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
153 Salah, Yahya (Chaim) ben Ya'akov.

Mekor Haim. An abridgement of R. Yahya ben Yosef Salah (Mahar'i Tzalach)'s work on the laws of ritual slaughter, Zevach Todah.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
154 VITAL, CHAIM.

Sha'ar HaHakdamoth [Kabbalah].

1857 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,750.00
155 Franciscus Octavius Cleofilus of Fano (Francesco Ottavio Cleofilo).

Anthropotheomachia. Historia de bello Fanensi. Et quaedam alia.

Fano 1516 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
156 Constantius, Jacob of Fano.

Collectaneorum Hecatostys Prima.

Fano 1508 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
157 Arrian of Nicomedia (Flavius Arrianus).

De rebus gestis Alexandri regis.

Pesaro 1508 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
158

Psalterium ex hebreo diligetissime ad verbum fere tralatum.

Venice 1515 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
159 GALATINUS, PETRUS COLUMNA.

De Arcanis Catholicae Veritatis.

Ortona 1518 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
160 MARGARITHA, ANTON.

Der Gantz Judische Glaub.

Augsburg 1530 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,875.00
161 MOSES OF COUCY.

Mitzvoth Lo Ta'aseh U'Mitzvoth Aseh / Praecepta Mosaica.

Basle 1533 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 812.50
162 MONTANUS, BENEDICTUS ARIAS.

Antiquitatum Iudaicarum Libri IX. In quis, praeter Iudaeae, Hierosolymorum, & Templi Salomonis accuratam delineationem, praecipui sacri ac profani gentis ritus describuntur ["Antiquities of the Jews, Book IX, in which Judea, Jerusalem and the Temple of So

Leiden 1593 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
163

Mischna sive Totius Hebraeorum Juris. With commentary by Moses Maimonides and Ovadiah Bartenura.

Amsterdam 1698-1703. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
164 GOEREE, WILLEM & DAVID

Mosaize Historie der Hebreeuwse Kerke.

Amsterdam 1700 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
165 CUNAEUS, PETRUS.

De Republyk der Hebreen, Of Gemeenebest der Joden ["The Republic of the Hebrews, On the Commonwealth of the Jews."]

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
166 NICOLAI, JOHANNES.

De Sepulchris Hebraeorum.

Leiden 1706 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
167

Orden de las Oraciones Cotidianas...Con Hanuca, Purim, Ayuno del Solo, y las tres Pascuas con sus Parasioth, Aphtarot, As`aarot, y muchas Cosa mas. pp. (16), 535, (3). [Kayserling, pp. 60-1].

Amsterdam 1717 and 1718. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,375.00
168 CALASIO, MARIO DI.

Concordantiae Sacrorum Bibliorum Hebraicorum.

London 1747-49. USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
169

(Spanish). La Biblia Vulgata Latina, traducida en Espanol. Prepared by Phelipe Scio de San Miguel.

Valencia 1790-93. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
170 KIRCHNER, PAUL CHRISTIAN.

Juedisches Ceremoniel.

Nuremberg 1726 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
171 BUXTORF, JOHANNES.

Synagoga Judaica.

Frankfurt & Leipzig 1738 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
172 BODENSCHATZ, JOHANN CHRISTOPH GEORG.

Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden sonderlich derer in Deutschland ["The Religious Condition of Contemporary Jews, Especially those in Germany."]

Frankfurt and Leipzig 1748-49. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
173

Steinschneider, Moritz. Catalogus Codicum Hebraeorum Bibliothecae Acadamiae Lugduno-Batavae.

Leiden 1858 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
174

Three works in five volumes, all mint:

Jerusalem v.d USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
175

Group of c. 16 Hebrew Book-Dealers' Catalogues (all pre-war).

v.p v.d USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 218.75
176 (MONTEFIORE, MOSES). Tobias Goodman.

Emunath Yisrael [Hebrew] - The Faith of Israel.

London 1834 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
177 (MONTEFIORE, MOSES). Hodgkin, Thomas.

Narrative of a Journey to Morocco in 1863 and 1864.

London 1866 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
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