermary churchyard, london)."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"151","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121788/view","tags":["usjudaica_art","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":10000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":10000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:42:05.326Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$10,000 - $15,000","currency":"USD","id":121788,"category":{"en":"Holy Land Maps"},"estimateMin":10000},{"startPrice":2500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121789/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"bosboom, johannes.  \n   the aschkenazi synagogue, the hague. oil on panel. signed by the artist lower right. 13 x 16 inches (34 x 44 cm). heavily varnished. old exhibition label on verso. framed. dutch, c. 1800. an evocative view of the interior of the synagogue with worshippers at prayer. distinct are the wooden ark which dominates the background, as well as other architectural elements such as the recognizable high-volted ceiling and the brass hanging candelabra.  \n  \n johannes bosboom (1817-81) concentrated on the architecture and composition of religious interiors. he painted the interiors of both aschkenazic and sephardic synagogues in the hague and amsterdam. the present painting is reminiscent of the rembrandtesque contrasting use of light serving to enhance the religious atmosphere portrayed. of interest is the striking use of broad brushstrokes executed on the ark and other architectural elements while paying closer attention to detail with regard to the worshippers in the foreground.  \n  \n bosboom maintained a close relationship with his fellow dutch artist, josef israels.  \n see benezit vol. ii, p. 26; d. dekkers (et al) jozef isra&euml;ls 1824-1911 (1999) pp. 44, 66, 97, 104."},"estimateMax":7000,"lotNumber":"152","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121789/view","tags":["usjudaica_art","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2500,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":7000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:42:05.327Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$5,000 - $7,000","currency":"USD","id":121789,"category":{"en":"Graphic Arts"},"estimateMin":5000},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121790/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"helfft, julius eduard wilhelm.  \n   jewish cemetery.  \n  \n oil on panel. signed and dated by the artist lower left. 19th-century printed label on verso.  \n  \n framed. 12.5 x 9.5 inches (31 x 23 mm).  \n  \n 1844  \n  \n alongside his signature here, the artist writes a location (indecipherable).  \n  \n the artist, julius eduard wilhelm helfft (1818-94), lived in germany and often painted in italy and switzerland. helfft might have been motivated to paint this jewish cemetery due to his association with the family of felix mendelssohn-bartholdy. indeed helfft composed a painting of the music room of felix\u2019s elder sister, fanny hensel.  \n see https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-music-room-of-fanny-hensel-nee-mendelssohn-jul ius-eduard-wilhelm-helfft/oggynnhiuwobrq? hl=en  \n  \n  literature:   \n  \n friedrich von boetticher: malerwerke des neunzehnten jahrhunderts, vol. 1, (dresden 1891, neudruck leipzig 1941) p. 488, no. 18.  \n  \n hans vollmer (ed.) general lexicon of the visual artists from antiquity to the present (thieme und becker) vol. 16, p. 330."},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"153","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121790/view","tags":["usjudaica_art","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1700,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:42:05.329Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $4,000","currency":"USD","id":121790,"category":{"en":"Graphic Arts"},"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":10000,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121791/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121791/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"isra&euml;ls, jozef  (1824-1911).  \n  \n jewish man at prayer. \n  \n watercolor and pen and ink on paper. signed by the artist lower right.  \n  *  reverse: with sketch of a seated woman, sewing.  \n  \n 15&frac12; x 11&frac34; inches (39.5 x 30 cm).  \n contemporary mahogany frame. \n  \n this is a sensitive and finely rendered drawing of an observant jew wrapped in a tallit.  \n one of very few works by jozef isa&euml;ls portraying figures from his own religious heritage.  \n  \n  provenance:  christie's, amsterdam, october 20th 1994, lot 337."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"154","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121791/view","tags":["usjudaica_art","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":10000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:42:05.331Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$10,000 - $15,000","currency":"USD","id":121791,"category":{"en":"Graphic Arts"},"estimateMin":10000},{"startPrice":75000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121792/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121792/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121792/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"kaufmann, isidor  (1853-1921).  \n  \n portrait of a young man wearing talis and kolpik fur hat. torah curtain backdrop. \n  \n oil on panel.  \n signed by the artist in small script extreme right. \n  \n 12 x 16.5 inches (30.5 x 42 cm). \n housed in lavish rococo gilt viennese frame. \n museum exhibition labels on verso.  \n  \n accompanied by: letter of provenance written by the artist\u2019s son, philip kaufmann (london, 1964). \n  \n  provenance:   \n acquired directly from philip kaufmann, the son of the artist. london, c. 1964.  \n thence by direct family descent to the present owners.  \n  \n the pose of this young man is similar to another portrait by kaufmann, presently in the jewish museum of prague.  \n see catalogue of the jewish museum of vienna, isidor kaufmann (1995) pp. 232-33."},"estimateMax":150000,"lotNumber":"155","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121792/view","tags":["usjudaica_art","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":75000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":130000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:42:05.332Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$100,000 - $150,000","currency":"USD","id":121792,"category":{"en":"Graphic Arts"},"estimateMin":100000},{"startPrice":2000,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121793/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"markowicz, artur.  \n   the cemetery. pastel on paper laid down on board.  \n signed by artist lower left. \n 19 x 25 inches.  \n polish label on verso dated 12. xiii. 1947.  \n unexamined out of frame. realist artist artur markowicz (1872-1934) was born in cracow, poland. between the years 1896 and 1903 he studied art in the cities of munich, berlin and paris. he spent a year in jerusalem, 1907-08. markowicz\u2019s jewish scenes and character-studies display strong originality, with influences of symbolism and elements of expressionism."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"156","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121793/view","tags":["usjudaica_art","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:42:05.334Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":121793,"category":{"en":"Graphic Arts"},"estimateMin":4000},{"startPrice":2500,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121974/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"hirszenberg, samuel.  \n    \n nach der sonntagsmesse. \n  \n oil on canvas. signed and dated by the artist lower left, and inscribed \u201crytro\u201d (a village in nowy sacz, poland). titled by the artist on reverse on stretcher. polish exhibition label on verso dated 18. xi. 1947. \n  \n 25.5 x 37 inches. framed.  \n 1906. \n  \n born in lodz, poland, samuel hirszenberg (1865-1908) was a realist artist. he emigrated to palestine in 1907 where he taught at the bezalel school of art in jerusalem."},"estimateMax":7000,"lotNumber":"156A","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121974/view","tags":["usart_paintings","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":2500,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:42:05.335Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$5,000 - $7,000","currency":"USD","id":121974,"category":{"en":"Graphic Arts"},"estimateMin":5000},{"startPrice":4000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121794/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-03-20","available":false,"description":{"en":"tissot, james jacques.  (1836-1902). \n  \n biblical warrior.  \n watercolor and gouache on paper. \n signed j.j. tissot lower right.  \n  \n 8 x 5 inches (20.2 x 11.7 cm).  \n framed. \n  \n  provenance:  sotheby\u2019s, new york, june 26, 1985, lot 174.  \n  \n tissot\u2019s illustrations became the definitive bible images of popular culture for almost a century."},"estimateMax":6000,"lotNumber":"157","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121794/view","tags":["usart_paintings","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":4000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":4400,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:42:05.336Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$4,000 - $6,000","currency":"USD","id":121794,"category":{"en":"Graphic Arts"},"estimateMin":4000},{"startPrice":1500,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/121795/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"bronze passover plaque.  \n  \n cast and chased in high relief featuring the five rabbis around the seder table within hebrew textual border.  \n housed in fine marbleized and ebonized carved frame.  \n  \n germany, late 19th-century. \n  \n  provenance:  sotheby\u2019s new york, judaica, 30th november, 2005, lot 99."},"estimateMax":3000,"lotNumber":"158","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/56639/lot/121795/view","tags":["usjudaica_art","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:41:54.361Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - 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