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Welcome to our Spring K2 Judaica Auction (Kestenbaum Sale number 93) consisting of 226 lots. The subject matter of the auction is divided as follows:
Manuscripts: Lots 1-21
Including ten lots of Pinkas community records (all American), Lots 12-21
Autograph Letters by Rabbinic & Chassidic leaders: Lots 22-77
Americana - Printed Books, Manuscripts & Autograph Letters: Lots 78-96.
Cook-Books (Lots 107-123)
Holocaust-era (Lots 132-151)
Land (and State) of Israel: Lots 152-169
Graphic Art: Lots 188-209.
Including artwork by Yohanan Simon, Chagall, Pilichowski, Abel Pann and Reuven Rubin. Also a magnificent livre-d'artiste by Joseph Budko, issued entirely on vellum, one of just five copies (lot 188)
Ceremonial and Folk Objects: Lots 210-226
Included in the auction are items that relate to Jewish history in: Argentina, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia and Spain.
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LOT 102:
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(BIBLE).
Former Prophets [Nevi’im Rishonim]. Book of Joshua and Kings (I) [Yehoshua and Melachim]. Group of ten leaves (fragments).
With Targum Jonathan and commentaries by David Kimchi (Rada’k) and Levi ben Gershom (Ralba’g, Gersonides). FIRST EDITION OF TARGUM JONATHAN AND GERSONIDES. Texts of Bible and Targum Jonathan with vocalization (nikud) and cantillation (te’amim or “trope”). Bible verses printed in Kthav Ashurith (Assyrian or square script), RaDaK is printed in Rashi (semi-cursive) script and RaLBaG is printed in square script that is smaller than that of Tanakh. Detailed identification of each leaf provided upon request. Leaves were expertly extracted from an old binding, the front cover of which accompanies the lot. Additional fragments are embedded within this board.
Leaves variously wormed and stained, text good text visibility. Each leaf neatly housed in individual, identified folder. Sold not subject to return. Vinograd, Leiria 6; Steinschneider, p. 4, no. 18; Goff Heb-23; Thes. B-27; Offenberg 28.
Leiria (Portugal): Dom Samuel d’Ortas and Sons 1494
One of the last Hebrew texts printed prior to the Portuguese Exile of 1497. With the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, neighboring Portugal took its place as the center of Hebrew printing along the Iberian peninsula. Thus the fortified town of Leiria, some hundred miles north-east of Lisbon, now became a source of Hebrew books. Between the years 1492-96, Samuel de Ortas, a native of Orthez, France, together with his three sons, produced a total of seven Hebrew titles. But de Ortas’ most celebrated feat of printing would be in Gothic letters: The Latin version of Abraham Zacuto’s astronomical table, Almanach Perpetuum, which is said to have guided Christopher Columbus on his monumental voyage of discovery to the New World. See Treasures of the Valmadonna Trust Library - Otzroth Ya’akov, Incunables no. 65.
