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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
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Bible, with translation to Latin. Vienna: Joannis Ignatii Heyinger & Typographi Univesitatis, 1743-1747. Hebrew and Latin. Incomplete copy (without “Early Prophets”).
Three volumes. Each volume opens with an engraved plate. Each book opens with a small engraving. Two translations into Latin: a literal translation printed above each Hebrew word, and a Vulgate translation printed following each chapter. · First part: Torah. 1743. [2], 830 pp. · Third part: Nevi’m Aharonim (Latter Prophets). 1745. [2], 916 pp (lacking at the end). · Fourth part: Ketuvim (Writings). 1747. [2], 926 pp.
The second part is not in the NLI. Volumes, 21 cm. Third part with no binding. Fair condition. Wear and creases at margins, damaged bindings. Stains. Ex-library copies.
Three volumes. Each volume opens with an engraved plate. Each book opens with a small engraving. Two translations into Latin: a literal translation printed above each Hebrew word, and a Vulgate translation printed following each chapter. · First part: Torah. 1743. [2], 830 pp. · Third part: Nevi’m Aharonim (Latter Prophets). 1745. [2], 916 pp (lacking at the end). · Fourth part: Ketuvim (Writings). 1747. [2], 926 pp.
The second part is not in the NLI. Volumes, 21 cm. Third part with no binding. Fair condition. Wear and creases at margins, damaged bindings. Stains. Ex-library copies.
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
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Pi jōm ǹte pi Psaltērion ǹte Dauid / Kitāb Zubūr Dāwūd [Psalms], edited by Raphael Tuki. [Rome, 1744]. Arabic and Coptic.
Translation printed in Arabic and Coptic in parallel columns. Titles printed in red. A woodcut of David playing the harp. [2], 502 pp, 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Non-original binding, with leather spine and leather corners. Tears at margins of several leaves.
Translation printed in Arabic and Coptic in parallel columns. Titles printed in red. A woodcut of David playing the harp. [2], 502 pp, 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Non-original binding, with leather spine and leather corners. Tears at margins of several leaves.
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
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R. Salomonis Jarchi, Rashi dicti, Commentarius Hebraicus. Latin translation of Rashi commentaries on the Bible. Gotha, Germany, 1713-1714. Three volumes.
1. Libros Mosis, nempe in Genesin, Exodum, Leviticum, Numeros, Deuteronomium [Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy]. 1713. [10], [1] engraving plate (portrait of translator), [12], 1533, [33] pp.
2. Prophetas Maiores et Minores ut et in Hiobum Et Psalmos [the early and latter Prophets, Book of Job and Psalms]. 1713. [10], 299, 166, [21], 1027, [10] pp. (Engraving plate is missing).
3. [Josuae, Judicum, Ruth, Samuelis, Regnum, Chronicorum, Esrae, Nehemiae et Estherae] [Joshua,Judges, Ruth, Samuel…]. [1714]. 984, [24] pp. Missing are about 20 pages at the beginning of the book (preceding the introduction) and an engraving.
Three volumes, 21 cm. Condition varies. Stains, slight tears (torn and restored leaf in first volume). New bindings and endpapers (bindings with spine and vellum corners and marbled paper, with gold embossing on the spine). Ex-library copies
1. Libros Mosis, nempe in Genesin, Exodum, Leviticum, Numeros, Deuteronomium [Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy]. 1713. [10], [1] engraving plate (portrait of translator), [12], 1533, [33] pp.
2. Prophetas Maiores et Minores ut et in Hiobum Et Psalmos [the early and latter Prophets, Book of Job and Psalms]. 1713. [10], 299, 166, [21], 1027, [10] pp. (Engraving plate is missing).
3. [Josuae, Judicum, Ruth, Samuelis, Regnum, Chronicorum, Esrae, Nehemiae et Estherae] [Joshua,Judges, Ruth, Samuel…]. [1714]. 984, [24] pp. Missing are about 20 pages at the beginning of the book (preceding the introduction) and an engraving.
Three volumes, 21 cm. Condition varies. Stains, slight tears (torn and restored leaf in first volume). New bindings and endpapers (bindings with spine and vellum corners and marbled paper, with gold embossing on the spine). Ex-library copies
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
Opening: $250
Sold for: $625
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Bibliotheca Hebraea, Johann Christoph Wolf. Christian Liebezeit printing press (volume no. 1), Theodor Christoph Felginer printing press (volumes 2-4). Hamburg and Leipzig, 1715-1733. Four volumes. Latin and some Hebrew.
A comprehensive study concerning Hebrew literature. First and third volumes are dedicated to Jewish authors and rabbis, and contain lists of names (Hebrew and Latin). The second and fourth volumes are about the Bible, Talmud and Kabbalah.
Johann Christoph Wolf (1683-1739), German Hebraist and collector. Wolf was appointed in 1712 as professor of oriental literature and languages in the University of Hamburg. Wolf dedicated his time to the study of Hebrew literature, in particular to the study of the collection of David ben Avraham Oppenheim. The Bibliotheca Hebraea is based on this study.
4 volumes, 21.5 cm. The three engravings which appear in volumes 1, 2 and 4 are missing (it is possible that some additional leaves are missing). Condition varies. Slightly stained. Dark leaves in part of the volumes. Several leaves with restored tears. Signatures and ink stamps. Damages to bindings. Ex-library copies.
A comprehensive study concerning Hebrew literature. First and third volumes are dedicated to Jewish authors and rabbis, and contain lists of names (Hebrew and Latin). The second and fourth volumes are about the Bible, Talmud and Kabbalah.
Johann Christoph Wolf (1683-1739), German Hebraist and collector. Wolf was appointed in 1712 as professor of oriental literature and languages in the University of Hamburg. Wolf dedicated his time to the study of Hebrew literature, in particular to the study of the collection of David ben Avraham Oppenheim. The Bibliotheca Hebraea is based on this study.
4 volumes, 21.5 cm. The three engravings which appear in volumes 1, 2 and 4 are missing (it is possible that some additional leaves are missing). Condition varies. Slightly stained. Dark leaves in part of the volumes. Several leaves with restored tears. Signatures and ink stamps. Damages to bindings. Ex-library copies.
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
Opening: $300
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Zichron Divrei Romi / seu Commemoratio Rerum Romanarum Ab U. C. Usque Ad Tempora Muchammedis, by Abrahami ben Dior. Stuttgart, 1724. Latin and Hebrew.
The book “Zichron Divrei Romi”, by Rabbi Avraham ibn Daud [first ‘Rabad’]; historian, astronomer and philosopher, one of the Spanish sages of the 12th century. With translation and comments in Latin. [8] leaves, 167, [1] pp, [4] leaves. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains. Ancient signature on title page. Ink-stamp. New binding and endpapers.
The book “Zichron Divrei Romi”, by Rabbi Avraham ibn Daud [first ‘Rabad’]; historian, astronomer and philosopher, one of the Spanish sages of the 12th century. With translation and comments in Latin. [8] leaves, 167, [1] pp, [4] leaves. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains. Ancient signature on title page. Ink-stamp. New binding and endpapers.
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
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Dictionarium Hebraicum Novum, Non Ex Rabinorum Commentis, Nec Nostrativm Doctorum, by Ioannis Forsteri (Johann Forster). Basel, 1557. Latin and some Hebrew.
Hebrew-Latin dictionary, according to roots in the Bible, by the theologian and linguist Johann Forster. Author’s portrait appears on reverse of title page (woodcut).
Bound in an elaborate vellum binding; embossed ornamentations adorn both sides of the binding – nice frames consisting of vegetal and geometric patterns and miniature portraits. Two metal clasps. [9] leaves, 912 pp, [4] leaves. Incomplete (missing leaves at beginning and end - introduction and index). Should be: [12] leaves, 912 pp, [12] leaves 34 cm. Overall good condition. Slight damages. Stains. Worming. Several ancient inscriptions. Damages to binding.
Hebrew-Latin dictionary, according to roots in the Bible, by the theologian and linguist Johann Forster. Author’s portrait appears on reverse of title page (woodcut).
Bound in an elaborate vellum binding; embossed ornamentations adorn both sides of the binding – nice frames consisting of vegetal and geometric patterns and miniature portraits. Two metal clasps. [9] leaves, 912 pp, [4] leaves. Incomplete (missing leaves at beginning and end - introduction and index). Should be: [12] leaves, 912 pp, [12] leaves 34 cm. Overall good condition. Slight damages. Stains. Worming. Several ancient inscriptions. Damages to binding.
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
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Lexicon Hebraicum in compendium redactum in quo omnes radices Hebraicae, Christian Gottlieb Meinig. Leipzig: Gleditsch & Weidmann, 1712. Latin and Hebrew.
A linguistic composition dealing with the roots of Hebrew words. Foreword by the author followed by plates with tables. [7], 48 pp, 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Chopped margins. New cardboard binding
A linguistic composition dealing with the roots of Hebrew words. Foreword by the author followed by plates with tables. [7], 48 pp, 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Chopped margins. New cardboard binding
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
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Entdeckter Jüdischer Baldober, oder Sachsen-Coburgische acta criminalia wider eine Jüdische Diebs und Rauber, by Paul Nicolaus Einert. Coburg (Bavaria, Germany), 1758. Second edition.
Study concerning Jewish crime in central Europe during the 18th century. Includes claims against gangs of criminals and Jewish thieves and the rules that apply to them in the principality of Saxe-Coburg. The book served prosecutors and private people interested in law. With 3 engraving-plates, two portraying Jewish criminals, hand-cuffed: Hoyum Moyses and Emanuel Heinermann. [14], 600 pp + [3] engraved-plates, 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains ans several tears. Tears fastened with adhesive tape on engraved plates. New binding and endpapers
Study concerning Jewish crime in central Europe during the 18th century. Includes claims against gangs of criminals and Jewish thieves and the rules that apply to them in the principality of Saxe-Coburg. The book served prosecutors and private people interested in law. With 3 engraving-plates, two portraying Jewish criminals, hand-cuffed: Hoyum Moyses and Emanuel Heinermann. [14], 600 pp + [3] engraved-plates, 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains ans several tears. Tears fastened with adhesive tape on engraved plates. New binding and endpapers
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
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1. Sefer Moreh HaMoreh, commentary for “Moreh Nevuchim” (The Guide for the Perplexed) by Rabbi Shem Tov Falaquera. Pressburg. 1837. [2], 179 pp, 19.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Detached binding and last leaf.
2. Sefer Moreh Nevuchim by Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, with commentary by Moshe Narbonne and commentary by Givat HaMoreh. Berlin, 1791. [11], 108 pp, 20 cm. Fair-good condition.
On both volumes appear corrections and markings handwritten by Yehudah Even-Shmuel who also notes at the beginning of each of the volumes “the corrections and notes in this copy are mine”.
Yehudah Even-Shmuel (Kaufman, 1886-1976), winner of the Israel Prize for Jewish Studies for the year 1973 and winner of the Rabbi Kook Prize for Biblical Studies, 1959; translated into Hebrew the “Kuzari” and composed a comprehensive commentary on The Guide for the Perplexed, up to the first part of Part Three
2. Sefer Moreh Nevuchim by Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, with commentary by Moshe Narbonne and commentary by Givat HaMoreh. Berlin, 1791. [11], 108 pp, 20 cm. Fair-good condition.
On both volumes appear corrections and markings handwritten by Yehudah Even-Shmuel who also notes at the beginning of each of the volumes “the corrections and notes in this copy are mine”.
Yehudah Even-Shmuel (Kaufman, 1886-1976), winner of the Israel Prize for Jewish Studies for the year 1973 and winner of the Rabbi Kook Prize for Biblical Studies, 1959; translated into Hebrew the “Kuzari” and composed a comprehensive commentary on The Guide for the Perplexed, up to the first part of Part Three
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
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Hebräisch-Orientalischer Melodienschatz [Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies], compiled and edited by Abraham Zevi Idelsohn. Jerusalem-Berlin-Vienna: Benjamin Harz / Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1914-1932. German. Ten volumes (complete set).
Monumental work by Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (1882-1938), Jewish-German musicologist, ethno-musicologist, cantor, composer and music teacher; author of the song “Hava Nagila”.
Each volume is dedicated to Jewish melodies of a different community: Yemen, Babel, Persia and Bukhara, Morocco, Germany, the Sudeten, East Europe, Spanish and Hasidic songs.
Volumes: 30.5-33 cm. Good condition. Ownership inscriptions at the beginnings of volumes. Ex-Libris. Wear and damages to corners of volumes.
Monumental work by Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (1882-1938), Jewish-German musicologist, ethno-musicologist, cantor, composer and music teacher; author of the song “Hava Nagila”.
Each volume is dedicated to Jewish melodies of a different community: Yemen, Babel, Persia and Bukhara, Morocco, Germany, the Sudeten, East Europe, Spanish and Hasidic songs.
Volumes: 30.5-33 cm. Good condition. Ownership inscriptions at the beginnings of volumes. Ex-Libris. Wear and damages to corners of volumes.
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,625
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Anglo-Jewish Portraits by Alfred Rubens. London: The Jewish Museum, 1935. English.
Detailed catalogue of Anglo-Jewish portraits with numerous picture plates.
Presented is a special copy, interleaved (bound with blank leaves), to which a dozen plates that do not appear in other copies of the book (and not mentioned in the list of plates) were added. On the first leaf appears an inscription, handwritten by Alfred Rubens (English), noting that the book is one of six copies interleaved and with additional plates.
Below the inscription appears a dedication handwritten by Rubens, to Thomas Colyer-Fergusson (Ex-Libris of Colyer-Fergusson appears on verso of front binding).
Enclosed: a typewritten leaf (English) with an addition to the description of item no.194 in the catalogue. XXIII, 191 pp + blank leaves. [48] Picture plates + [12] plates, to which the number of the page where the portrait is mentioned was added by hand. 25.5 cm. Fine binding with gold embossing. Gilt upper edges. Good condition. Slight stains and damages.
Detailed catalogue of Anglo-Jewish portraits with numerous picture plates.
Presented is a special copy, interleaved (bound with blank leaves), to which a dozen plates that do not appear in other copies of the book (and not mentioned in the list of plates) were added. On the first leaf appears an inscription, handwritten by Alfred Rubens (English), noting that the book is one of six copies interleaved and with additional plates.
Below the inscription appears a dedication handwritten by Rubens, to Thomas Colyer-Fergusson (Ex-Libris of Colyer-Fergusson appears on verso of front binding).
Enclosed: a typewritten leaf (English) with an addition to the description of item no.194 in the catalogue. XXIII, 191 pp + blank leaves. [48] Picture plates + [12] plates, to which the number of the page where the portrait is mentioned was added by hand. 25.5 cm. Fine binding with gold embossing. Gilt upper edges. Good condition. Slight stains and damages.
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Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 8, 2015
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Talmudical Fragments in the Bodleian Library, Edited, with Introduction, by S. Schechter and the Rev. S. Singer. Cambridge, 1896. Hebrew and English.
Fragments from the Babylonian Talmud, tractate Keritot, and the Jerusalemite Talmud, tractate Berachot, from the Cairo Geniza, with and introduction by Shneur Zalman Schechter, a leading scholar of the Cairo Geniza. One of the earliest publications about the Cairo Geniza. [1], 14 leaves; 6, [2] pp + [1] facsimile leaf, 37 cm. Fair-good condition. Worming. Tears and creases to endpapers. Several loose pages.
Fragments from the Babylonian Talmud, tractate Keritot, and the Jerusalemite Talmud, tractate Berachot, from the Cairo Geniza, with and introduction by Shneur Zalman Schechter, a leading scholar of the Cairo Geniza. One of the earliest publications about the Cairo Geniza. [1], 14 leaves; 6, [2] pp + [1] facsimile leaf, 37 cm. Fair-good condition. Worming. Tears and creases to endpapers. Several loose pages.
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