{"lots":[{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122200/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"aboab, yitzchak.  \n  \n menorath hama\u2019or [ethics]. \n  \n with yiddish translation. lavish additional engraved title-page featuring the burning bush at top, moses and aaron flanking.  ff. 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52.  \n  *  part iii: ff. 43 (of 50), lacking ff. 2-3, 5, 18, 27-8, 50. / ff. 20 (of 24), lacking ff. 1-2, 5-6. / ff. 27. / ff. 15. / ff. 41 (of 45), lacking 29-30, 37-38.  \n browned. with neat repairs in places, some marginal worming on last few leaves. modern calf. folio.  \n  \n vinograd, cracow 175; mehlman 62.  \n  \n cracow, isaac ben aaron prostitz, c. 1593-5. \n  \n  rare.   \n naphtali hertz altschuler lived in lublin, mezhiritch, and zhitomir. his aggadic commentary ayalah sheluchah - \u201cswift as a deer\u201d (see gen. xlix: 21) is a literary reference to his own name. \n in his preface, the author pays tribute to his mentor, baruch ben yoseph axelrod, as well as teachings he recorded from his travels through german lands along with encounters with those teachers who maintained a spanish tradition of exegesis.","he":"אלטשולר, נפתלי הירץ.  \n        \n  \n   נביאים וכתובים \u2013 נוסח המקרא עם פירוש איילה שלוחה, בצירוף ביאור ביידיש. \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   מהדורה ראשונה. שלושה חלקים בכרך אחד. שני שערים מחולקים במסגרת אדריכלית חקוקה בעץ. מילות הפתיחה במסגרת עץ מעוטרת.  \n   \n   \n    \n   \n   \n   מספרייתו של זלמן שוקן, עם חותמותיו ורשימות קולציה בעיפרון. \n   \n   \n    \n   \n   \n   חלק א: דפים 108 (מתוך 121), חסרים דפים 1\u20132, 7\u20139, 13, 17, 27\u201330, 42 ו־66. שיבושי מספור. \n   \n   \n   חלק ב: דפים 142; 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mehlman 1220 (incomplete).  \n  \n salonika, don judah gedaliah, joseph de crasto, & eliezer de arles for solomon ibn yakar, 1522. \n  \n  rare first edition of a fundamental work of jewish homiletics.   \n  \n the spanish author, affectionately known as the \u201cba\u2019al akeida\u201d (1420-94) has been consistently quoted and utilized, especially by polish and galician preachers, until the present day. numerous works interpreting arama\u2019s philosophy have been issued through the centuries.  \n  \n r. yitzchak arama\u2019s great popularity stems from his stylistic combination of the aschkenazic didactic and moralizing style with the philosophic tendency popular among spanish and provencal jews. the need for this new approach, as explained in the introduction: \u201cis especially urgent in this country (i.e. aragon) where the christian preachers, many of whom are well learned, expound the doctrines of their faith as well as the words of the bible in a philosophic and scholarly manner. the jews who often listen to their preachings, desire that their rabbis should do likewise.\u201d  \n  \n the philosophical and allegorical sermons included in the akeidath yitzchak deal with a broad range of topics including: the definition of the soul; 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(1), 127. title repaired with affecting a few letters on verso. modern boards. folio.  \n  \n vinograd, amsterdam 956.  \n  \n amsterdam, solomon proops, 1712. \n  \n r. tzvi hirsch ashkenazi (1656-1718) was the leading rabbi in the early 18th century; both ashkenazim and sephardim turned to him for solutions to their religious questions.  \n  \n for more on this eminent figure, see y. levine, hakham tsevi ashkenazi and the battlegrounds of the early modern rabbinate (2024).","he":"אשכנזי, צבי הירש. \n \n (״החכם צבי״) שאלות ותשובות [שו״ת]. \n \n \n  \n \n \n מהדורה ראשונה.  \n \n \n  \n  \n  \n \n  חידושי הלכה בכתב־יד (חתומים) על הדף הריק האחרון. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  דפים (1), 127. השער תוקן תוך שמירה על מספר אותיות בגבו. כריכה מודרנית. פוליו. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  וינוגרד, אמסטרדם 956. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  אמסטרדם, שלמה פרופס, 1712."},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"12","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122211/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:53.992Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - $1,500","currency":"USD","id":122211,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":250,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122212/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"asher ben yechiel  \n  \n  (ro\u2019sh).  shailoth u\u2019teshuvoth [responsa]. \n  \n amended edition. title within historiated woodcut architectural form border.  \n  \n ff. 180, (16). ex-library, trimmed and lightly stained, title laid down. later patterned boards, rubbed. sm. folio.  \n  \n vinograd, venice 1034.  \n  \n venice, zanetti, 1607.","he":"אשר בן יחיאל (ר״ש).  \n     \n \n  שאלות ותשובות [שו״ת]. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  מהדורה מתוקנת. השער במסגרת אדריכלית חרוטה בעץ. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  דפים 180, (16). מספריית ציבורית, גזוז קל ומעט כתמים, השער הודבק. לוחות מודרניים עם עיטורים, שחוקים. פוליו קטן. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  וינוגרד, ונציה 1034. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  ונציה, זנטי, 1607."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"13","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122212/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":250,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":450,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:53.994Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":122212,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":40000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122213/006/006.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122213/008/008.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122213/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122213/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122213/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122213/007/007.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122213/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122213/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"avicenna.  \n  \n (abu ali al-hussein ibn abdallah ibn sina).  \n  hakanon hagadol  - canon medicinae.  \n translated from arabic into hebrew by nathan of cento (hame'ati). \n  \n  first edition.  five parts bound in one. double columns.  \n early annotations in hebrew and latin in several hands. a wide-margined copy.  \n  formerly in the library of the valmadonna trust.  \n  \n ff. 477 (of 480), opening three leaves provided in facsimile. previous owner\u2019s marks, few initial leaves stained or soiled, one leaf laid to size, occasional expert marginal repairs, otherwise an attractive copy. bound in valmadonna-custom deep-cherry blind-tooled morocco, spine titled in gilt, with twin clasps and hinges. thick folio. housed in fitted slip-case.  \n  \n vinograd, naples 26; goff heb-4; offenberg 6; steinschneider, p. 767, no. 4486-1; thes. a71; wineman cat. 41; friedenwald, p. 45.  \n  \n naples, azriel ben joseph aschkenazi gunzenhauser, 1491-92. \n    \n  the first medical text to appear in hebrew.   \n  \n the persian ibn sina, or avicenna (980-1037) as he was referred to in the west, was one of the greatest physicians and philosophers of the muslim world. in the latter realm he would exert a profound influence on maimonides. avicenna wrote a work on cardiology, al-adwiya al-qalbiyya (\u201con remedies for the heart\u201d), but by far, his most important contribution to the field of medicine is this work: al-qanun fi al-tibb (\u201ccanon of medicine\u201d), which was translated into hebrew by nathan hame'ati in 1279. in this truly encyclopedic undertaking, avicenna drew upon the earlier teachings of hippocrates and galen and upon his own empirical observations.  \n  \n the five parts of the canon were published by gunzenhauser in three volumes (here bound together in one). the contents range from common ailments to life-threatening diseases, and provide an extensive pharmacopeia. the canon remained one of the fundamental works of instruction in european medical schools until the mid-16th-century.  \n  \n see s.m. afnan, avicenna, his life and works (1958); n. berger (ed.) jews and medicine (1995) p. 56; ej, vol. iii, cols. 955-960.  \n  \n the naples canon is somewhat notorious among hebrew bibliographers due to the difficulty in presenting a precise collation of the work. no consensus seems to exist.  \n  \n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 47.  \n  \n see also national library of israel, \u2018this iranian trailblazer revolutionized global medicine and thought': \n https://blog.nli.org.il/en/lbh-avicenna/","he":"אביצנה (אבו עלי אל־חוסיין אבן עבדאללה אבן סינה). \n  \n  \n \n הקאנון הגדול \u2013 canon medicinae. \n \n \n תורגם מערבית לעברית בידי נתן מ־צנטו (המעאטי). \n \n \n  \n \n \n מהדורה ראשונה. חמישה חלקים בכרך אחד. עמודים כפולים.  \n \n \n \n  הערות מוקדמות בעברית ובלטינית בכתבי יד שונים. עותק עם שוליים רחבים. \n  \n \n  שייך בעבר לאוסף ולמדונה. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  דפים 477 (מתוך 480), שלושת הדפים הראשונים סופקו בפקסימיליה. סימני בעלים קודמים, מעט כתמים או לכלוך בדפים הראשונים, דף אחד הודבק לגודל, תיקוני שוליים מומחים מדי פעם; עותק אטרקטיבי. כריכת עור מרוקו אדום כהה מותאמת אישית ל־valmadonna, גב עם כיתוב זהב, עם שתי אבזמים ומפרקים. פוליו עבה. שמור במארז מותאם. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  וינוגרד, נאפולי 26; גופף heb-4; אופןברג 6; שטיינשניידר, עמ\u2019 767, מס\u2019 4486-1; thes. a71; קטלוג וינמן 41; פרידןואלד, עמ\u2019 45. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  נאפולי, אזריאל בן יוסף אשכנזי גונצנהאוזר, 1491\u20131492. \n  \n  \n  הטקסט הרפואי הראשון שהופיע בעברית."},"estimateMax":70000,"lotNumber":"14","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122213/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":40000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":50000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:53.995Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$50,000 - $70,000","currency":"USD","id":122213,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":50000},{"startPrice":150,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122214/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"bacharach, yair chaim.  \n  \n chavoth yair [responsa]. \n  \n  first edition.   \n   \u201cpart one\u201d (all published). published with the assistance of the court jew,    \n samson wertheimer of vienna.  \n this copy formerly in the library of prof. irving agus (1910\u201384) with his signature.  \n  \n ff. (4), 276. foxed and stained in places. recent boards. 4to.  \n  \n vinograd, frankfurt a/main 152.  \n  \n frankfurt a/main, johannes jost, 1699. \n  \n r. yair chaim bacharach (1638-1702), was an outstanding german rabbinic scholar with an extensive knowledge that included the sciences and kabbalah. he is known for his systematic approach to talmudic literature and halacha based upon his exhaustive knowledge in all branches of jewish scholarship.  \n  \n the issues raised by these responsa reflect the difficult social conditions of the jews following upheavals brought about by the shocking chmielnicki massacres (gezeirath ta\u2019ch veta\u2019t).","he":"בחרך, יאיר חיים.  \n        \n  \n   חובות יאיר [שו״ת]. \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   מהדורה ראשונה.  \n   \n   \n     \n    \n   \n    ״חלק א׳״ (הכול שפורסם). פורסם בסיועו של היהודי החצר, שמשון ורטהיימר מוינה. \n    \n    \n    \n    \n   \n    עותק זה היה בעבר בספרייתו של פרופ׳ אירווינג אגוס (1910\u20131984) עם חתימתו. \n    \n    \n    \n    \n   \n    דפים (4), 276. כתמים והצהבה מקומית. כריכה מאוחרת. קווארטו. \n    \n    \n    \n    \n   \n    וינוגרד, פרנקפורט אם מיין 152. \n    \n    \n    \n    \n   \n    פרנקפורט אם מיין, יוהאנס יוסט, 1699."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"15","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122214/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":150,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":550,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:53.997Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - $500","currency":"USD","id":122214,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":600,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122215/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"balmes, abraham de.  \n  \n mikneh avram (sepher dikduk) [grammar]. \n  \n  first edition.  the hebrew only issue. \n  \n ff. 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goff heb-26; thes. a-59; offenberg 46; bmc xiii, p. 51; iakerson 46. \n  \n naples, [joseph ben jacob aschkenazi gunzenhauser], 1487. \n  \n from the  first edition of kethuvim in hebrew:  a freestanding text of koheleth. \n  \n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 33.","he":"(תנ\u201dך). \n  \n  (קהלת) ספר קהלת.  \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  טקסט מקראי באותיות מרובעות עם ניקוד. עם פירוש רש״י, הפירוש בכתב רבני. \n   עותק עם שוליים רחבים.  \n   \n   \n   \n   \n  \n   המדפיס השמיט חלק מפרק ה, פסוקים 17\u201318, שנוסף כאן בכתב־יד איטלקי ישן: \u201cכי הוא חלקו: גם כל האדם אשר נתן לו האלוהים\u201d (דף 4v). בעלים מוקדם רשם בדף האחרון את לידת בנו בשנת 1540. \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   עותק זה היה בעבר בספריית valmadonna trust.  \n   \n   \n     \n    \n   \n    שלם בדפים 10. מעט כתמים, דף הפתיחה תוקן בשוליו, תיקונים נקיים בודדים, פינות מעוגלות. כריכת עור מרוקו עם עיטורים בעיוורון ולוחות מודפסים. שמור במארז מותאם אישית. פוליו קטן. \n    \n   \n    וינוגרד, נאפולי 2; 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goff 23; goldstein 99; offenberg 28; steinschneider, p. 4, no. 18; thesaurus b27; wineman cat. 62a-b.  \n  \n leiria, portugal. dom samuel de ortas and sons, 1494. \n  \n  one of the last hebrew books printed before the portuguese expulsion of 1497.  \n  \n with the expulsion of the jews from spain in 1492, neighboring portugal took its place as the center of hebrew printing along the iberian peninsula. thus the fortified town of leiria, less than a hundred miles north-east of lisbon, became a source of hebrew books.  \n between the years 1492-96, samuel de ortas, a native of orthez, france, together with his three sons, produced a total of seven hebrew titles. but de ortas\u2019 most famous creation would be in gothic letters. that would be the latin version of the spanish jew abraham zacuto\u2019s astronomical table, almanach perpetuum, which it is said to have guided christopher columbus on his monumental voyage to america.  \n  \n  this leiria bible is the most voluminous of all hebrew incunables.","he":"(תנ״ך). \n  \n  (נביאים ראשונים) נביאים ראשונים.  \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  ארבעה כרכים. עם תרגום יונתן ופירושי דוד קמחי (רד״ק) ולוי בן גרשום (רל״ב״ג / גרסונידס).  \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   מהדורה ראשונה של תרגום יונתן ושל רלב״ג.  \n   \n   \n     \n    \n   \n    טקסטי התנ״ך ותרגום יונתן עם ניקוד וטעמה (תיאמים או ״טרופּ״). פסוקי התנ״ך מודפסים בכתב אשורי (מרובע), פירושי רד״ק מודפסים בכתב רש״י (חצי־כתב), ופירושי רל״ב״ג מודפסים בכתב מרובע קטן יותר מזה של התנ״ך. הערות שוליים מדי פעם. \n    \n    \n    \n    \n   \n    כרך א (יהושע): דפים 65 (עם דפים משוכפלים). \n    \n   \n    כרך ב (שופטים): דפים 82 (מתוך 86). \n    \n   \n    כרך ג (שמואל): דפים 230 (מתוך 231). \n    \n   \n    כרך ד (מלכים): דפים 59. \n    \n    \n    \n    \n   \n    סה״כ: דפים 456 (מתוך 620). דפים רבים עם אובדן טקסט, שוליים תוקנו מקצועית והודבקו לגודל, כתמים שונים, מעט חורי עש שתוקנו. כריכת עור אחידה מודרנית. פוליו. \n    \n    \n    \n    \n   \n    וינוגרד, לייריה 6; גופף 23; גולדשטיין 99; אופןברג 28; שטיינשניידר, עמ׳ 4, מס׳ 18; תזאורוס b27; קטלוג וינמן 62a-b. \n    \n    \n    \n    \n   \n    לייריה, פורטוגל. דום שמואל דה אורטס ובניו, 1494. \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    אחד הספרים העבריים האחרונים שנדפסו לפני גירוש יהודי פורטוגל ב-1497.  \n    \n    \n      \n     \n     \n     ספר תנ״ך זה מלייריה הוא הנפוץ ביותר מכל ספרי האינקונאבל העבריים."},"estimateMax":60000,"lotNumber":"19","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122218/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":35000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":40000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:54.003Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$50,000 - $60,000","currency":"USD","id":122218,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":50000},{"startPrice":4000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122219/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122219/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122219/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122219/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122219/005/005.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"(bible).  \n  \n chamisha chumshei torah [-end] \n  \n with nikud and cantillation points. four parts in one volume. divisional titles. opening word of each book within decorative woodcut border. a fine wide margined copy.  \n  formerly in the library of the valmadonna trust.  \n  \n ff. 526, (of 528, title and f. 2 provided in facsimile). few light stains in places, scattered numerical marginalia on a few leaves, first two divisional titles rebacked, previous owner's stamp in a few places. modern elegant blind-ruled and tooled chestnut morocco, spine in compartments with gilt title and date, housed in slipcase. thick 4to.  \n  \n vinograd, venice 100 & 149; 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דארלו ומול 5086. \n  \n \n  ונציה, דניאל בומברג, 1528 & 1533. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  שנת ההוצאה על דף השער היא 1533, בעוד שהקולופון מציין את השנה 1528. לפי הסכמה של הביבליוגרפים, השלמת התנ״ך של 1533 מעבר לחלק ב׳ נכשלה, ובמקומה נעשה שימוש בחלקים השליש והרביע מהמהדורה של 1525\u20131528 להשלמת כל הכרך. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  לפי c. d. ginsberg, התאריך 1528 בקולופון הוא טעות הדפסה; \u201cהאות [ח] (=8) הוחלפה בטעות במקום [ה] (=5).\u201d דארלו ומול 5086. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  לעותק נוסף (שלם) של מהדורה נדירה זו של בומברג, ראה מכירת קסטנבאום 19, פריט 39."},"estimateMax":12000,"lotNumber":"20","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122219/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":4000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":5500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:54.004Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$8,000 - $12,000","currency":"USD","id":122219,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":8000},{"startPrice":2000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122220/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122220/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122220/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122220/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122220/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122220/006/006.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"(bible).  \n  \n    \n magna biblia rabbinica.  \n with targum and the major classical rabbinic commentaries. prepared by j. buxtorf, together with abraham braunschweig. with a preface by jacob ben hayyim ben isaac and moses ben yom-tov. \n  \n two volumes. divisional titles within architectural woodcut borders, headings within woodcut cartouches. initial word of each book within engraved surround, surrounded in turn by biblical verses. previous owners' notations, including signature of (nathan?) marcus adler of hanover.  magnificently bound.  \n  \n  *  vol i - chumash: ff. (6), 228. haphtoroth: ff. (1), ff. 2-36. kethuvim: ff. 707-837. five scrolls: (1), 839-881. daniel, ezra, nechemiah & divrei hayamim: ff. 883-946. targum, etc. ff. 1-6, (2), ff. 1-67.  \n  *  vol. ii - nevi\u2019im rishonim: ff. 234-441. nevi\u2019im acharonim: ff. (2), 442-705.  \n ex-library, browned and stained. impressive uniform contemporary binding. blind-tooled calf over heavy wooden boards. lg. folio.  \n  \n vinograd, basle 248; prijs, basle 219.  \n  \n basle, ludwig k&ouml;nig, 1618-1619. \n  \n the sixth - and most scholarly - edition of the rabbinic bibles (see darlow & moule no. 5120).  \n the publisher employed a team of scholars, printers and correctors in his endeavor to issue the most grammatically correct bible edition in full accordance with the mesorah.  \n    \n  an exceptional contemporary binding.","he":"(תנ״ך). \n  \n  \n \n מגנא ביבליה רבנית. \n \n \n  \n \n \n עם תרגום ופירושים רבניים קלאסיים עיקריים. נערך על ידי י. בוקסטורף יחד עם אברהם ברונשווייג. עם הקדמה מאת יעקב בן חיים בן יצחק ומשה בן יום־טוב. \n \n \n  \n \n \n שני כרכים. שערים מחולקים במסגרת אדריכלית חקוקה בעץ, כותרות בתוך קרטושות חקוקות בעץ. מילות הפתיחה של כל ספר במסגרת חקוקה, מוקפות בפסוקים מקראיים. הערות בעלים קודמים, כולל חתימת (נתן?) מרקוס אדלר מהאנובר. \n כריכה מרשימה.  \n \n \n  \n  \n  \n \n  כרך א \u2013 חומש: דפים (6), 228. הפטרה: דפים (1), 2\u201336. כתובים: דפים 707\u2013837. חמש מגילות: (1), 839\u2013881. דניאל, עזרא, נחמיה ודברי הימים: דפים 883\u2013946. תרגום וכו׳: דפים 1\u20136, (2), 1\u201367. \n  \n \n  כרך ב \u2013 נביאים ראשונים: דפים 234\u2013441. נביאים אחרונים: דפים (2), 442\u2013705. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  מספריית ציבורית, מצהיב ומוכתם. כריכה אחידה מרשימה של תקופה עכשווית. עור עגל עם עיצוב עיוור על לוחות עץ כבדים. פוליו גדול. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  וינוגרד, באזל 248; פרייס, באזל 219. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  באזל, לודוויג קוניג, 1618\u20131619."},"estimateMax":7000,"lotNumber":"21","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122220/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":3200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:53.133Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$5,000 - $7,000","currency":"USD","id":122220,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":5000},{"startPrice":200,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122221/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122221/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122221/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"(bible).  \n  \n biblia hebraica.  \n vocalized text. pp. (22), (1), 183, [1], 283, [1], 84, 203.  \n  \n  * with:  novum testamentum graecum [with apocrypha and supplementary matter]. pp. (8), 271, [1], 70, (50), 167. \n  \n together, two volumes bound in one. prepared by benito arias montano and sante pagnini.  \n  \n titles laid down, marginal repairs, lightly worn and stained in places. modern calf-backed boards. folio. sold not subject to return.  \n  \n darlow & moule 5117 and 4667.  \n  \n geneva, pierre de la rouvi&egrave;re, 1619. \n  \n reprint of the 1584 plantin edition, comprising the hebrew bible and apocrypha and new testament in greek, with interlinear latin translation throughout.","he":"(תנ״ך). \n  \n  \n \n ביבליה עברית. נוסח מנוקד. עמודים (22), (1), 183, [1], 283, [1], 84, 203. \n \n \n עם: novum testamentum graecum [עם האפוקריפה וחומר נוסף]. עמודים (8), 271, [1], 70, (50), 167. \n \n \n  \n \n \n שני כרכים בכרך אחד. נערך על ידי בניטו אריאס מונטנו וסנטה פגניני. \n \n \n  \n \n \n השערים הודבקו, תיקוני שוליים, מעט שחיקה וכתמים במקומות אחדים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כריכת לוחות עם גב עור מודרני. פוליו. נמכר ללא אפשרות החזרה. \n \n \n  \n \n \n דארלו ומול 5117 ו־4667. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ז\u2019נבה, פייר דה לה רובייר, 1619."},"estimateMax":900,"lotNumber":"22","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122221/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":200,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:53.135Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$600 - $900","currency":"USD","id":122221,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":100,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122222/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122222/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"(bible).  \n  \n esrim ve\u2019arba - biblia testamenti veteris. \n  \n letterpress latin title and additional hebrew engraved title. edited by david clodius. with supplement \u201clectiones variantes.\u201d few marginal notes.  \n  \n ff. (8), 686, (25). lightly browned, small portion of second title clipped. blindtooled vellum (dated 1685) over thick wooden boards. thick 8vo.  \n  \n vinograd, frankfurt a/main, 41.  \n  \n frankfurt a/main, balthasar christopher wust, 1677. \n  \n  the first complete hebrew bible issued in frankfurt am main.","he":"(תנ״ך). \n \n עשרים וארבע \u2013 biblia testamenti veteris. \n \n \n  \n \n \n דף שער מודפס בלטינית ודף שער חרוט בעברית נוסף. נערך על ידי דוד קלודיוס. כולל תוספת lectiones variantes. מעט הערות שוליים. \n \n \n  \n \n \n דפים (8), 686, (25). מצהיב קל, חלק קטן מהדף השני נחתך. כריכת קלף עם עיטורים עיוורים (מתוארכת ל־1685) על לוחות עץ עבים. אוקטבו עבה. \n \n \n וינוגרד, פרנקפורט אם מיין, 41. \n \n \n  \n \n \n פרנקפורט אם מיין, בלטהזר כריסטופר ווסט, 1677. \n \n \n  \n \n \n המהדורה העברית השלמה הראשונה שיצאה לאור בפרנקפורט אם מיין."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"23","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122222/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":150,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:53.137Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":122222,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122223/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122223/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"(bible).  \n  \n (chumash and haphtaroth). tikun sopherim - quinque libri mosis. \n  \n six parts bound together in one volume. elaborately engraved title-page by bernard picart. letterpress title in spanish and hebrew. book of haphtaroth with differing engraved title.  \n  * bound with:  solomon de olivera\u2019s calendario. pp. 16, with all three folding tables. (1726).  \n  \n ff. (4), 446, (10). ex-library, lightly foxed and stained, inner hinge taped. contemporary mottled calf, worn and rubbed. 8vo.  \n vinograd, amsterdam 1292.  \n  \n amsterdam, for samuel rodrigues mendes, moses sarfati and david gomes da silva, 1726.","he":"(תנ״ך).  \n        \n  \n   (חומש והפטרות) תיקון סופרים \u2013 quinque libri mosis. \n   \n   \n   \n   \n  \n   שישה חלקים כרוכים יחד בכרך אחד. דף שער מעוטר בעבודת חריטה מורכבת מאת ברנרד פיקארט. דף שער מודפס בספרדית ובעברית. ספר ההפטרות עם דף שער חרוט שונה. \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   כרוך יחד עם: calendario של שלמה דה אוליברה, עמודים 16, כולל שלוש טבלאות מתקפלות. 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[vinograd, amsterdam 1292]. 1726.  \n bound with : solomon de olivera\u2019s calendario. pp. 16, with all three folding tables.  \n    \n  *  chamishah chumshei torah - tikun sofrim.  five volumes.  lacks engraved frontispieces. [vinograd, amsterdam 1951]. 1768.  \n    \n  *  torath temimah.  five volumes.  [unlisted by vinograd]. 1769. \n    \n  *  torath elo-him - de vijf boeken van mozes.  five volumes.  1826.  \n    \n  *  torath emeth.  five volumes  [vinograd, amsterdam 2536]. 1827.  \n  \n  together 26 volumes.","he":"(תנ״ך). \n  \n  \n \n חמש סטים של חומשים, כל אחד מודפס באמסטרדם. \n \n \n  \n \n \n תיקון סופרים \u2013 quinque libri mosis. שישה כרכים. כל אחד עם דפי שער חרוטים בעבודת פירוט מאת ברנרד פיקארט. דף שער מודפס בספרדית ובעברית. ספר ההפטרות עם דף שער חרוט שונה. [וינוגרד, אמסטרדם 1292]. 1726. \n \n \n  \n \n \n כרוך יחד עם: calendario של שלמה דה אוליברה, עמודים 16, כולל שלוש טבלאות מתקפלות. \n \n \n  \n \n \n חמישה חומשי תורה \u2013 תיקון סופרים. חמישה כרכים. חסרים דפי שער חרוטים. [וינוגרד, אמסטרדם 1951]. 1768. \n \n \n  \n \n \n תורת תמימה. חמישה כרכים. 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(5), 328, 104. engraved additional title.   leiden, 1662.    \n  \n  *  biblia hebraica. ff. (26), 333, (1), 352, (24). engraved additional title. amsterdam & utrecht, 1705.  \n  \n  *  biblia hebraica. pp. 848. bound in two volumes. marginalia.  halle, 1720.   \n    \n  *  biblia hebraica. boothroyd edition. bound in two volumes. first volume unopened.   pontefract, (england), (1810-13).   \n  \n  *  biblia hebraica. pp. xx, 1392, +.  leipzig, 1839.   \n  \n  *  biblia hebraica. pp. xx, 1416. bound in four volumes. interleaved copy, with extensive manuscript notes.   philadelphia, 1849.   \n  \n  *  biblia hebraica. pp. xx, 1416.  philadelphia, 1856.   \n  \n  *  biblia hebraica. kittel edition. pp. xvi, 1320. bound in two volumes. stuttgart, 1913.  \n  \n  together, 14 volumes.  variously bound. v.s.","he":"(תנ״ך). \n  \n  \n \n קבוצת שמונה תנ״כים בעברית. עם הערות שוליים בלטינית. \n \n \n  \n \n \n עשרים וארבעה \u2013 sacra biblia hebraea. דפים (5), 328, 104. דף שער חרוט נוסף. לידן, 1662. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ביבליה היברייקה. דפים (26), 333, (1), 352, (24). דף שער חרוט נוסף. אמסטרדם ואוטרכט, 1705. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ביבליה היברייקה. עמודים 848. כרוך בשני כרכים. הערות שוליים. האל, 1720. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ביבליה היברייקה. מהדורת בות׳רויד boothroyd. כרוך בשני כרכים. הכרך הראשון לא נפתח. פונטפרקט (אנגליה), 1810\u20131813. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ביבליה היברייקה. עמודים xx, 1392, +. לייפציג, 1839. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ביבליה היברייקה. עמודים xx, 1416. כרוך בארבעה כרכים. עותק עם דפי השחלה והערות ידניות רבות. פילדלפיה, 1849. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ביבליה היברייקה. עמודים xx, 1416. פילדלפיה, 1856. \n \n \n  \n \n \n ביבליה היברייקה. מהדורת קיטל. עמודים xvi, 1320. כרוך בשני כרכים. שטוטגרט, 1913. \n \n \n  \n \n \n סה״כ 14 כרכים. כריכות שונות. מצב טוב."},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"37","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122236/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":500,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:53.467Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$1,000 - 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twice - in the hand of the chofetz chaim.   \n pp. 130. contemporary boards. 4to.  \n  \n * bound with: shmirath halashon. ff. 44. warsaw, 1892. \n  \n * and: ahavath chessed. ff. 56. warsaw, 1896. \n * and: shem olam. ff. 31, (1). warsaw, 1895.","he":"כהן, ישראל מאיר מרדין. \n  \n \n  \n \n \n (החפץ חיים), ספר החפץ חיים. ורשה, 1877. \n \n \n  \n \n \n מהדורה שנייה (מהדורה ראשונה 1873). \n על דפי הפתיחה כתובה המילה \"מוגה\" פעמיים ביד החפץ חיים.  \n \n \n  \n  \n  \n \n  130 עמודים. כריכה עכשווית. 4&ordm;. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  כולל כריכה יחד עם: \n  \n \n  שמירת הלשון, 44 דפים. ורשה, 1892. \n  \n \n  אהבת חסד, 56 דפים. ורשה, 1896. \n  \n \n  שם עולם, 31 דפים + 1. ורשה, 1895."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"68","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122267/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":150,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":550,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:47.080Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - 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(4), 144. lower blank corner of final leaf removed, opening and closing leaf laid to size, title lightly stained. modern morocco-backed boards. folio.  \n  \n vinograd, venice 333; stefansky, sifrei yesod 220.  \n  \n venice, adelkind for giustiniani, 1548. \n  \n one of the earliest and most important halachic texts. the authorship and date of this work has been the subject of much study and has given rise to conflicting views. for a brief overview see ej, vol. vii cols. 1167-70.","he":"קיארה, שמעון  \n     \n \n  (מיוחס ל-/ בעל הבה\"ג) הלכות גדולות [קוד קהילתי גאון-רבני]. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  מהדורה ראשונה.  \n  \n  \n    \n   \n  \n   הכותרת בתוך קשת קישוטית מעוטרת. \n   \n  \n   ff. 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and later restored in an old hebrew hand. see g. cohen, hebrew incunabula in the library of yeshiva university (1984) p. 87.  \n  \n the hebrew press at naples had a short but distinguished existence. founded in 1486 by germans, joshua solomon soncino followed his workers there toward the close of the 1480's and at least four of soncino\u2019s publications are known to have been produced in naples. no doubt he and his fellow craftsmen in naples would have continued to produce good books, but the press of naples was silenced by the problems arising from the expulsion of the jews from spain and the calamitous political events of 1492. after an influx of migrant spanish jews, naples suffered a severe plague, followed by the tyranny of charles viii of france. thereafter, the entire jewish community at naples was dissolved. whether joshua solomon soncino died in the tumult or fled is unknown.  \n  \n see d.w. amram, the makers of hebrew books in italy (1963), pp. 63-69; ej, vol. x, col. 1002; j. bloch, hebrew printing in naples. 7000","he":"קמחי, דוד \n \n  (רד\u201dק) ספר השורשים \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  למרות חוסר חלקים \u2013 \n  עותק מרווח ואטרקטיבי.  \n  \n  \n  לשעבר באוסף קמחי, ציריך. \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  ff. 164 (מתוך 168). שלושת הדפים הראשונים והדף האחרון הועתקו בפקסימיליה. דף 11 מוטבע בין דפים 13\u201314. ניזוקת תולעים (בעיקר בשוליים), כתמים והדגשות. שוליים עליונים של דף 167 תוקנו, חלק מדף 39 וחלק מדף 111r \u2013 בנוגע ל\"עלמה\" \u2013 סופקו בכתב עתיק. עור מודרני עם עיטור עיוור. פורטו קטן. \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  vinograd, naples 19; offenberg 106; goff heb. 40; freimann-marx, thesaurus a-69; wineman cat. 43. \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  נאפולי, יהושע שלמה סונצינו, 1491. \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  היצירה הלקסיקוגרפית המשפיעה ביותר ללימוד השפה העברית."},"estimateMax":15000,"lotNumber":"74","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122273/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":7000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:50.983Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$10,000 - 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(8), 124, 76.  \n  *  vol. ii: ff. 105, lacks title-page.  \n  *  vol. iii: ff. (1), 110.  \n * vol. iv: (1), 93. fold-out chart between ff. 68-9.  \n * vol. v: ff. (1), 108, 28.  \n  *  vol. vi: ff. (1), 241.  \n  \n modern boards. folio. sold not subject to return. \n  \n vinograd, venice 1870, 1888, 2103, 2114, reggio 22 and livorno 456.  \n  \n v.p. 1750-99. \n  \n pachad yitzchak is the most comprehensive and celebrated encyclopedia in the field of halacha. each entry includes material from the mishnah, talmud, rishonim and responsa literature (stemming from 195 different sources).  \n  \n the author, r. isaac lampronti (1679-1756) pays particular attention to the decisions of the italian rabbis, much of which had never before been published. overall, the work includes much relating to life and custom of italian-jewry.  \n  \n pachad yitzchak had a lengthy printing history. originally published from letters \u201caleph-mem\u201d in various parts of italy from 1750-99. letters \u201cnun-taf\u201d were not published until decades later in lyck-berlin from 1864-88 (by the mekitze nirdamim society) in smaller octavo sized volumes. it thus took 138 years to produce the entire work.  \n  \n see s. brisman, a history and guide to judaic encyclopedias and lexicons (1987) pp. 159-60.","he":"למפרונטי, יצחק. \n \n \n פחד יצחק [אנציקלופדיה רבנית]. \n \n \n  \n \n \n מהדורה ראשונה. מחובר בשישה כרכים (\u201cאלף\u2013מ\"ם\u201d). \n \n \n כרך א׳: ff. 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(10). מעט כתמים, הפינה השמאלית העליונה של דף 9 משוחזרת בפקסימיליה, פוגעת בכעשרה מילים. קלף מודרני. 4to. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  וינוגרד, קושטא 49. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  (קונסטנטינופול), 1515\u20131520. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  הדפס נדיר ומוקדם מקונסטנטינופול."},"estimateMax":12000,"lotNumber":"100","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122299/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":5000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":19000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:49.307Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$8,000 - $12,000","currency":"USD","id":122299,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":8000},{"startPrice":2000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122300/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122300/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"moshe ben nachman  \n  \n (ramba\u2019n / nachmanides). chidushei bava bathra  \n [novellae to talmud tractate]. \n  *  appended:  dina degarmei.   \n  \n  first edition.   \n   divisional title. ff. 116. final leaf laid down, portion of f. 113 supplied in facsimile, trace stained, few neat paper repairs, trimmed. modern morocco. 4to. \n  \n vinograd, venice 74.  \n  \n venice, daniel bomberg, 1523. \n  \n in the poem which serves as the preface to dina degarmei (f.110), the ramban praises his predecessors, the 'sages of france' (i.e. the french tosaphists). r. shlomo luria (yam shel shlomo, tract. bava kama, introduction) would cite this poem as evidence of the great esteem in which the ramba'n held the rabbis of france, whereas the ramba'm had a certain disdain for them. see c.b. chavel, kithvei ramban, vol. i (1968) p. 417; ej, vol. xii, col. 780; vol. vii, cols. 430-431.  \n  \n israel ta-shema established that with the exception of the ramban\u2019s 1523 commentary to bava kama and the appended dina degarmei, there did not appear in print any other work of the ramban\u2019s talmudic interpretations for a further two centuries. the ramifications of this are significant, as aschkenazic decisors such as r. shabthai cohen (sha\u2019ch), were bereft of the major portion of the ramban\u2019s rabbinic scholarship.  \n  \n see i. m. ta-shema, kiryath sepher, vol. l (1975) p. 327; and h. soloveitchik, printing and the history of halakha, a case study, in: bar-ilan annual, vol. xxx-xxxi (2006) p. 319.","he":"משה בן נחמן \n \n (רמב\"ן). חידושי בבא בתרא \n \n \n [חדשנות למסכת בבא בתרא]. \n \n \n  \n \n \n מצורף: דִּינָא דְּגַרְמֵי. \n \n \n   \n \n \n  \n  מהדורה ראשונה.  \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  דף שער חלקי. ff. 116. הדף האחרון מודבק, חלקו של דף 113 משוחזר בפקסימיליה, כתמים קלים, מעט תיקוני נייר מסודרים, קצוץ. מורוקו מודרני. 4to. \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  וינוגרד, ונציה 74. \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  ונציה, דניאל בומברג, 1523."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"101","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122300/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":2000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":3000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:59.622Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - $5,000","currency":"USD","id":122300,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":3000},{"startPrice":18000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122301/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122301/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122301/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122301/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"moshe of coucy.  \n  \n sepher mitzvoth gadol (sema\u2019g)  \n [\u201cthe great book of commandments\u201d: enumeration of the 613 precepts]. \n  \n a wide-margined copy. second edition. woodcut initials and incipit panels.  \n  formerly in the library of the valmadonna trust.   \n    \n ff. 278 (of 280). opening leaf and final leaf supplied in facsimile. opening and closing few leaves expertly remargined, occasional stains. modern blind-tooled calf, rubbed. housed in custom slip-case. folio. \n   \n vinograd, soncino 37; goff heb-85; thes. a-48; goldstein 58; offenberg 95; steinschneider p. 1797 no. 6453.2. \n  \n soncino, gershom ben moses soncino, 1488. \n  \n the first book printed by gershom soncino. second incunable edition of this extensive work, the first edition of which was issued in rome, c. 1469-72.  \n  \n following maimonides\u2019 code, the sepher mitzvoth gadol is the most significant work of this halachic genre. indeed, in r. joshua boaz baruch\u2019s ein mishpat, passages in the talmud are carefully cross-referenced to both maimonides\u2019 code and to the sepher mitzvoth gadol. a major stylistic difference between the two works is that rabbinic precepts are included in the sma\u2019g, while the mishneh torah only enumerates biblical commandments.  \n  \n r. moses of coucy was among the elite strata of french tosafist. a student of r. judah of paris and brother-in-law of r. samson of sens, it is of little surprise that r. moses was one of the four rabbis who argued in defense of the talmud in the famed disputation in paris, 1240. see m. j. heller, printing the talmud (1992) pp. 185-90.  \n  \n see treasures of the valmadonna trust library - otzroth ya\u2019akov, incunables no. 22.","he":"משה מקוצי \n \n  ספר מצוות גדול (סמ״ג) \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  עותק רחב-שוליים. מהדורה שנייה. אותיות פתיחה ועמודי פתיחה בעיטור עץ.  \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  נמצא בעבר בספריית קרן ולמדונה. \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  דפים 278 (מתוך 280). דף הפתיחה ודף הסיום הושלמו בצילום-פקסימיליה. כמה מן הדפים הראשונים והאחרונים שולבו מחדש בשוליהם במומחיות, כתמים מזדמנים. כריכת עגל מודרנית עם הטבעה עיוורת, שחוקה. נתון בנרתיק מיוחד. פורמט פוליו. \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  וינוגרד, סונצינו 37. \n  \n  \n  סונצינו, גרשום בן משה סונצינו, 1488. \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  הספר הראשון שנדפס על ידי גרשום סונצינו."},"estimateMax":35000,"lotNumber":"102","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122301/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":18000,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":20000,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:59.629Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$25,000 - $35,000","currency":"USD","id":122301,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":25000},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122302/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"nathan ben yechiel of rome.  \n  \n sepher ha\u2019aruch  \n [talmudic dictionary]. \n  \n printer\u2019s device on title page. title letters within decorative woodcut vignettes. signed by censor on final leaf. ff. 166. browned. later boards. folio.  vinograd, basle 191.  \n  \n basle, konrad walkdkirch, 1599.","he":"נתן בן יחיאל מרומי \n \n  ספר הערוך \n  \n \n  [מילון תלמודי] \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  סימן המדפיס בעמוד השער. אותיות השער בתוך וינייטות עץ מעוטרות. חתום בידי הצנזור בדף האחרון. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  דפים 166. נייר מושחר. כריכה מאוחרת. פורמט פוליו. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  וינוגרד, בזל 191. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  בזל, קונראד ולקדקירך, 1599."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"103","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122302/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":300,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":400,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:43:59.636Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$400 - $600","currency":"USD","id":122302,"category":{"en":"Hebrew Printed Books"},"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122303/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122303/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122303/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"oliveyra, solomon de.  \n  \n group of eight works bound in one volume:  \n  \n  *  vol. 1:  ayeleth ahavim  [poetical account of the sacrifice of isaac]. star-form pictogram poem on f. 43r. ff. 1-20, 31-42, (2). 1665.  \n  \n  *  vol. 2:  shareshoth gavluth  [lexicon of rhymes, with chapters on meter]. ff. 70, (2). small tear on lower margin of final leaf not affecting text. 1665.  \n    \n  *  vol. 3:    darchei no\u2019am  [on talmudic idiom]. with: tuv ta\u2019am v\u2019da\u2019ath [on masoretic accents]. ff. 45, (3). 1688.  \n  \n  *  vol. 4:  darchei hashem  [alphabetical index of the 613 precepts]. ff. 28, (5). 1688.  \n  \n  *  vol. 5:    eitz chaim  [lexicon]. hebrew-spanish. ff. (6), 72.  \n  \n  *  vol. 6:  zayith ra\u2019anan [lexicon].  hebrew-portuguese. pp. 1-44, (3). 1683.  \n  \n  *  vol. 7:  ilan she\u2019anafav merubim  [lexicon]. portuguese - hebrew. ff. 1-53. 1682.  \n  \n  *  vol. 8:  yad lashon-dal sefathayim  [hebrew and chaldaic or aramaic grammar]. hebrew and portuguese. contains table of syriac alphabet compared to hebrew. with: kathuv aramith [on targum] ff. (3), pp. 44, (8); pp. (3), 56-71, (1). 1689.  \n  \n  \n  all first editions.  \n  \n browned, stained in places. later calf. 12mo. sold not subject to return. \n  \n vinograd, amsterdam 323, 328, 485, 552, 570; fuks, amsterdam 441-2, 476, 487, 489. \n  \n amsterdam, david de castro tartas, v.d. \n  \n the author composed a poem (see ff. 52b-54a in shareshoth gavluth) in honor of \"the man of god, charming and pleasant, isaac de castro tartas \u2026 whose holy soul went up in purity, \u201d burned at the stake during an auto-da-f&eacute; in 1644, after he had been extradited to lisbon from bahia, brazil. \n see a. wiznitzer, isaac de castro a brazilian jewish martyr in: the jewish experience in america (1971) vol. ii pp. 205-17.  \n  \n r. shlomo de oliveyra (d. 1708) succeeded r. ya\u2019akov sasportas as the head of the yeshiva in amsterdam. given to hebrew prose, he published a number of works on the subjects of poetry and grammar.  \n  \n see marvin j. heller, solomon de oliveyra, a seventeenth-century sephardic sage: \n https://www.sephardichorizons.org/volume13/issue1/heller.html","he":"אוליביירה, שלמה די \n  \n  \n  \n \n  קבוצת שמונה חיבורים כרוכים בכרך אחד: \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  כרך א: איילת אהבים [תיאור פיוטי של עקידת יצחק]. שיר מצויר בצורת כוכב בעמ' 43r. דפים 1-20, 31-42, (2). שנת 1665. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  כרך ב: שרשות גבלות [מילון חרוזים, עם פרקים על משקל השיר]. דפים 70, (2). קרע קטן בשוליים התחתונים של הדף האחרון, ללא פגיעה בטקסט. שנת 1665. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  כרך ג: דרכי נועם [על לשון התלמוד]. עם: טוב טעם ודעת [על טעמי המקרא]. דפים 45, (3). שנת 1688. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  כרך ד: דרכי ה׳ [מפתח אלפביתי של תרי״ג מצוות]. דפים 28, (5). שנת 1688. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  כרך ה: עץ חיים [מילון]. עברי\u2013ספרדי. דפים (6), 72. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  כרך ו: זית רענן [מילון]. עברי\u2013פורטוגזי. עמודים 1-44, (3). שנת 1683. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  כרך ז: אילן שענפיו מרובים [מילון]. פורטוגזי\u2013עברי. דפים 1-53. שנת 1682. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  כרך ח: יד לשון \u2013 דל שפתיים [דקדוק עברי וארמי/כלדאי]. עברי\u2013פורטוגזי. כולל טבלה של האלפבית הסורי בהשוואה לעברית. עם: כתוב ארמית [על התרגום]. דפים (3), עמ' 44, (8); 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offenberg 91; st. bodl. no. 3953; goff heb-81; iakerson 48.  \n  \n [naples, joseph ben jacob aschkenazi gunzenhauser, ] 1488. \n  \n  rare.  a biblical dictionary; the hebrew explained in italian and arabic along with talmudic citations. \n  \n most bibliographers attribute the author\u2019s name to be one yechiel, which appears in an acrostic poem at the end of the preface. however, based upon a manuscript, vinograd points to the author as being peretz trabot, who flourished in the late 14th-century. see s.l. einbinder, no place of rest: jewish literature, expulsion, and the memory of medieval france (2008) pp. 140-1.  \n  \n the opening leaf contains what may well the first separate title-page in a hebrew book, yet scholars usually record the first hebrew book to appear with a title-page to be the sepher rokeach printed in fano, 1505.  \n  \n another copy of this rare incunable appeared in the delmonico collection (see sotheby\u2019s new york, 17th december 2008, lot 51).","he":"פרץ טראבוט / יחיאל  \n     \n  \n  (מיוחס ל־). מקרי דרדקי [\u201cמורה לתינוקות\u201d] \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n  מהדורה ראשונה.  \n   \n   \n     \n   \n   \n   דף הפתיחה עם כותרת מוקפת במסגרת עיטורי פרחים בעץ. בראש הספר \u2013 שיר ביוגרפי. \n   \n   \n    \n   \n   \n   דפים 78 (שלמים). מוכתמים לכל אורכם. שלושת הדפים הראשונים ודף הסיום מתוקנים, עם פגיעה מסוימת בטקסט; 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[vinograd, jessnitz 49].  \n jessnitz, 1743.  \n  \n * bound with:  \n   yitzchak hayisraeli.  yesod olam  \n [astronomy and cosmography].  \n  \n edited by r. baruch of schklow. with engraved folding astronomical chart. ff. (1), 93, (7). 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(2), 64. previous owners' notes on title page and f.1; stamps on title page. some minor worming, not affecting text. later limp vellum. 4to.  \n  \n adams b-1398; habermann, bomberg no. 1 and see pp. 13-4; darlow & moule, noted not listed see p. 918; vinograd, venice 3-h.  \n  \n venice, petrus liechtenstein & daniel bomberg, 1515. \n  \n  the first book published by the great hebrew printer of venice, daniel bomberg.  \n  \n a literal translation from the hebrew into latin by felix pratensis. the intention was to translate the entire bible into latin, but no more than this psalter appeared.  \n  \n as the first printer of hebrew books in venice and the first non-jewish printer of hebrew titles anywhere, bomberg's numerous later accomplishments included the first edition of the babylonian talmud (1519-23), and the first three editions of the great rabbinic bible (1517-18, 1524-25, 1547-48). when his press ceased to operate in 1549, it had published more than two hundred and fifty titles. but it was this book of psalms of 1515 that was the first of bomberg's venetian imprints and the first to contain hebrew words and letters. the volume was printed at the press of hermann liechtenstein, as bomberg did not yet have a privilege to publish.  \n  \n see b. nielsen, daniel van bombergen, a bookman of two worlds, in joseph r. hacker and adam shear (eds.) the hebrew book in early modern italy (2011) pp. 56-75; 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heller, sixteenth century hebrew book, i, pp. 116-117 (incl. facs. of title).  \n  \n ortona, gershom soncino, 1518. \n  \n pietro columna galatinus, an italian theologian, hebraist and kabbalist, was a supporter of johannes reuchlin in his battles against johannes pfefferkorn, an apostate jew who agitated for the confiscation of the talmud and other jewish books in the beginning of the 16th-century.  \n  \n de arcanis, galatinus\u2019s most important work, was an attempt to use jewish sources, including the zohar, to prove the veracity of catholicism. while it demonstrated the utility of jewish sources for christian needs and thus vindicated reuchlin\u2019s position, it nevertheless also attacked judaism. the potential ramifications of the reuchlin-pfefferkorn controversy, and galatinus\u2019s stated desire in de arcanis to see the talmud printed (bomberg had not as yet begun to publish his pioneering edition), may have been what caused its jewish printer gershom socinco to overlook the book\u2019s anti-jewish content when agreeing to produce it.  \n  \n de arcanis is one of just four books that gershom soncino printed during his short sojourn in ortona. the latin text of de arcanis contains many hebrew quotes. indeed it was the first book printed in ortona with hebrew type - as well as ethiopic and greek types."},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"159","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122358/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1000,"fullPriceVat":true,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:44:00.488Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$2,000 - $4,000","currency":"USD","id":122358,"category":{"en":"Judaic (non-Hebrew) Printed Books"},"estimateMin":2000},{"startPrice":1500,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122359/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/kestenbaum/cloned-images/122359/002/002.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-09-10","available":false,"description":{"en":"margaritha, anton.  \n  \n der gantz j&uuml;dische glaub. \n  \n  first edition.  \n  \n woodcut vignette on title with five further woodcut illustrations by jan de breu. (two additional anti-jewish woodcuts appear only in this edition and were suppressed in later editions). initial letters within historiated woodcut vignettes by hans holbein. sporadic use of hebrew.  \n formerly in the collection of daniel m. friedenberg. \n  \n ff. 88 (of 90), lacking ff. 2-3 (introduction). dampstained, gently damp-wrinkled, title rehinged, small neat marginal repairs to ff. 4-5. bound utilizing remnants of an early vellum manuscript. sm. 4to. \n  \n freimann, p. 148; rosenberger catalogue, judaica (huc, 1971) p. 385, fig.107; carlebach, divided souls, p. 298. \n  \n augsburg, heinrich steyner, 1530. \n  \n  a rare first edition of this classic work of antisemitism.  \n  \n  \n the author was born c.1490 and converted to catholicism in 1522, later becoming a protestant (his name a corruption of the family surname margoliouth).  \n  \n this libelous and pernicious tract had a deep influence upon martin luther who made much use of it in his own calumnious writings.  \n margaritha ridicules here jewish religious faith and practice and accuses the jews of harboring treasonous sentiments, hostile to the christian societies in which they were a part. \n  \n what gave margaritha particular 'credibility' was that he was no ordinary jew, but the son of samuel margolis, chief rabbi of the city of regensburg, the empire's most distinguished jewish community. \n  \n prof. elisheva carlebach has dealt extensively with this work which she describes as a \u201csixteenth-century bestseller.\u201d see divided souls (2001) pp. 55-6, 63-64, 179-182."},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"160","url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kestenbaum/source/catalog/auction/63169/lot/122359/view","tags":["usjudaica_books","usjudaica_all","usjudaica"],"directSalePrice":1500,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":1500,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-10T01:44:00.489Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$3,000 - 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the sacred objects of the temple, \"altare holocast, ara thymiam, candelabrum, arca foederis, etc.\" (260 x 370 mm; 'f'). - the tabernacle, \"tabernaculi absoluti ac triplici velo tecti exemplum, \" signed by pieter huys (155 x 390 mm; 'g'). - \"sacri tabernaculi orthographia exprospectu exteriori \u2026\" (exterior of the tabernacle), signed by pieter huys (160 x 380 mm; 'h'). - \"sacri tabernaculi orthographia ex interiori prospectu\" (interior of the tabernacle), signed by pieter huys (205 x 395 mm; 'j'). - \"sacri tabernaculi icnographia\" [view of the tabernacle from above] (175 x 360 mm; 'k'). - the ark of noah in two sections, \"forma exterior arcae no&euml;\" and \"icnographia et basis arcae\" [plan of the ark] (190 x 360 mm; 'l'). - the temple in jerusalem: \"sacrae aedis icnographia\" and \"templi cum porticu et cellis absoluta orthographia, \" signed by pieter huys (215 x 300 mm; 'm'). - \"sacrae aedis sciographiae pars\" (220 x 280 mm; 'n'). - plan of the second temple, \"templi ierosolymitani antiqui cum atriis cellis, et porticibus\u2026\", signed by pieter huys (320 x 450 mm; 'o'). - 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[kayserling, pp. 60-1].  \n  \n  * bound with:  calendario de ros-hodes, fiestas y ayunos\u2026desde el a&ntilde;o de 5478\u2026hasta 5494\u2026desde 1717 hasta 1733 [calendar of new moons, festivals and fasts from the years 1717 until 1733. pp. 10. [not in kayserling].  \n  \n  * and:  (bible, spanish). los cinco libros de la ley divina [pentateuch]. [- with haphtaroth].  \n pp. (2), 408; (1), 410-412, 411-528. fine engraved title depicting the giving of the law at mount sinai (top), moses and aaron (middle), and the temple in jerusalem (below). divisional title-page prior to haphtaroth. 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