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
102 MOSHE OF COUCY.

Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol (SeMa'G) ["The Great Book of Commandments": Enumeration of the 613 precepts].

Soncino 1488 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 25,000.00
103 NATHAN BEN YECHIEL OF ROME.

Sepher Ha'Aruch [Talmudic dictionary].

Basle 1599 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
104 OLIVEYRA, SOLOMON DE.

Group of eight works bound in one volume:

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
105 PERETZ TRABOT / YECHIEL (Attributed to).

Makrei Dardakei ["Primary Teacher."]

[Naples 1488 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,000.00
106 PESARO, AHARON.

Toldoth Aharon [Biblical concordance to the Talmud]. ff. (159).

Amsterdam 1652 & 1628 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 500.00
107

Group of Seventeen volumes.

USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,000.00
108

Group of Sixteen volumes.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
109 RICCHI, RAPHAEL IMMANUEL CHAI.

Chazah Tzion [Kabbalistic commentary to Tehillim, with text].

Livorno 1742 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,500.00
110 SCHOR, ALEXANDER SENDER BEN EPHRAIM ZALMAN.

Simlah Chadashah - Tevuoth Shor - U'Bechor Shor [laws of Shechitah].

Zolkiev 1840 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
111 David Gans.

Nechmad Vena'im [on astronomy, geography, as well as a rejection of astrology in Jewish tradition].

Berlin 1777 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
112 Jonathan of Raseiniai.

Yeshu'ath Yisrael [astronomy as it relates to the sanctification of the New Month].

Frankfurt a/Main 1720 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 625.00
113

Group of Twelve Hebrew works, bound in ten volumes.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
114 SHALOM, AVRAHAM.

Neve Shalom [philosophy].

Venice 1575 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
115 SHAPIRA, TZVI HIRSCH (The Darchei Teshuva of Munkatch).

Darchei Emunah.

Munkatch 1914 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,250.00
116 (SHE'ERITH HAPLEITAH).

Group of Eight Hebrew volumes.

Munich 1944-45. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
117 SHEM TOV IBN SHEM TOV.

Sepher Ha'Emunoth ["The Book of Beliefs."]

Ferrara 1556 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,375.00
118 SHLOMO BEN AVRAHAM HAKOHEN (MaHaRaSHa'CH).

Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa].

Venice 1592 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
119 SHLOMO BEN ELIEZER HALEVI.

Avodath HaLevi - Moreh Tzedek [listing of the precepts according to the Torah portion of the week with reference to sources throughout Rabbinic literature].

Venice 1546 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
120 SHLOMO IBN ADRET (RaShB'A).

Chidushei Berachoth [novellae to Talmud Tractate].

Venice 1523 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,500.00
121 SHLOMO IBN ADRET (RaShB'A).

Chidushei Gitin [novellae to Talmud Tractate].

Venice 1523 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
122 SHLOMO IBN ADRET (RaShB'A).

Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa].

Bologna 1539 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,125.00
123 SHLOMO IBN ADRET.

Shailoth U'Teshuvoth HaRaShB'A [responsa].

Hanau 1610 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
124 SHLOMO IBN ADRET (RaShB'A).

Torath HaBayith He'Aruch [Rabbinic code of dietary laws and laws of ritual purity]. With critical commentary 'Bedek HaBayith' by R. Aharon HaLevi (ReAH) and the Author's response 'Mishmereth HaBayith.'

Venice 1608 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 875.00
125 SHLOMO IBN GABIROL.

Mivchar HaPeninim.

And: USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 27,500.00
126 SHLOMO IBN MELECH.

Michlol Yofi [linguistic commentary to the Bible].

Constantinople 1549 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
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