Kestenbaum and Company: Auction of Hebraica & Judaica Rare Printed Books and Manuscripts Including the Eretz Israel / Holy Land Collection of the late Dr. Gershon Hait., 114, Brooklyn

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025
Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
304

Grodzinski, Tzvi Hirsch.

Chicago 1898 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
305

Fried, Yoseph Eliyahu.

New York 1903 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
306 JAFFE, SHALOM ELCHANAN.

Sho'el Kinyan [responsa regarding the construction of a Mikva and an Eruv in St. Louis, Missouri]. With glosses Ma'ayan Eliezer by Eliezer Zalman Grayevski.

Jerusalem 1895 and 1896. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 562.50
307 Friedman, Aaron Tzvi.

Tuv Ta'am [the necessity for Jews to maintain the laws of ritual slaughter].

New York 1875 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
308 Grossman, Reuben.

Ibim.

New York 1918 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
309 ROSENZWEIG, GERSON.

Shirim, Meshalim V'Michtamim [poems, parables and epigrams].

New York 1893 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
310 WEINBERGER, MOSHE.

HaYehudim VehaYahaduth b'New York - Jews and Judaism in New York.

New York 1887 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
311 WEINBERGER, MOSHE.

Dorosh Dorash Moshe: Collection of Essays and Lectures. Vol. I [all published].

New York 1914 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
312 Raphael, R(aphael) B(er).

She'elath HaYehudim - The Jewish Question.

(Newark) 1893 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
313 BACHIENE, WILHELM ALBERT.

Historische und Geographische Beschreibung von Palastina nach seinem ehemaligen und gegenwartingen zustande.

Cleve & Leipzig 1766-75. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
314 BUNTING, HENRY.

Itinerarium totius Sacrae Scripturae. Or, the Travels of the Holy Patriarchs, Prophets, Judges, Kings...as they are related in the Old and New Testaments. With a Description of the Townes and Places to which they Travelled, and how many English Miles they

 London 1623 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
315 CALMET, AUGUSTIN.

Dictionnaire Historique Critique, Chronologique, Geographique et Litteral de la Bible.

Paris 1722 and 1728. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 750.00
316 CHASSEBOEUF DE LA GIRAUDAIS, CONSTANTIN-FRANCOIS (Comte de Volney).

Travels in Syria and Egypt, During the Years 1783, 1784, & 1785.

 London 1788 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
317 BEN-YEHUDAH, ELIEZER.

Five Hebrew works in four volumes by, and relating to, Ben-Yehudah and his family.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
318 BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK.

Travels in Palestine, Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan; including a visit to the cities of Geraza and Gamala in the the Decapolis.

London 1821 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
319 [CROUCH, NATHANIEL].

A Journey to Jerusalem, Containing the Travels of Fourteen Englishmen in 1667...To which is prefixed, Memorable Remarks upon the Ancient and Modern State of the Jewish Nation. Together with a Relation of the Great Council of the Jews in the Plains of Hung

 Hartford, Connecticut 1796 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
320 DE VERGONCEY.

Le Nouveau et Dernier Voyage de Jerusalem.

Paris 1633 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
321 EGRON, ADRIEN CESAR.

La Terre-Sainte et les Lieux Illustres par les Apotres Vues Pittoresques.

Paris 1837 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
322

Geographische Analyse zu dem Versuch einer Construction der Karte von Galilaa. Nebst den Beikartchen des Gebirges Gilboa des Felsen Dschafat und der Kreuzfahrer-Veste Accon vornamlich herausgegeben nach den Forschungen des Verstorbenen Ernst August Schulz

 Berlin 1861 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
323 GUZMAN, JOSE MARIA.

Breve y sencilla narracion del viage, que hizo a visitar los santos lugares de Jerusalen.

Puebla (Mexico) 1837 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
324 HALMA, FRANCOIS.

Kanaan en D'omleggende Landen, Vertoont in en Woordenboek ["Canaan and Surrounding Territories."]

 Leeuwarden 1717 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
325 HASSELQUIST, FREDRIK.

Voyages dans le Levant Dans les annees 1749, 50, 51 & 52. Contenant des observations sur l'Histoire Naturelle, la Medecine, l'Agriculture & le Commerce, & particulierement sur l'Histoire naturelle de la Terre Sainte.

Paris 1769 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
326

Personal Invitation to Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem. Wednesday, July 24th 1918, at 5 o'clock pm.

 Tel Aviv-Jaffa July 18 1918 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
327

LeYaldei Yisra'el B'Eretz Yisrael.

Jerusalem, 24th July (15th Av), 1918. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
328

The Ceremonial Opening the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

1925 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
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