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
79

Tehillim - Psalms.

Kedgaon 1919 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 562.50
80 A.B. Salem.

Eternal Light, or Jew Town Synagogue.

Ernakulam 1929 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
81 SHAPIRO, NATHAN OF JERUSALEM.

Tuv Ha'Aretz [on the virtues of the Land of Israel].

Venice 1655 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,375.00
82 YOSEPH SHALIT RICHIETTI.

Igereth Mesapereth Yechasuta Detzadikei [guide to the tombs of Sages and the Holy Places in the Land of Israel].

Mantua 1676 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,125.00
83 PALIASTRI, YEHUDAH.

Zichron Yerushalayim [illustrated guide to the tombs of Sages and the Holy Places].

Amsterdam 1759 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 937.50
84

Shivchei Yerushalayim [an anthology of works (including R. Chaim Vital and R. Yitzchak Luria) on the Holy Sites]. Edited by Ya'akov b. Moshe Chaim Baruch.

Livorno 1785 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
85 YEHOSHUA FEIVEL BEN YISRAEL.

Kitzvei Eretz [on the boundaries of the Land of Israel].

Horadna (Grodno) 1813 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
86 BEIRAV, YA'AKOV.

Zimrath Ha'aretz ["The Song of the Land": history of the settlement of Tiberias]

Livorno Sa'adoun 1820 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
87 YISRAEL BEN SHMUEL OF SHKLOV.

Pe'ath HaShulchan [agricultural laws of Eretz Israel].

Tzfath Yisrael Bak 1836 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 437.50
88

Kaplan, Ya'akov ben Shlomo Hakohen and Lewisohn, Shlomo. Eretz Kedumim... Geliloth Eretz Israel [geography of Land of Israel].

Vilna 1839 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
89 FARHI, YITZHAK.

Matok Midvash [on ethics].

Jerusalem 1842 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 343.75
90 HOROWITZ, CHAIM BEN DOV-BER HALEVI.

Sepher Chibath Yerushalayim [descriptions of the Holy Sites of Eretz Israel].

Jerusalem 1844 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
91 SCHWARZ, YOSEPH.

Tevu'oth Ha'Aretz ["Produce of the Land."]

Jerusalem 1845 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
92 SCHWARZ, YOSEPH.

Divrei Yoseph: Peri Tevu'ah and Pardess.

Jerusalem 1861 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
93 MOHR, AVRAHAM MENACHEM MENDEL.

Mevaseret Tzion.

Lemberg 1847 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
94

Luach al kol Elef HaShishi.

Jerusalem 1867 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
95 REISCHER, MOSHE.

Sha'arei Yerushalayim [guidebook to the Land of Israel].

Warsaw, 1868 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
96

Tephilah LeHithpalel Adam Kodem Limudo Be'ad Machzikav...Be'Eretz HaKodesh [a prayer to be recited by scholars residing in Eretz Israel for the wellbeing of their financial supporters].

Jerusalem 1869 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
97 FERRARA (PERIERA), AARON RAPHAEL.

Ki MeTzion Teitzeh Torah [on the sanctity of Eretz Israel].

Jerusalem 1873 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
98 LUNCZ, AVRAHAM MOSHE.

Nethivoth Tzion Veyerushalayim [topography of Jerusalem].

Jerusalem 1876 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
99 ARYEH LEIB CHARIF.

Sepher Em LeMasoroth.

Jerusalem 1876 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
100 BRILL, YECHIEL.

Yesod Ha'Ma'alah [on his experiences as a founder of the colony, Mazkeret Batya (Ekron)].

Mainz 1883 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
101 MENDELOVITZ, SHNEUR ZALMAN.

Avodath Hashem [commentary to Bereishith].

Jerusalem 1884 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
102 MOSKOWITZ, SHABTHAI.

Gevulei Tzion [on the sanctity of the Holy Land and the integrity of its borders].

Vilna 1899 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
103 DEINARD, EPHRAIM.

Milchemeth Tugarma Be'Eretz Yisrael ["The War Against Turkey in the Land of Israel."]

St. Louis 1926 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
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