Antique book list: From the estate of Professor A. Kaufmann, and from other libraries brought from Italy and North Africa.
The books must be sold within two months, and then first come, first served, as most are single copies.
Antique book list published by Josef Schlesinger’s bookshop in Vienna. Before it was a prominent publisher, it also served as an important bookshop for antique books, where many rabbinic leaders purchased books. (For example, it is told that the Imrei Emet of Gur visited this bookshop several times.) There are 1157 books on the list, and the compilers added: “Due to the limited time, we were unable to list all the books we have to sell, because aside from these, there are many other scarce books, and anyone searching for antique books should turn to me and let me know what he is looking for, and I will respond right away. There are also many manuscripts, including on parchment.”
Lithograph, handwritten.
[55], 1 page, 21 cm.
Very fine condition. Minimal aging stains and worn margins.
Chayei Moshe V’Yehudit , the life and times of the righteous minister and famous philanthropist, Moshe Montefiore, whose name was as highly praised as the angel Michael, by Ezra ibn Benishte [Benveniste]. Jerusalem, Zuckerman Press, 1886.
Chronogram: כי לא לנצח ישכח אביון [The destitute will not be forgotten forever].
With a portrait of the minister, Moshe Montefiore, covered with a protective sheet.
First edition. (The same year, a Ladino edition of the book was published.)
Sh. HaLevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim . Jerusalem, 549.
88 pp, 18 cm.
Fine-very fine condition: Tiny tears in the margins of several leaves, far from the text.
Memoirs of Sir Moshe Montefiore and his wife Judith (with their pictures), edited by Dr. Eliezer HaLevi, in Hebrew translation. Parts I-II (divided into four “books, ” with separate title pages). Warsaw, 1898-1899. Special copy.
In this book, Dr. Levi gathered all the precious material he found in the memoirs … of Montefiore and his wife … and he also added many respectable words he heard from them … In addition, he included detailed biographical information about Montefiore’s family and that of Montefiore’s wife, Judith, at the beginning of the book. With a picture of Montefiore in his old age, and a portrait of his wife Judith in her youth.
Before us is a special copy. Each one of the four parts of the book has an illustrated frontispiece added to it from Bibliothequah Ivrit (these title pages are not included in the number of pages).
Part I: Books I-II. 1898. [2] portraits, 80; [4], 86-141 pp. Part II: Books [III]-IV. 1889. 70; [2], 73-161, III pp.
Fine-very fine condition: Individual worming marks.
Reshimat Sefarim – “List of new books, and also old ones, and uncommon precious manuscripts gathered and collected in his lifetime and left by Rabbi Ya’akov Naftali Hertz Levi Pan Bima, z”l, known among scholars as Yanh”l, ” by Shmuel Zeligman. Rare book.
Important catalog of the books owned by a renowned collector; authored by a bibliographer. The list includes 3721 numbers, of which 3325 are Hebrew books. The book also includes the family tree of the Pan Bima family, Lehrn and Dushnit.
Jacket cover and another two title pages, in Hebrew and in German. Text of the German title page: Catalog der … Sammlungen hebräischer und jüdischer Bücher.
277, XV pp, 21 cm.
Fine-very fine condition, except for a blemish in the margins of the jacket cover. New binding.
* HaDefus HaIvri B’Kusta by Avraham Ya’ari. Jerusalem, 1967. First-rate bibliographic book that remains vital. History of the Hebrew press in Constantinople from its inception to the outbreak of WWII, and a list of books printed there. Includes a very detailed bibliographic list of 758 books printed in Constantinople. With many copies of title pages.
303 pp, 24 cm.
* Reshimat Sifrei Ladino by Avraham Ya’ari. Jerusalem, 1934. Fundamental book in its field.
Bibliographic list of 859 books in Ladino found in the National and University Library in Jerusalem.
126 pp, 25 cm. Uncut sheets.
Overall fine condition.
* Nashim Ivriyot B’Tor Madpisot Mesadrot Motziot LaOr V’Tomchot Mechabrim by A. M. Haberman. Berlin, 1933.
* Beit Akad Sefarim Lexicon Bibliographi – Final Part, Friedberg. Tel Aviv, 1956.
* Skirah Bibliographit al Yehudei Prague by Otto Gavriel Muneles, including many photographs. Prague, 1952.
* Bibliografický přehled židovské Prahy by researcher Otto (Gavriel) Muneles. 562 pp, 22 cm.
* Omanut HaSefer 1482-1968 .
* Ewer, Judische Bucher .
* Hirschler’s Catalogue , three parts, numbers 2, 3, 7. Late 1950s.
* Goldston’s Catalog no. 1 & 2.
* 2 Blackwell’s Hebraica catalogs, no. 553&587.
Overall very fine condition.
* Index to Festschriften in Jewish Studies by Charles Berlin. New York, 1971
* Pirsumim Yehudi’im B’Vrit HaMoatzot. Jerusalem, 1961.
Overall very fine condition.
List of all Hebrew books, in print and in manuscript, found in the Friedland collection in the Asiatic Museum Archives of the Academy of the Sciences in St. Petersburg, by Shmuel Weiner. Six parts in one volume.
Before us is an important bibliographic catalog, still vital, consisting of a detailed bibliographic list of over 5000 books. Almost all that had been printed! Starting from the first part, letter א through the letter י. With many title pages.
630 pp, approximately 28 cm.
Fine-very fine condition: Stamps. Brittle paper. Detached binding.
* HaModia – newspaper for bibliography, book critiques and information about books available at Reuven Margaliot’s book publications and agency. Tel Aviv-Jerusalem. 1935-1938. [6] rare compilations.
Following are the details of the compilations:
* Kuntress א, Shevat, 1935.
* Kuntress ב, Adar, 1935.
* Kuntress ג, Sivan, 1935.
* Kuntress ד, Cheshvan, 1935.
* Kuntress ה, Av, 1936.
* Kuntress ז, Av, 1938.
Before us are the important and well-known booklets authored by the wondrous gaon Rabbi Reuven Margaliot. As is known, Rabbi Reuven printed 7 booklets in the Land of Israel, and before us are six of the seven booklets, including the first and rare booklet, that the editors of Mif’al HaBibliographiah did not see.
Rabbi Reuven Margaliot [1890-1971] was a rabbi, researcher, author of many books, tremendously erudite person and renowned bibliographer. He founded the Ramba”m Library, and was an Israel Prize laureate, as well as being a laureate of the Rabbi Kook Prize for Torah Literature. He was rabbinically ordained at an early age by leading rabbis such as Rabbi Meir Arik, but despite this, he did not accept a rabbinic position; he dealt in the book trade. After his wife’s passing, he ascended from Lvov to the Land of Israel, and continued writing the booklets that were designated as “catalogs” but contain important bibliographic information.
* Catalog Hebraica Nr 73 is a list of books for sale at David Frankel’s bookshop in Vienna. [1930?]
The catalog includes approximately 500 books divided into three columns, with their prices.
[1] 24 [2] pp.
Rabbi David Frankel [1870-1948] was the rabbi of Husyatyn; he published books by the ancients as a counterweight to the Mekitzei Nirdamim Society in Berlin. Rabbi David established the Dovevei Siftei Yeshenim society in Husyatyn. He later moved to Vienna and opened an institute for book publication and sales. Before us is a catalog list that he published.
Overall fine condition.