Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art, 108, Jerusalem

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026
Page Size: 241 items in 10 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
178

Collection of Letters from Around the World – Rabbis of Hungary and Transylvania After the Holocaust

N/A Not Available USD 2,250.00
179 Ben Ish Chai

Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Ben Ish Chai – Baghdad, 1900

Baghdad 1900 Not Available USD 8,750.00
180

Manuscript, Tiklal Siddur for Festivals – Yemen, Ca. 1651

Yemen c. 1651 Not Available USD 4,750.00
181 Rabbi Eliezer Yehudah Yisrael of Rhodes

Four Manuscripts – Unpublished Works by Rabbi Eliezer Yehudah Yisrael of Rhodes

N/A Not Available USD 13,750.00
182 Rabbi Yehudah ibn Moyal

Manuscript – Sermons, Novellae and Selections, Handwritten by Rabbi Yehudah ibn Moyal, Head of the Mogador Beit Din, Author of Shevet Yehudah

N/A Not Available USD 4,000.00
183

Manuscript – Goralot – Asia, 19th Century

Asia 19th Century Not Available USD 1,187.50
184 Rabbi Imanuel Aboab

Nomologia o Discursos Legales, by Rabbi Imanuel Aboab – Amsterdam, 1629

Amsterdam 1629 Not Available USD 812.50
185 Rabbi Yaakov Yehudah Leon (Templo)

Work on the Tabernacle (Templo) – Amsterdam, 1647 – Especially Rare First Edition / Four Other Works by Rabbi Yaakov Yehudah Leon (Templo) – With Engraved Plate

Amsterdam 1647 Not Available USD 1,750.00
186

Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba with Tehillim – Amsterdam, After 1648 – Spanish Edition for Marranos – Rare

Amsterdam After 1648 Not Available USD 575.00
187 Daniel Levi de Barrios

Mediar Estremos – Amsterdam, 1677 – Work on Rosh Hashanah by Daniel Levi de Barrios – Rare

Amsterdam 1677 Not Available USD 1,250.00
188 Rabbi Yitzchak de Sola

Sermons of Rabbi Yitzchak de Sola – Amsterdam, 1704 – Original Leather Binding with Inscribed Owner's Name

Amsterdam 1704 Not Available USD 1,625.00
189

Torah Neviim and Ketuvim – With Spanish Translation – Amsterdam, 1762 – Large Format – Original Leather Binding – First Bilingual Hebrew-Spanish Edition, Funded by the Curacao Community in America

Amsterdam 1762 Not Available USD 2,125.00
190

Yosifon and She'erit Yisrael – Yiddish – Illustrated – Amsterdam, 1743 – First Edition of She'erit Yisrael – History of the Spanish Expulsion and Discovery of America – Early Leather Binding, With Decorated Clasps

Amsterdam 1743 Not Available USD 2,250.00
191

Yosifon and She'erit Yisrael – Yiddish – Illustrated – Amsterdam, 1771 – History of the Spanish Expulsion and Discovery of America – New Chapter on the Amsterdam Community 1745-1769

Amsterdam 1771 Not Available USD 687.50
192 Rabbi David Lida

Shir Hilulim – Song for Torah Scroll Inauguration by Rabbi David Lida – Amsterdam, 1680

Amsterdam 1680 Not Available USD 550.00
193 Cantor of Ashkenazic Community of Amsterdam

"Fine Song" for Torah Scroll Inauguration – Amsterdam, 1692 – By Cantor of Ashkenazic Community of Amsterdam – Rare, Bibliographically Unknown Booklet

Amsterdam 1692 Not Available USD 2,000.00
194

Statutes of Avodat HaKodesh Society – Amsterdam, 1729 – Portuguese – Rare

Amsterdam 1729 Not Available USD 1,250.00
195

Two Prayer Booklets – Amsterdam, 18th Century – Prayer Following Lisbon Earthquake / Inauguration of Adat Yeshurun Synagogue

Amsterdam 18th Century Not Available USD 625.00
196

Three Prayer Booklets – For Birthday and Wedding of Prince William V of Orange – Amsterdam, 1766-1768

Amsterdam 1766-1768 Not Available USD 937.50
197 Rabbi David HaKohen D'Azevedo

Triumph of Virtue – Amsterdam, 1788 – Sermon by Rabbi David HaKohen D'Azevedo, For Birthday of Dutch Prince

Amsterdam 1788 Not Available USD 250.00
198

Two Prayer Booklets – Amsterdam, 1793 – Prayer for the Dutch Army and the Defeat of the French Revolutionary Army

Amsterdam 1793 Not Available USD 750.00
199

Lamnatzeach Shir – Metz, 1792 – For Victory of French Revolution Without Siege of Metz – Hebrew and French – Rare

Metz 1792 Not Available USD 3,000.00
200

Poster Announcing Establishment of the Paris Sanhedrin – Paris, 1806 – Two Copies (Hebrew-French and Hebrew-German) Signed by the Assembly of Notables

Paris 1806 Not Available USD 13,750.00
201

Announcement and Prayer for the Welfare of Napoleon – Two Printed Leaflets – Paris, 1806

Paris 1806 Not Available USD 2,750.00
202

Kol Todah – In Honor of Emperor Napoleon's Visit to Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam – Amsterdam, 1811

Amsterdam 1811 Not Available USD 1,062.50
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.