Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
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Passover Haggadah, with laws and instructions in Hebrew and Yiddish. Brünn (Brno): Joseph Karl Neumann, 1784.
With Yiddish translation of some piyyutim, and Mateh Aharon commentary to Chad Gadya.
Ownership inscriptions on pieces of paper mounted on the verso of the title page.
40 leaves. 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Small open tears to title page and several other leaves, slightly affecting text, partially repaired with paper. Light worming. New binding.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book project documents an incomplete exemplar of this Haggadah. We know only of a single other complete copy found in the JTS library in New York.
Yaari 207; Otzar HaHaggadot 310.
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Passover Haggadah, "with large letters and illustrations". Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rofe and his son Binyamin, [1797].
Illustrated engravings around some initial panels. The instructions and commentaries are in Yiddish, in Tzenah URenah script. At the end of the book is Akdamut for Shavuot.
40 leaves. 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains and food stains to some leaves. Original binding, damaged.
Yaari 284; Otzar HaHaggadot 405.
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![Passover Haggadah, according to the Ashkenazic rite. Verona: Libantea, [1828].
25 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stai](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/39.jpg "Passover Haggadah, Ashkenazic Rite – Verona, 1828")
Passover Haggadah, according to the Ashkenazic rite. Verona: Libantea, [1828].
25 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small marginal open tear to one leaf, not affecting text. Loose and disconnected leaves. Old paper binding.
Not containing [1] plate with a picture appearing before the title page in some copies.
Yaari 490; Otzar HaHaggadot 679.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, B.918.
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Offenbacher Haggadah – illustrated Haggadah in German and Hebrew, edited by Siegfried Guggenheim, first and second edition:
• Offenbacher Haggadah, edited by Siegfried Guggenheim. Offenbach am Main: Heinrich Cramer and Max Dorn, 1927. German and Hebrew.
Passover Haggadah, with sections from the Hebrew original (most of the text is in German). Musical notes, map of the journey of the Children of Israel in Egypt and additional illustrations (hand-colored woodcuts) by the artist Fritz Kredel. Some letters printed in red ink. Bibliophile edition on high-quality paper, copy 148 of 300.
97, [1] pages. Approx. 29 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original binding, with stains and light damage.
Yaari 2042; Otzar HaHaggadot 3054.
• Offenbacher Haggadah, edited by Siegfried Guggenheim. New York-Wiesbaden, published by editor and by Otto Harrassowitz, 1960.
From a limited edition of 600 copies.
In this edition the Haggadah was newly edited, more Hebrew sections were added and the illustrations were changed. Another edition, with changes, was published the same year.
133, [1] pages. 26 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Original binding.
Otzar HaHaggadot 4670.
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Die Darmstädter Pessach-Haggadah, elaborate facsimile of the Darmstadt Haggadah. Berlin: Propyläen, 1971-1972. Includes the commentary volume in English and German. Copy no. 17/600.
Elaborate facsimile of the Darmstadt Haggadah, illuminated 15th-century Haggadah. Printed on high-quality, parchment-like paper. With illustrations and gilt decorations.
Facsimile: [58] leaves (some with tissue guards). Commentary volume: 129, [1] pages. 35.5 cm. Placed in fabric-covered cardboard slipcases. Good condition. Leather spines, with stains and wear. Minor defects to bindings and slipcases.
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"The Five Books of the Torah", published by the Soncino Gesellschaft der Freunde des Jüdischen Buches ("Soncino Society of Friends of the Jewish Book"); copy of the complete Chumash and a copy of Bereshit. Berlin, 1931-1933.
The edition was printed in 850 copies; the type and initials were designed by Marcus Behmer ("after the letters used in the printing press of Gershom Cohen in Prague"). The present lot comprises two copies:
1. "The Five Books of the Torah". Berlin: [1931-1933].
[134] leaves. Approx. 40 cm.
2. "The Five Books of the Torah" – Bereshit (this volume was printed separately, two years before the publication of the rest of the books of the Torah; at the end of the volume are included the first leaves of the book of Shemot). Berlin: [1931].
[36] leaves. Approx. 40 cm.
Each of these copies is accompanied by a leaflet that was originally enclosed with the publication by the Soncino Gesellschaft.
The Soncino Society of Friends of the Jewish Book was founded in Berlin in 1924 in order to revive the art of Jewish and Hebrew printing (the name of the society refers to the Italian-Jewish Soncino family, in whose printing house the first Jewish Bible was printed). The crowning glory of the society's catalogue was to be the printing of a bibliophile edition of the entire Hebrew Bible, in calligraphic script and illustrations by Marcus Behmer. However, the edition was never completed, and the only books published were the present five books of the Torah (the edition was published in two parts: the Book of Bereshit in 1931, and the other four books in 1933). The Chumash, sometimes called "The Soncino Chumash", is consider by many to be the greatest achievement of the society, and among the most beautiful Hebrew books to be produced in the 20th century.
Good condition. Minor blemishes. Chumash volume rebound in new cloth binding. Bereshit volume bound in thick paper binding, detached (spine missing).
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![Five Books of the Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel, [1631-1635].
At the beginning of the volume i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/43.jpg "Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim – Printed by Menasseh ben Israel – Amsterdam")
![Five Books of the Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel, [1631-1635].
At the beginning of the volume i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/43_4.jpg "Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim – Printed by Menasseh ben Israel – Amsterdam")
![Five Books of the Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel, [1631-1635].
At the beginning of the volume i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/43_5.jpg "Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim – Printed by Menasseh ben Israel – Amsterdam")
Five Books of the Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel, [1631-1635].
At the beginning of the volume is a title page with copper engraving, with the name of the printer and proofreader. Divisional title pages for Neviim Rishonim, Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim (on all three title pages, the date of printing is corrected to 1636, in the same hand).
Handwritten glosses and inscriptions in Latin, in the text and in the margins (many glosses to some leaves). Inscription in Latin script on title page from 1715.
Four parts in one volume (Ketuvim and Five Megillot are bound after the Torah). Torah: [2], 3-128 leaves. Ketuvim: 124, [3] leaves. Five Megillot: 129-144 leaves. Neviim Rishonim: [145]-254 leaves. Neviim Acharonim: [255]-369 leaves. Latin title page bound after Ketuvim. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and small tears to margins of some leaves. Marginal tears to title page, repaired with paper, slightly affecting title frame. Marginal worming to some leaves. Last leaf detached from other leaves. Early leather binding, back side detached. Damage to binding.
Contains [2] leaves at the end of Ketuvim section – table of Haftarot for the whole year according to all customs, included in some copies only.
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Five Books of the Torah, Neviim Rishonim, Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim, with a commentary on difficult words – translation of words and their roots into Ladino, by R. Yaakov Lumbrozo. [Venice: Giovanni Vendramini by Giovanni Martinelli, 1638-1639.] All four parts in one volume.
Divisional title pages for Neviim Rishonim, Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim (title page of Torah and additional leaves missing).
Torah: 140 leaves. Neviim Rishonim: [1], 142-235, [1] leaves. Neviim Acharonim: [1], 238-345, [1] leaves. Ketuvim: [1], 348-468 leaves. Missing first [4] leaves from Torah section, including title page, introduction and approbation; and last three leaves (469, [2] leaves) from Ketuvim section (enclosed are fragments of leaf 469 and the last leaf, with the errata and statement by the first proofreader). Approx. 25 cm. Overall fair condition, several leaves in fair-poor condition. Many stains, including dampstains. Wear. Tears, including open tears affecting text (large tears to first leaves), partially repaired with paper. Detached leaves and gatherings. Early leather binding, worn and damaged (back side detached), with large open tears to spine and back side.
Rare edition.
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![Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, with Latin translation. Biblia Hebraica, cum interlineari interpretatione Latina. [Leiden], Planti](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/45.jpg "Torah Neviim and Ketuvim, With Latin Translation – Leiden, 1608-1613 –")
![Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, with Latin translation. Biblia Hebraica, cum interlineari interpretatione Latina. [Leiden], Planti](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/45_4.jpg "Torah Neviim and Ketuvim, With Latin Translation – Leiden, 1608-1613 –")
Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, with Latin translation. Biblia Hebraica, cum interlineari interpretatione Latina. [Leiden], Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1608-1613. Hebrew and Latin. Two volumes.
Edition of the Tanach in two volumes, Hebrew with Latin interlinear translation. In the margins of the pages appear the roots of words in Hebrew, with Latin notes.
Lengthy Latin introduction at beginning of first volume (from 1581) by Spanish scholar Benito Arias Montano.
General title page at the beginning of volume I, and divisional title pages for Neviim Rishonim, Divrei HaYamim, Tehillim, Mishlei and Ketuvim, and Neviim Acharonim.
Handwritten inscriptions (most in Latin) on title page of volume I and back endpaper. On p. 763 of the second volume is a Hebrew signature, in square script (apparently by a Christian priest).
Two volumes. Volume I (Torah and Neviim Rishonim): [30] leaves, 6, 11-656 pages. Missing pages: 7-10, 657-659, [1] pages (total of 4 leaves). 583 pages. Volume II (Divrei HaYamim, Tehillim, Ketuvim, Neviim Acharonim and Trei Asar): [1], 551-763 pages; 183, [1], 187-412 pages; [1], 415-548 pages; 100 leaves, 101-527, [1] pages. 18.5 cm. First volume in good-fair condition, second volume in good condition. Stains. Marginal open tears to title page and additional leaves in first volume, slightly affecting frames printed around leaves, partially repaired with paper. Early leather bindings, with decorations. Damage to bindings.
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Isaias propheta, Hebraice, Graece et Latine, Addita est autem duplex latina interpretatio, Hieronymi & Munsteri, the Book of Yeshayahu with the Septuagint and Latin translations, edited by Sebastian Münster. Basel: Henricus Petrus, [1542].
The Book of Yeshayahu in the original Hebrew, next to the Septuagint (in Ancient Greek), the Latin translation of Jerome and an additional Latin translation by Sebastian Münster, including at the end extracts from the commentary of Radak on difficult words.
[5], 345; [57] pages. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small tears and worming to title page and a few additional leaves, not affecting text. Small open tear to one leaf, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper filling. Handwritten inscriptions on title page. Fine new leather binding.
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![Book of Shmuel, Samuelis libri duo Ebraice & Latine, with Latin translation. Leiden: Iohannem Maire, [1621]. Title page i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/47.jpg "Book of Shmuel – Bilingual Edition in Hebrew and Latin – Leiden, 1621")
![Book of Shmuel, Samuelis libri duo Ebraice & Latine, with Latin translation. Leiden: Iohannem Maire, [1621]. Title page i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/47_4.jpg "Book of Shmuel – Bilingual Edition in Hebrew and Latin – Leiden, 1621")
Book of Shmuel, Samuelis libri duo Ebraice & Latine, with Latin translation. Leiden: Iohannem Maire, [1621]. Title page incorrectly dated 1521.
Hebrew with Latin translation (by Benito Arias Montano), in facing pages. In the right margins of the Hebrew original are printed roots of selected words. Latin introduction by editor Thomas Erpenius (the correct date of printing appears at the end of the introduction).
At the end of the book are printed the first two chapters of the Book of Kings.
[366] leaves. 13 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming to some leaves, affecting text. Original leather binding. Wear and damage to binding.
Standalone printing of the Book of Samuel, not printed as part of a complete edition of the Bible.
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Bible – Five books of the Torah, with Neviim Rishonim, Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim. Amsterdam: Gerardus Borstius and partners, [1701].
Three title pages, the first one engraved, depicting Moses and Aaron and the Holy of Holies. Second title page in Hebrew, and the third in Latin. Introduction in Latin and poem in Hebrew.
Two columns per page. This Bible edition was used by R. Aryeh Levin for Goral HaGra, following a special tradition transmitted from the Gaon of Vilna.
[6], 292 leaves, 293-306, [4] pages. 14.5 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Minute marginal tear to first title page. Inscription on front endpaper. New leather binding.
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