Auction No. 114
Golden coins, Seforim, Chabad, Eretz Yisrael and Zionism, Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Holocaust and refugees.
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Book of poems, essays and short proverbs. German translation on facing pages. Addendum about the rabbis of AH"U at the end. Authored and translated by Rabbi Yochanan Wittkower.
Rabbi Yochanan Wittkower [1830-1890], a disciple of Rabbi Ya'akov Ettlinger, author of Aruch LaNer. Rabbi Wittkower was the proofreader of his rabbi's books Aruch LaNer and Minchat Ani.
40, 256, [5], 258-340 pages. 22 cm. Quality paper. Elegant copy.
Very fine condition. Gilt edges. Elegant binding decorated and gilded.
Complete collection of "synagogue melodies" composed by Marcus Hast, chief chazzan of the Central Synagogue in London. Includes musical notes for most familiar synagogue melodies.
4 volumes, 28 cm, paper bindings.
Fine-very fine condition.
* Encyclopedia shel Chassidut volumes 1-3. Melodies and dance in Chassidut by M. Sh. Gashuri. Arzi Press, Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, 1959.
* Malchin L'Veit Gur - HaRav Yaakov Talmud Kav V'Tav L'Dmuto by Chaim Talmud. Tel Aviv, 1964. Numbered copy 127 of a limited edition of 300 exemplars.
Overall fine condition.
Rak Doctor. Lvov, 1900.
Kinor Katan. Warsaw, 1911.
HaNoded HaNitzchi. Lodz, 1917.
HaChashmona'im HaKetanim. Jerusalem, 1921.
Shirim LeBeit HaSefer by Levin Kipnis. With sheet music. Jerusalem, 1921.
Shaul VeDavid. Lvov, 1922.
Yehudit VeHolofernes. Tel Aviv, 1927.
Collection of nine books combining poet and artist Moshe Bernstein's works in painting and in poetry. All the books have dedications from the author Moshe Bernstein to author Mordechai Donitz. Israel, 1980s.
Moshe (Moishe'le) Bernstein [1920-2006] was an Israeli artist and painter. Much of his work focused on the world of the Jewish town of Eastern Europe, which was destroyed in the Holocaust. Bernstein was a prominent figure in the Bohemian circles of Tel Aviv. His paintings were, inter alia, on the walls of the Kassit café, which was a famous artists' meeting place in Tel Aviv. He was well-known and participated in various exhibitions, including in the Tel Aviv Museum and the Artists' House in Tel Aviv. Bernstein's work was displayed at private and public galleries as well as at museums in Israel (at the Haifa Museum, Mishkan L'Omanut in Ein Harod, the Katz Art Gallery and the Chemerinsky Gallery) as well as abroad (including in the Hague, Amsterdam, Paris, and Prague).
Overall very fine condition.
Highlights:
* Shirei Tiferet, fifth booklet, by Naphtali Herz Wessely. Prague, 1811.
* Zmirot Yisrael. Vilna, 1891.
* The complete works of David Frischmann. [8 volumes].
* Mishlei Krylov. Warsaw, 1885.
* Leah Mocheret HaDagim.
The collection has not been thoroughly examined and sold as is.
Mashalei Shualim - proverbs in rhyme and morals from the animal kingdom by Berachiah HaNakdan. Rare.
Woodcut illustrations on the title page and on leaves 5:, 61:.
There is an additional compilation with recommendations for versions of letters for various situations.
There is a lengthy notation in abbreviations as well as an owner's stamp on the title page.
[1], 61, 24 leaves. 16 cm.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Worming perforations. Original parchment binding with slight wear.
Musical notes for a cantor for Shabbat and festival prayers, as they were conducted in German congregations, by Cantor Y. M. Jaffet, who was cantor in Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch's community in Frankfurt am Main. With an introduction by the author and and an approbation by Rabbi Sh. R. Hirsch.
160 pages. 23 cm. Original binding with gilt imprint. Prayer names in Hebrew and in German.
Fine condition, aging stains.
Album book containing portraits of great Hebrew poets from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Includes pictures of Rabbi Natan Nota Shapira (author of Megaleh Amukot), and in contrast, Tchernichovsky, Yehudah Leib Gordon, Bialik, Naftali Hertz Imber and more.
[5] leaves (including 1 picture plate), 94 portraits. 25 cm. Original blue binding with an impressive gold imprint.
Very fine condition.
Una Mojir Terrible [The Terrible Woman], based on the true story published in the Newspaper El Misitriste.
By Alexandre Ben-Giat, a writer and journalist in Izmir (he published stories and translations, published the El Misitriste, El Kismite Pointe in Judeo-Spanish [Ladino] and in Turkish). "Cairo" is printed on the title page, apparently due to fear of censorship.
68 pages. 15 cm. Rash"i script. Ladino. Yaari: 459. Fine condition. Aging stain. Paper binding.
Zecher Tzaddik - a memorial book for Rabbi Naphtali Hirz Wessely by David Tzvi Hirsch Friedrichsfeld. Proops Katz Press.
Naphtali Hirz Wessely [1725-1805] was a Hebrew linguist and poet, a patriarch of the Jewish Enlightenment movement. His composition Divrei Shalom VeEmet ignited the first battle in the history of the war over the Jewish culture. The book of poems he authored about Moses, Shirei Tiferet, influenced several subsequent generations of poets, and some scholars see him as the pioneer of modern Hebrew literature.
[8], 85, [2] pp. 20 cm. Bright quality paper. Colorful page cuts.
Fine condition. Stains and creases. Restored title page.