Kestenbaum and Company: Rare Hebrew Books, from the Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul., 112, Brooklyn

Auction Details

Auction Date
June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025
Page Size: 169 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 (CHASSIDISM).

Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (The Tzemach Tzedek). Ohr HaTorah - Bereishith.

Berditchev 1913 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
52 CHEZEKIAH BEN MANOACH.

Chizkuni [commentary to the Chumash].

Cremona 1559 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
53 D'ILLESCOS, YA'AKOV.

Imrei Noam [Kabbalistic and grammatical super-commentary to Rashi and ibn Ezra on the Chumash].

Cremona 1566 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
54 DE ROSSI, AZARIAH.

Me'or Einayim [philosophy of history].

Mantua 1574 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
55 DE VIDAS, ELIYAHU.

Reishith Chochmah HaKatzar [Kabbalah]. Abridged by Yoseph Poieto.

Venice 1600 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
56 DURAN, SHLOMO BEN TZEMACH.

Cheshek Shlomo [commentary to the Book of Mishlei - Proverbs.]

Venice 1623 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
57 ELAZAR BEN YEHUDAH OF WORMS.

Sepher HaRoke'ach [ethics, rabbinic law and custom].

Fano 1505 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
58 EMDEN, YA'AKOV.

Lechem Shamayim [commentary to the Mishnah].

Wandsbeck 1720 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
59 EMDEN, YA'AKOV.

Tzitzim U'Perachim [dictionary of the Kabbalah].

Altona 1768 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
60 EPHRAIM (SHLOMO) OF LUNTSCHYTZ.

Amudei Sheish [homilies and sermons].

Prague 1617-18. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
61 FALK, YEHOSHUA KATZ.

Beith Yisrael [commentary to R. Ya'akov ben Asher's Tur - Yoreh De'ah]. Subdivided into two commentaries: Derishah and Perishah.

Lublin 1635 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
62 GALANTE, MOSHE.

Korban Chagigah [halachic novellae].

Venice 1704 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
63 GALLICO, ELISHA.

Biur Sepher Koheleth [commentary to the Book of Koheleth - Ecclesiastes].

Venice 1578 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
64 GALLICO, ELISHA.

Peirush Megilath Esther [commentary to the Book of Esther].

Venice 1583 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
65 GERONDI, YONAH

(Rabbeinu Yonah). Sha'arei Teshuvah ["Gates of Repentance."] FIRST EDITION.

Fano 1505 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
66 GERONDI, NISSIM.

(Ra'N). Chidushei Harav Rabbeinu Nissim [index of citations of Maimonides' Code].

Riva di Trento 1559 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
67 HAKOHEN, DAVID, OF CORFU.

Teshuvoth HaRaDa'CH [responsa].

Constantinople 1537-38. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
68 HAKOHEN, YOSEPH BEN MORDECHAI GERSHON.

She'erith Yoseph [responsa and Talmud novellae].

Cracow 1590 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
69 HALEVI, SHLOMO BEN YITZCHAK.

(The Elder). Divrei Shlomo [sermons and homilies to the Torah and festivals].

Venice 1596 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
70 HALEVI, YEHUDAH.

Mi Kamochah.

Venice 1586 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
71 (HELLER, YOM TOV LIPMANN - The Tosfos Yom-Tov.)

Yoseph ben Yitzchak HaLevi of Lithuania. Givath HaMoreh [critical philosophic commentary to Maimonides' Moreh Nevuchim]. With introduction and commentary by the Tosfos Yom-Tov.

Prague 1611 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
72 HOROWITZ, YESHAYA.

(SheLa'H HaKadosh). Shnei Luchoth HaBerith. Issued with Vavei HaAmudim by Author's son Shabthai Sheftel Horowitz.

Amsterdam 1698 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
73 IBN GABIROL, SHLOMO.

Mivchar HaPeninim ["Choice Pearls."] Translated from the Arabic by Yehudah ibn Tibon.

Soncino 1484 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Unknown
74 IMMANUEL BEN YEKUTHIEL OF BENEVENTO.

Livyath Chen [on grammar and prosody].

Mantua 1557 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
75 ISAAC NATHAN BEN KALONYMOS.

Meir Nathiv [Biblical concordance].

Venice 1524 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
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