Bidspirit auctions | Moreshet Auction Nov 16, 2022
Moreshet, Nov 16, 2022. 262 lots.
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Lots in this catalog (262)
- Lot 1: Recanati on the Torah – second edition, Venice 1545. Partially missing copy
- Lot 2: Ohel Moed – a dictionary of synonyms by Rabbi Shlomo of Urbino. First edition, Venice 1548.
- Lot 3: Pretty copy in the original parchment binding: Mif’a lot Elkayim by Rabbi Yitzhak Abravanel. First edition, Venice 1592
- Lot 4: Tikkun Olam – a commentary on the Book of Isaiah. Rabbi Shlomo Marini. Only edition, Verona 1642
- Lot 5: Sefer Divrei David by the Taz, printed by Rabbi Shabtai Bess (the Siftei Chachamim). First edition, Dyhernfurth 1689
- Lot 6: Bo Yeshu’a v’Nechama: a commentary on the Torah by Rabbi Yeshaya Segal. Only edition, Wilhermsdorf 1730 (approx.)
- Lot 7: Shtei HaLechem by Rabbi Moshe Chagiz. First edition, Wannsbeck 1733.
- Lot 8: Hishta’arut Melech HaNegev with the Melech HaTzafon, mussar by Rabbi Yaakov Londin. Only edition, Amsterdam 1737.
- Lot 9: 3 halachic works with antique glosses and signatures: Shut HaRama; Lechem HaPanim and Chakei Derech.
- Lot 10: Five Books of Torah, illustrated title page, half-calf binding. Printed by Windramin, Venice 1740.
- Lot 11: Rambam: Science-Love-Zmanim. Edition for students with a short commentary. Venice 1740.
- Lot 12: Shut HaRan, rare edition, Metz 1776.
- Lot 13: Rare! Shut Shemen Roke’ach by Rabbi Eliezer Leib, 2 sections, copy owned by the author’s son-in-law and more.
- Lot 14: Rare! Or Pnei Moshe, only edition, Altona 1792
- Lot 15: Sefer Agur/Sefer Chazon. Zolkwa 1798
- Lot 16: Shut HaRashba, copy owned by Rabbi Meir Heller (Semnitzer), one of the leading kana’im of Jerusalem. Zolkwa 1798
- Lot 17: Rare! Hadarat Kodesh, an antique work on the principles of the religion. Zolkwa 1805
- Lot 18: Pamphlet of Rabbi Chaim Yonah. Lemberg 1807
- Lot 19: Sefer Birkat Avraham on Ecclesiastes. First edition, Warsaw 1815.
- Lot 20: Copy with yichus and glosses: Volume with Shut Noda b’Yehuda (second section) and Meginei Shlomo.
- Lot 21: Volume with the works: Midrash Kohelet Rabbati (first edition of the commentary ‘Anaf v’Etz Yosef’).
- Lot 22: Sefer Olat Chodesh, first edition, Lemberg 1854
- Lot 23: Ot Emet by the Company of Clerks and Merchants of Amsterdam, Booklet #1, 1854.
- Lot 24: Sefer Olat Chodesh, second section. First edition, Warsaw 1861.
- Lot 25: Complete set of the Talmud Bavli, original bindings. Berlin 1862-68.
- Lot 26: Bibliographic discovery: Sefer Shulchan HaTahor by Rabbi Yosef Pardo. Miniature edition, Vilna 1867.
- Lot 27: Never seen at auction: Mehalelei HaChochma on the Song of Songs. First edition, Vilna 1868.
- Lot 28: Volume with important works including first editions: 1872-1887
- Lot 29: 2 book by Rabbi Avraham Bik: Bikkurei Aviv with the colorful jacket; Yesod Ohel Moed—first editions, Lemberg 1873-6.
- Lot 30: Mateh Ephraim with many handwritten glosses and notes. Warsaw 1882. Partially missing copy.
- Lot 31: Mili d’Bedichuta/Chatan Bereshit. Two books by Rabbi Mordechai Weisman Chayut. Vienna 1883-84.
- Lot 32: Shut Shevet Menashe by Rabbi Menashe Grossberg. Only edition, Berlin 1896. Gloss and notes.
- Lot 33: Rare prayerbook “Beit Yaakov”—various prayers and sections from the Zohar. Tunisia 1898.
- Lot 34: Torat Yitzhak on the Torah—first edition, Warsaw 1900.
- Lot 35: Complete set, pretty leather bindings: Mikra’ot Gedolot Beit David—stereotype printing, Vienna 1930 (approx.)
- Lot 36: First edition with approbation of Maran the Grish Wosner which was later removed: Shmirat Shabbat Kehilchata.
- Lot 37: Rare: Ayelet HaShachar. Mantua 1724.
- Lot 38: Seder HaTikkun for the night of Hoshana Raba: Rare edition, Amsterdam 1727. Partially missing copy.
- Lot 39: Set of machzors in the original bindings: Dyhernfurth 1808.
- Lot 40: Bibliographic discovery: thick siddur which includes Psalms. Dyhernfurth printing, 1815.
- Lot 41: Sefer Shaarei Zion: Jozefow 1846.
- Lot 42: No bibliographic listing: miniature siddur “Rina u’Tefila”, printed by Avraham Moshe Lunz. Jerusalem 1902.
- Lot 43: Rare Chassidic siddur absent from bibliographies: Siddur Yeshu’ot Yaakov, minhag sfard. Krakow 1913.
- Lot 44: Siddur nusach Ashkenaz, minhag Argentina: Prayers for all year with Spanish translation. Buenos Aires 1930(?)
- Lot 45: The Jewish Wars by Josephus Flavius, with engravings. French, Brussels 1703.
- Lot 46: Rare: Pamphlet “Tiferet Yisrael” on the pedigree and history of the Rothschild family.
- Lot 47: Rothschild – Sdeh Bochim – a eulogy on Rabbi Shimon Binyamin Wolf Rotschild by Rabbi Shimon Rabi of Torno. Krakow 1901.
- Lot 48: Aviezer, biography of Rabbi Mordechai Ginzburg with a portrait. Vilna 1863.
- Lot 49: Prague: “Gal Ed”, copies of 170 gravestones at the Prague Jewish cemetery, by Rabbi Shlomo HaKohen Rapaport.
- Lot 50: Toldot Anshei HaShem and their work in Adat Berlin. First edition, Berlin 1884.
- Lot 51: Kinat Sofrim signed by the author – first edition, Lemberg 1892.
- Lot 52: By the Noda b’Yehuda: Mofat HaDor L’Toldotav / Laws on Marital Relations,
- Lot 53: Ohalei Shem: biographies and writings of Jewish rabbis in the Diasporas. Rabbi Shmuel Noah Gottlieb. First edition,
- Lot 54: Ir HaTzedek, first edition, Lemberg 1874.
- Lot 55: Four sections of Shem HaGedolim MeEretz HaGer, bound together. First edition 1914-1918.
- Lot 56: Toldot Horodna: Ir Gibburim v’Rechovot Ir. Bound together, first edition, s Vilna 1880 and 1890. Scarce.
- Lot 57: Rare: Three sections of Korot Ir v’Rabaneha, histories of cities and sages of Lithuania: Brosin, Keidan, Novhardok.
- Lot 58: Scarce: Sefer Shmuel,
- Lot 59: Rare biography: Bnei Moshe, 1928, history of the Rabinowitz family, descendants of Rabbi Isaac Chaver. Tel Aviv 1928.
- Lot 60: Index of eulogies found and mentioned in the works of the Beit Otzer HaSefarim of Vienna. 4 sections.
- Lot 61: Sefer Melitzei Esh on Jewish history according to the months of the year. First edition, Golonta, 1930-34.
- Lot 62: Important Hersovitz catalogues. Leipzig and Frankfurt-am-Mein, 1931-32
- Lot 63: Ateret Yehoshua – biography of the Pnei Yehoshua. First edition, Bielgoriya 1936.
- Lot 64: Mishpachot of Shklov. Jerusalem 1936, with the publisher’s dedication to the Ril Fishman-Maimon.
- Lot 65: Introduction to the Vilna Shas – bibliography to the Shas Bavli editions. Yosef Shalom Weinfeld, only edition,
- Lot 66: Scarce: Kvod HaBayit: Beit Midrash L’Rabbanim in Vilna. Only edition, Vilna 1858.
- Lot 67: Masa Karim by Ephraim Deinard. First edition, Warsaw 1878.
- Lot 68: Volume with issues of the newspaper “HaMelitz”, years 15-16. Saint Petersburg 1879-80.
- Lot 69: Sefer HaMasa’ot in Kafkaz. First edition, Saint Petersburg, 1884. Copy owned by Rabbi Yehuda David Eisenstein,
- Lot 70: Dem Andenken Kaiser Friedrichs: rare booklet in memory of the Emperor, Danzig 1888.
- Lot 71: Pni’el on Death and Mourning, Haskalah with a portrait and of the author and his handwritten dedication. Brooklyn 1919
- Lot 72: Mekor Chaim by Rabbi Shlomo ibn Gvirol, first translation from Latin. Jerusalem 1926.
- Lot 73: Rare: The monthly periodical “HaNe’eman”, a Haredi journal dedicated to the younger generation. Telz; Iyar-Sivan 1929,
- Lot 74: “Synagogen-Baustil in Achtzehn Jahrhunderten“—The architectural style of synagogues in the 18th century. Prague 1940
- Lot 75: Lot of prints published by Mossad Rav Kook, most with the author’s dedications
- Lot 76: Masechet Pesachim published by the son of the Gaon of Șimleu, with his approbation and that of Rabbi Yoel of Satmar.
- Lot 77: Beit Hillel, a biography of Rabbi Hillel of Kolomiya. Shoah, Tornow 1941.
- Lot 78: Sheerit Plita: “Torah I learned from the Chafetz Chaim and Shmirat HaLashon,
- Lot 79: Two items published by the Keren HaTorah of Agudas Yisrael in Switzerland—beginning of the 1940s.
- Lot 80: Lot of 23 books and siddurim from Sheerit Plita printings.
- Lot 81: Shoah: Set of the two first volumes of the work “Eleh Ezkera”, biographies of kedoshim of New York from 1940-45.
- Lot 82: Pictures of life during World War II. From Life Magazine, New York 1950
- Lot 83: Silver cup with an engraving of the ballet and opera theatre of Tbilisi, Georgia. Russia,
- Lot 84: Rare, unknown: Sefer HaTakkanot of the moshav Rishon LeZion in Yiddish and Hebrew. 1882
- Lot 85: Rare booklet: A Journey to Meron and the Cities of the Galilee. Jerusalem, 1889
- Lot 86: “For Zion”: 2 early Zionist booklets in German. Frankfurt-am-Mein, 1895-9. Scarce
- Lot 87: Agudas Yisrael in Israel: a booklet in German. Frankfurt-am-Mein, 1920
- Lot 88: Limited edition: Chemdat Yisrael on the mission of Agudas Yisrael. Zlotchow, 1929
- Lot 89: A huge, colorful map of the Land of Israel. Tel Aviv 1949
- Lot 90: 5 different parchment pieces from a sefer torah, Ashkenazi script
- Lot 91: Antique kabbalistic manuscript, a copy of the work “Mevo HaShe’arim” by the Maharhav, with glosses “Kol HaRamaz”
- Lot 92: Mikra and Targum in manuscript—a piece of antique parchment taken from a book-binding. 15-16th century, approx.
- Lot 93: Italian manuscript, the Kol Nidrei prayer. Terni, 1904
- Lot 94: Manuscript, Havdalah for Motzei Shabbat. Yemen, 20th century
- Lot 95: Manuscript booklet with sections of Gemara and more. Yemen
- Lot 96: Lot of three Yiddish manuscripts—a prayer for the chevra Kadisha, a drash for a bar mitzvah,
- Lot 97: Lot of rare books from Eastern printings and sages. First editions, 1742-1889. Partially missing copies.
- Lot 98: The Chida, first edition: Shut Chaim Sha’al and Shiurei Bracha. Livorno 1792.
- Lot 99: Pesach Haggadah “Lashon Chachamim”—with two commentaries by Rabbi Eliezer Nachman Pu’ah and the sage Shimon Havilio.
- Lot 100: Sefer Nefesh Yosef on the Torah—first edition, from the author’s lifetime. Salonika 1856. Partially missing
- Lot 101: Kol Sason—first edition. Livorno 1859
- Lot 102: Ladino: Zove’ach Todah by Rabbi Yosef Molkho. Only edition, Bielgrodo. 1860
- Lot 103: Ladino: Tokpo shel Yosef. A story about Yosef and his brothers. First edition, Livorno 1877.
- Lot 104: Prayerbook with introduction and instructions in Ladino. Istanbul 1946
- Lot 105: Sha’agas Aryeh with a note signed by Rabbi David Bunan, Av Beit Din of the Portuguese in Tunisia.
- Lot 106: Two sections of the book “Melel L’Avraham” with the author’s dedication (Rabbi Avraham Ancova of Algeria). Livorno 1870
- Lot 107: Copy with yichus (dedication of the author Rabbi Meir Panigil): Lev Merape”h. First edition, Jerusalem 1887
- Lot 108: Shut Minchat Baruch, copy owned by the Sdeh Chemed, with 2 types of his stamps. First edition, Warsaw 1896.
- Lot 109: 2 books from the library of the Baba Khaki: Noda B’Yehuda (Sheerit Plita) and the Chazon Ish Even HaEzer
- Lot 110: Sefer Pitchei Hashem (kabbalah): antique (rare) edition, Berlin 1711
- Lot 111: Rare: Sefer Sha’ar Ora (Sha’arei Ora). Kabbalah. Zolkwa 1739
- Lot 112: Siddur “Mishnat Chassidim”, rare, sanctified. Amsterdam 1764. Partially missing
- Lot 113: Extremely rare: Tikkunei Zohar, Mezrich, 1809
- Lot 114: Tikkunei Zohar, first edition with the exegesis of the Gra. Vilna 1867. Title page with gilded lettering.
- Lot 115: Tikkunei Zohar, the first printed in the Holy Land. Printed by Yisrael Bak, Jerusalem 1844.
- Lot 116: Complete set of the Zohar on the Torah, good condition. Izmir 1862-63, with approbation of Rabbi Chaim Palagi.
- Lot 117: Rare: Seder Avoda Raba and Zuta by the Rema of Fano. Mantua 1777
- Lot 118: Rare: Sefer Naggid u’Metzaveh. Livorno 1795.
- Lot 119: Shefa Tal [with kabbalistic illustrations] - Bilzurka, 1807. Rare book,
- Lot 120: Rare! Tikkun Shmirat Shabbat (kabbalah). Zolkwa 1810
- Lot 121: Zechor L’Avraham, halacha written poetically and with kabbalah. Only edition, Livorno 1839
- Lot 122: Kabbalah: “Nishmat Shlomo Mordechai” by Rabbi Avraham Moshe Friedensohn. First edition, Johannesburg 1853
- Lot 123: Metzudat David by the Radbaz. First edition, Zolkwa 1862
- Lot 124: Pardes Rimmonim by the Ramak. Lemberg 1862.
- Lot 125: Sefer Yesod: Shaar HaHakdamot by the Maharhav (kabbalah). First edition, Jerusalem 1865.
- Lot 126: Shaar Ruach HaKodesh. Jerusalem 1874 - Copy courtesy of the publisher
- Lot 127: Sefer Naggid u’Metzaveh (kabbalah). Lublin 1901
- Lot 128: Shaar HaGilgulim by the Maharhav. Jerusalem 1912.
- Lot 129: Sefer Yesod: Sefer Leshem Shebo v’Achlama, 2 sections of part 3 (kabbalah). First edition, Jerusalem 1926
- Lot 130: Rare! Raziel HaMelech. Grosvardin, 1944.
- Lot 131: Matbe’ah Kodesh with the blessing of the Admor Rabbi Refael Abuhatzira shlita, “for preservation and success”
- Lot 132: A bottle of “Yayin HaSiyumim” of Maran Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. 2006.
- Lot 133: Sefer Yehuda Ya’aleh published by Mekitzei Nirdamim. First edition, Jerusalem 1890.
- Lot 134: Shivchei HaAri / Maaseh Nora by Rabbi Yosef di la Reina. Jerusalem 1905. Pocket format
- Lot 135: Yedei Moshe, a commentary on the Mishnayot by the Rambam in Arabic. First edition, Tzfat 1915.
- Lot 136: Sefer Bein HaShmashot by Rabbi Yehiel Michal Tukochinsky - First edition, Jerusalem 1929.
- Lot 137: Approbation handwritten by Maran HaRav Kook. Jerusalem 1935, near his death.
- Lot 138: Dozens of signatures by Jerusalem rabbis on documents of the American Vaad HaEzra. Jerusalem 1923.
- Lot 139: Historic: Takkanot of “Agudas Yeshuv of Old Jerusalem”, given to the British Minister over Jerusalem. 1930
- Lot 140: Letter from the dayan Rabbi Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer,
- Lot 141: Postcard with interesting content, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ben Zion Avraham Koinka,
- Lot 142: Prozbul on erev Shmita signed by Rabbeinu the Minchas Yitzhak and the Rama Freund, Ga’avad of the Eida. Elul 1972/9
- Lot 143: Passionate dedication handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yitzhak Zvi Bernfeld, Av Beit Din of the Chug Chatam Sofer,
- Lot 144: Halachic tshuva handwritten and signed by Rabbi Chaim Meir HaLevi Wosner. Tammuz 2012.
- Lot 145: “Not to use electric [appliances] used by Jews on Shabbat”—an important letter handwritten and signed by the Ga’avad
- Lot 146: Polemic on plagiarism: Mevin Chidot on the Mesorah. First edition, Amsterdam 1765.
- Lot 147: Haskalah and polemics: Zecher Tzaddik on Naftali Hertz Weisel. Only edition, Amsterdam 1809.
- Lot 148: For the first time at auction: a venomous work against the Admor of Belz, chassidut,
- Lot 149: Haskalah and polemics: Sefer Darchei HaMishnah with the booklets against it. Leipzig, Prague, and Frankfurt. 1859-67.
- Lot 150: Polemic on Shabtai Zvi: second, rare edition of the book by Rabbi Yaakov Emdin. The Yavetz on the False Messiah Cult.