Moreshet Auctions: Prestigious Winter Auction, 89, Jerusalem

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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 08, 2026 - February 08, 2026
Page Size: 146 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Glory of the Italian Printing Presses! The First Machzor that was Printed with a Commentary: Two Sections of the Machzor per the Custom of Rome, First Edition of Kimcha DeAvishuna and the Sforno -

Bologna 1540 Not Available USD 4,000.00
2

Valuable Treasure! Hundreds of Glosses Handwritten by the Italian Geonim Rabbi Shneur Ibn Danan and Rabbi Pinchas Anav on the Sheets of a Complete and Rare Set of the Sefer Yesod Rav Alfas - First Edition of Shiltei Hagiborim Sabbioneta

1554-1555 Not Available USD 18,750.00
3

Rare! She'elot Lehachacham Rabbi Shaul Hacohen with Commentaries on Moreh Nevochim - Single Edition

Venice 1574 Not Available USD 1,125.00
4

Chavatzelet Hasharon - Commentary by Rabbeinu the Alshich Hakadosh on Sefer Daniel - Printed in the Author's Lifetime!

Venice 1591 Not Available USD 625.00
5

Volume with Two Books by Rabbi Shmuel Hagiz of Fes: Mevakesh Hashem / Devar Shmuel - Juan di Gara Press - First Edition in the Author's Lifetime

Venice 1596 Not Available USD 750.00
6

Fine Copy with All (!) the Rare Indices Leaves which are Bibliographically Not Listed: Midrash Shmuel on Pirkei Avot by Rabbi Shmuel di Uzeda - Third Edition in the Author's Lifetime

Venice 1600 Not Available USD 1,375.00
7

Fine Copy in an Ancient Leather Binding: Selichot per the Custom of the Ashkenazim of Italy -

Venice 1600 Not Available USD 2,375.00
8

Rare Treasure! Fine Complete Set in Ancient Wooden and Leather Bindings! Talmud Bavli Printed by Emanuel Benvenisti -

Amsterdam 1644-1648 Not Available USD 25,000.00
9

The First Bible in Yiddish - with the Leaf with the Table of Haftarot and the Metaken's Apology

Amsterdam 1676-1679 Not Available USD 687.50
10

Chamisha Chumshei Torah Tikkun Sofrim -

Amsterdam 1726 Not Available USD 375.00
11

Rare! Seder Zera'im of the Talmud Published by Rabbeinu Yonasan Eibeschitz "Having being Allowed to Print Talmud Books" -

Prague 1728 Not Available USD 1,750.00
12

Rare! Fine Copy in an Original Binding: Moshe Yedaber by Rabbi Moshe Yisrael Av Beit Din of Rhodes - First Edition

Salonika 1815 Not Available USD 812.50
13

Rare! First Time Auctioned: Ish Chayil, the History of the Gaon Rabbi Dov Berish Meisles Av Beis Din of Warsaw - Single Edition

Krakow 1871 Not Available USD 500.00
14

First Edition of Two Works by the Mekubal Rabbi Natan Shapira: Matzat Shimurim and Mamar Yayin Hameshumar -

Venice 1660 Not Available Not Sold
15

An Important Sefer Yesod! Complete Set of the First Edition of the Noda BiYehuda Mahadura Kama and Mahadura Tanyana - Copy of the Chasam Sofer's Disciples

Prague 1776-1811 Not Available USD 625.00
16

Extremely Rare! First Edition of Likkutei Tehillim Known Today as Tehillim HaChida which is a Segulah for Refu'ah and Yehshu'ah -

Willhelmsdorf 1717 Not Available USD 625.00
17

Miniature Siddur - Fine Copy! Seder Chamesh Ta'aniyot -

Amsterdam 1740 Not Available Not Sold
18

Masterpiece! First Time Auctioned! Complete and Elegant Copy: Siddur Tefillot Tikkun Ezra -

Vienna 1815 Not Available USD 2,250.00
19

Fine Copy of a Rare Prayer Book with Interesting Ancient Ownership Signatures: Tefillat Yom Kippur Katan -

Russia-Poland, ca. 1840 Not Available USD 750.00
20

Chemdat Segulah! Copy of Rabbeinu Hakadosh the Maharal Tzintz with Glosses: Abudraham -

Amsterdam 1726 Not Available Not Sold
21

Twofold Kedushah! First Edition of Sefer Peirot Genosar by Rabbeinu the Author of the Or Hachaim Hakadosh with Signatures of the Gaon Author of the Arugot Habosem and His Father - First Edition in the Author's Lifetime

Amsterdam 1742 Not Available USD 4,250.00
22

The Shelah HaKaddosh of the Gaon Rabbi Daniel Prusstitz Rosh Av Beit Din of Pressburg in the Period of the Chasam Sofer: Shnei Luchot Habrit -

Frankfurt an der Oder 1717 Not Available USD 2,000.00
23

Sefer Luchot Edut the Work that was Written to Defend Rabbeinu Yonasan Eibeschitz during the Amulet Polemic with Rabbeinu the Yavetz - First Edition

Altona 1755 Not Available Not Sold
24

Rare! With the Opening Leaf with Photocopies of Letters: ULehatzdik Tzaddik Booklet - the Dispute between the Rashban Schuck and the Levushei Mordechai of Mad - Single Edition,

Sasfalau 1912 Not Available USD 375.00
25

Letter of Kana'ut against the HaMizrachi - Handwritten on the Official Stationery of HaMizrachi (!!!) -

Grosswardein 1920 Not Available USD 250.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.