Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Incunable and First Editions | Illuminated Manuscripts and Esther Scrolls | Jewish Ceremonial Art, 106, Jerusalem

Papal Bull of Pope Julius III -- Rome, 1554 -- Burning of the Talmud and Establishment of Official Censorship -- Rare Historical Document

Decorated Parchment Manuscript -- Ashkenazic-Rite Siddur -- With Passover Haggadah, Tractate Avot and Other Selections -- Rare Piyyutim -- Ashkenazic Lands, 14th Century

Decorated Parchment Manuscript -- Bechinat Olam by Rabbi Yedaiah HaPenini, and Other Works -- Provence, 14th/15th Century

Early and Important Esther Scroll -- Italy, First Half of the 17th Century -- In the Style of Scrolls by Moshe ben Avraham Pescarolo

Engraved Esther Scroll by Shalom Italia -- Amsterdam, Ca. 1641-1650

Hand-Colored Engraved Esther Scroll -- Probably Venice, Ca. 1750 -- Closely Related to Scrolls by Engraver Francesco Griselini

Moreh Nevuchim by the Rambam -- Incunabulum -- Rome, Ca. 1473-1475 -- First Edition of a Fundamental Work of Jewish Philosophy -- One of the First Hebrew Books to be Printed

Sefer HaIkarim by Rabbi Yosef Albo -- Incunabulum -- Soncino, 1485 -- Complete Copy of the First Edition, Including Rare Leaves Removed from Most Copies by the Censor -- Wide Margins

Midrash Rabbah on the Torah -- First Edition -- Constantinople, 1512 -- Schocken Copy

Kitzur Piskei HaRosh -- First Edition -- Constantinople, 1515

Zohar -- Cremona, 1559-1560 -- First Edition Printed Simultaneously with Mantua Edition -- Rare "Large Zohar" Edition, Many Copies Destroyed in Cremona Book Burning -- Standard Edition in Germany and Poland

Passover Haggadah -- Mantua, 1568 -- Many Fine Woodcut Illustrations and Decorations -- Second Illustrated Haggadah Printed in Mantua, Especially Rare -- Highly Impressive Illustrated Hebrew Print Production of the 16th Century

Likutei Amarim (Tanya) -- First Edition -- Slavita, 1796 -- Complete Schocken Library Copy, with Wide Margins -- Proceeds of Sale Will Be Donated to the Renovation of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Ohel