Kestenbaum and Company: Rare Hebrew Books, from the Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul. Part II., 113, Brooklyn

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Auction Date
September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025
Page Size: 199 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ABOAB, YITZCHAK.

Menorath Hama'or [ethics].

Amsterdam 1722 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
2 ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

Rosh Amanah [on the principles of faith]. Third edition.

Cremona 1557 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 687.50
3 ADARBI, YITZCHAK.

Divrei Rivoth [responsa]. Second edition.

Venice 1587 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
4 AHARON BEN SHMUEL.

Beith Aharon [index to Biblical passages explained in Talmudic, Midrashic and later Rabbinic literature].

Frankfurt on der Oder 1690 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
5 ALBO, YOSEPH.

Sepher Ikrim [philosophy].

Venice 1544 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,625.00
6 ALBO, YOSEPH.

Sepher Ha'Ikrim [philosophy].

Rimini 1522 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 375.00
7 ALFASI, YITZCHAK. (RI'F).

Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code].

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
8 ALTSCHULER, NAFTALI HERTZ.

Nevi'im & Kethuvim. Biblical text with commentary Ayalah Sheluchah. Along with Yiddish explanatory text.

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,000.00
9 (AMSTERDAM).

Group of Six rabbinic volumes printed in Amsterdam. See attached photographs for titles.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
10 ARAMA, YITZCHAK.

Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical sermons to the Chumash and Five Megilloth].

Salonika 1522 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 8,125.00
11 ARIPUL, SHMUEL.

Mizmor LeThodah [commentary to selected Psalms, with vocalized text].

Venice 1576 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
12 ASCHKENAZI, TZVI HIRSCH.

("The Chacham Tzvi.") Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa].

Amsterdam 1712 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
13 ASHER BEN YECHIEL (RO'SH).

Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa].

Venice 1607 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
14 AVICENNA.

(Abu Ali al-Hussein ibn Abdallah ibn Sina). HaKanon HaGadol - Canon Medicinae. Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Nathan of Cento (HaMe'ati).

Naples 1491-92. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 62,500.00
15 BACHARACH, YAIR CHAIM.

Chavoth Yair [responsa].

Frankfurt a/Main 1699 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 687.50
16 BALMES, ABRAHAM DE.

Mikneh Avram (Sepher Dikduk) [grammar].

Venice 1523 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 937.50
17 BARUCH BEN YITZCHAK OF WORMS.

Sepher HaTerumah.

Venice 1523 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,000.00
18

(Ecclesiastes). Sepher Koheleth.

Naples 1487 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,000.00
19

(Former Prophets). Nevi'im Rishonim.

Leiria 1494 USD 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
20

Chamisha Chumshei Torah [-end]

Venice 1528 & 1533. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,875.00
21

Magna Biblia Rabbinica. 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.

Basle 1618-1619. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,000.00
22

Biblia Hebraica. Vocalized text. pp. (22), (1), 183, [1], 283, [1], 84, 203.

Geneva 1619 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
23

Esrim Ve'Arba - Biblia Testamenti Veteris.

Frankfurt a/Main 1677 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 187.50
24

(Chumash and Haphtaroth). Tikun Sopherim - Quinque Libri Mosis.

Amsterdam 1726 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 500.00
25

Chamishah Chumashei Torah - Chamesh Megiloth - Haphtaroth.

Venice 1741 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
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