Auction No. 087
Old books, manuscripts, Judaica items, numismatics, coins
February 25, 2015
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Opening $ 300
Estimate $ 500 - $ 600
Seder V'Tikun Techinot U'Bakashot. Supplication for mercy and fasts for earthquakes. Amsterdam, [1756].
6 leaves, 15 cm. In the fall of 1755, an earthquake destroyed Lisbon. It was one of the most destructive earthquakes in history and generated tremendous fear throughout Europe. The Amsterdam community recited prayers and selichot, and the community rabbis decreed public fasts. This is the program for the designated date: 17th of Adar. With a prayer paragraph in Italian. The title page notes the year of printing with a chronogram phrase related to earthquakes. Refer to Y. Desberg, "Seder V'Tikun Bk"K Portoguesim B'Amsterdam al HaRa'ash Bishnat 1755, in: "Sefer Zikaron L'HaRav Yitzchak Nissim", Seder 4, Jerusalem, 1985, p. 281-290. Especially rare work.
New binding. Minimal aging stains. Fine-very fine condition.
Mehlman collection – Ginzei Yisrael.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 180
Estimate $ 250 - $ 300
Tefilat Yisrael, prayer book with Hungarian translation. Budapest, 1906. Magnificent copy.
[1] leaf, 430, [2] pages, 17 cm.
Prayer book for the entire year, for the weekdays and Shabbat, and the Shemona Esrei prayer for the three Pilgrimage holidays, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Hungarian translation printed on facing pages. The title page and preceding leaf feature stamps and an inscription from Vienna.
Magnificent copy. Deluxe leather binding, with shell and metal decorations and clasps. Monogram on the back. Gilt cut leaves. Matching slipcase. Excellent, like-new condition.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 120
Estimate $ 150 - $ 200
Kol Yagon V'Anacha. Eulogy poem by R' Dovid Tiratzini טיראציני. Lithograph at Foa press, Turin, 1870.
[4] pages. 30 cm. Poem upon the death of Rabbi Mordechai ben Pinchas Ashkenazi, from the cities Nice, Monferrato, Saluzzo and Asti…and then Trieste [Refer to: Bitzvat HaDorot, Szulwas, p. 391]. Illustration of an angel at the top of the first page, black border around each page. Not listed bibliographically and not in the National Library.
Fine condition, tear without loss to the bottom corner. Fold marks. Fine condition.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 150
Estimate $ 300 - $ 350
Seder Selichot per the customs of Prague, Pinsk, Karlin and Shebreshin with Ashkenazic elucidation and the Beit Levi and Mateh Levi. [Koenigsberg?] 1822 [should say c. 1857].
136 leaves. 22 cm.
Without place of printing. The chronogram on the title page indicates 1922, however the title page format and letters denote Koenisberg, around 1857. Refer to Ginzei Yisrael 461; Vinograd, Koenigsberg 157.
Rare work. Listed by Ginzei Yisrael according to an incomplete copy. Owner signature on title page. New binding. The last leaf has been restored, not affecting text. Aging stains. Very fine condition.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 120
Estimate $ 250 - $ 300
* Seder Taniot as per the Sephardic custom, by Rabbi Shmuel Rodriguez, published by Jacob da Silva Mendez. Amsterdam, 1771.
[1], 132, 2 leaves. 17.5 cm.
With the approbation of Rabbi Shlomo Shalem, Rabbi of the Sephardic community in Amsterdam. A Spanish translation of the haftara of the 9th of Av was printed for the Jewish anusim from Spain who moved to Amsterdam.
With the two last leaves featuring the elegies; 'yom zeh kehilati…' and 'al naharos bavel…' by 'Chafshi'. Leaf 128 bears the signature of the publisher Jacob da Silva Mendez a prominent member of the Portuguese community in Amsterdam.
Original, blemished binding. Minimal aging stains. Reinforcement to the title page and leaf 62. Moderate – fine condition.
* Seder L'Rosh Hashana per the Sephardic customs, as printed by R' Shmuel Rodriguez and published by Jacob da Silva Mendez. Amsterdam [1771].
86 leaves, 17.5 cm. Original, magnificent leather binding. Very fine condition.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 150
Estimate $ 250 - $ 300
Preghiera per la vittoria e la salute. Hoshia Na. Prayer for the success of Italian soldiers during the First World War. [Leghorn c. 1915].
[4] pages, 25 cm.
Prayer in Hebrew and Italian on facing pages. Apparently written during the First World War, signed S.C., apparently Samuel Colombo. The words "Hoshia Na" open the Hebrew text, and Pregheira per la viottira e la salute… start the Italian side.
Small tear in the fold. Very fine condition. Bibliographically unknown.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 100
Estimate $ 150 - $ 180
Selichot for the entire year, as per the customs of Alsace. [Furth?, 1766?].
80 leaves, 20 cm.
Printed without a publisher's name or place of print. Written on the title page: Amsterdam letters. The chronogram is also unclear. Apparently printed in Furth in 1766 [Vinograd, furth 344].
Simple binding. Blemish to the title page border and reinforcements on its back – blemishing the text. Usage marks. Moderate condition. Rare.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 150
Estimate $ 200 - $ 250
Likutei Mizmorim for Saturday night. All the mizmorim recited before the evening prayers, the verses of "Vayiten Licha", the blessings for the new moon, Song of Songs, kabalat Shabbat and the evening prayers for Shabbat, along with the addition of Pirkei Avot. Vilna, 1889. Unknown edition.
15 cm., 112 pages.
Illustrated frontispiece. Imaginary picture of King David kneeling in prayer with a Book of Psalms in his hand with the "Divine Inspiration" before him.
New binding. Worming holes. Usage marks. Moderate-fine condition. Rare.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 650
Estimate $ 800 - $ 1,000
Siddur Beit E-l. Prayer book with Russian translation by Asher Wohl. Stupnik press. Kobe [Japan]. 1920.
XVI, 498, 24 pages. 19 cm.
Prayer book for the days of the year with a Passover Haggada and all the law of Passover and a ten-year calendar of Jewish holidays. The Russian translation was printed on facing columns, with Russian instructions. Hebrew title page and Russian title page. Small vignette of a Jewish traveler on the reverse of the title page. The only Hebrew book printed in Kobe, Japan. The first prayer book printed in Japan, and apparently the first Passover Haggada printed there. Kobe is the fifth largest city in Japan and located on Honshu Island. In the 1920s, about one thousand Jews lived in the city.
Original binding with Hebrew and Russian embossing. Leaves are in excellent condition, as they left the press. A section of the leaves have not yet been cropped.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 2,500
Estimate $ 2,800 - $ 3,000
Sha'ar HaShamayim, nice commentary on the siddur authored by Rabbi Yeshaya Halevi Horowitz, author of "Shnei Luchot HaBrit". Amsterdam, [1742].
28, 568 leaves, 18.5 cm.
Prayer book per the customs of Poland, Reisen etc., prayers for the weekdays and holidays, with hymns and selichot, the Haggada shel Pesach with Peirush Hashl"a. In addition to many customs and mussar from the Shl"a, and other supplements as written by the Shl"a in his will. Second edition of the prominent prayer book authored by the Shl"a. This edition was printed in a small format, while the first edition was printed in a large format, therefore this edition is also considered the first edition of the "Siddur Shl"a Hakatan". Leaf 28 [of the first pagination] features an illustration of the menorah with the Lamnatzeich hymn [Psalms 68].
New binding. Light loss in the title page, professionally restored. Minimal aging and usage stains. Worming holes in the margins of the leaf of a few pages, without blemishing text. Stickers reinforcing the last two leaves. Fine-very fine condition.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 200
Estimate $ 300 - $ 350
Seder Mincha shel Shabbat. Photographs. Bukhara, 1940s.
[22] photo pages, 12x8.5 cm. Original binding.
Includes the Shabbat afternoon prayers with 'karbanot'. Bukhara, like all other republics in the Soviet Union, suffered from a lack of prayer books. This was a creative solution: The pages of a prayer book were photographed, the film developed, and the photos were bound together as a book. Authentic memento from Jewish life under communist rule.
Original, characteristic cardboard binding, with a punctuated Hebrew title. Fine-very fine condition.
Category
Prayer Books & Psalms
Opening $ 200
Estimate $ 250 - $ 300
Imrei Lev. Prières d'un coeur israélite : livre d'offices et recueil de prières et de méditations pour toutes les circonstances de la vie. Edited by Arnaud Aron. Prayer book in French. Paris, 1853.
XVI, VI, 702, 15 [1] pages. 15 cm. Gilt cut leaves.
French prayer book with prayers for the weekdays, Shabbat and holidays. Additional abridged title page. Errata, not found in many copies.
Magnificent leather binding, magnificent gilt clasp and four gilt corners, with embossed name. Very fine condition. The last leaves have been slightly blemished by the clasp.
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Prayer Books & Psalms