Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
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![Five Books of the Torah, haftarot and megillot, with commentary of Rashi. Amsterdam: Immanuel Athias, [1700]-1701.
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![Five Books of the Torah, haftarot and megillot, with commentary of Rashi. Amsterdam: Immanuel Athias, [1700]-1701.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Five Books of the Torah, haftarot and megillot, with commentary of Rashi. Amsterdam: Immanuel Athias, [1700]-1701.
Original elaborate leather binding, with gilt decorations on both sides and spine, and small illustration of Moses holding the snake inscribed on front, and small illustration of Noah holding the dove on back.
Title page for Torah and divisional title page for haftarot.
402; 63 leaves. Lacking first title page (engraved). 13 cm. Gilt edges (partially faded), gauffered. Good condition. Stains. Margins of several leaves trimmed. Original leather binding, wear and minor defects to binding.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Magishei Minchah, Part II, Neviim Rishonim, and Part III, Neviim Acharonim (Yeshayahu, Yirmeyahu and Yechezkel only, without Trei Asar). With commentary of Rashi and Yiddish commentary. Amsterdam: R. Moshe Frankfurt, 1726. Two parts in one volume.
Elaborate copy printed on paper, with especially wide margins, in elaborate wood and leather binding, with decorations and remains of clasps (copies with wide margins were printed in limited print runs as preordered deluxe editions; the standard editions were printed on paper approx. 30 cm long, while the leaves in the present volume are approx. 43 cm long).
Ownership inscriptions on endpaper.
Part II (Neviim Rishonim): 140, 143-148, 147-168 leaves. Part III (Neviim Acharonim): [1], 157 leaves (without leaves 158-199 with Trei Asar). 43.5 cm. Copy with especially wide margins. Varying condition of leaves, good-fair to fair. Stains, including dark dampstains and traces of former dampness. Wear and creases to some leaves. Worming. Title page partially detached. Original wood and leather binding. Wear and defects to binding (tears to sides and top of spine, front of spine detached).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Tikun Sofrim, year-round Torah portions and haftarot. Amsterdam: for Cantor Shmuel Rodrigues Mendes, Moshe Tzarfati and David Gomes da Silva, 1726.
Elaborate copy in original leather binding, with gilt decorations on both sides and spine, and adorned with silver clasps.
Title pages illustrated with copper engravings by Bernard Picart. Divisional title page for haftarot. Includes chart of Torah readings for the festivals, and charts in Spanish (folding leaves), with divisional title page in Hebrew and Spanish.
After the haftarot section are bound two leaves which usually appear at the beginning of the volume, with approbation and chart of double Torah portions.
Dedication on endpaper (in German), dated January 30, 1926, from "Tante Jen[ny] und Onkel Emil".
[9], 3-327, [2], 329-446, [6] leaves; [3] folding leaves with charts, 9-16 pages, [2] leaves. [2] leaves originally bound at beginning of book are bound after haftarot section. 17.5 cm. Light, high-quality paper. Gauffered gilt edges. Stains. Original leather binding, with clasps. Wear and defects to binding (some gilt decorations faded).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Bookplate (English) of Emil and Jenny Baerwald.
Bookplate of "Bibliotheca D.H. de Castro Mz.".
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Set of Five Books of the Torah – Tikun Sofrim, with haftarot. Amsterdam: Yosef and Yaakov sons of Shlomo Proops Katz, 1751. Fine set in five volumes.
Elaborate original leather bindings, with gilt decorations. Title page in first volume only. Divisional title page for haftarot in first volume only.
Gilt inscriptions at front of five volumes (on red leather mounted on binding), in Latin characters: "Asher Goldsmid".
Handwritten inscriptions in Hebrew characters on endpapers of all volumes (inscription in Devarim volume deleted with ink) on receipt of book "from my brother-in-law, the official R. Avraham Keyser, 1763".
The Keyser and Goldsmid families were a mainstay of the early Ashkenazic community in Amsterdam, some of whom immigrated to London from ca. the 18th century.
Asher Goldsmid (1751-1822) married Rachel née Keyser. Their son was Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778-1859), the first English Jew to be awarded the hereditary title of baronet.
Abraham Keyser was the brother of Racher Keyser, Asher Goldsmid's wife (see Lot 50 in the present catalogue).
Five volumes. Bereshit: [8], 88; [1], 8 leaves. Shemot: 89-162, [1]; 9-18 leaves. Vayikra: 163-212 leaves. Bamidbar: 213-283; 27-28, [1], 29-32 leaves. Devarim: 284-347; 33-55, [1] leaves. 20 cm. High-quality paper. Color edges. Good condition. Stains. Original leather bindings, with original color endpaper. Wear and defects to bindings.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
Opening: $400
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Five Books of the Torah, Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim (with divisional title pages for each of the Five Books). Berlin: Soncino Society, 1930-1933.
Fine bibliophile edition in large format, printed in 850 copies on thick, high-quality paper. The letters and initial panels were designed by Marcus Behmer, after the font used by Gershom Kohen in Prague.
Original brochure of the society bound at end of volume; this brochure was also printed in 850 copies.
[134]; [2] leaves. 40 cm. Gilt top edges (somewhat faded). Good condition. Stains. High-quality leather binding (signed "J. Brandt & Zoon, Amsterdam"), with gilt spine. Minor defects to binding.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
The Soncino Society of Friends of the Jewish Book was founded in Berlin in 1924 and published books with meticulous attention to typographic design. The Soncino Society meant to continue and print all the other books of the Bible, but the dramatic political changes in Germany at the time led to the early termination of the project. The Soncino Chumash is regarded as the pinnacle of the society's achievements, and is considered one of the most beautiful Hebrew books of the 20th century.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Five Books of the Torah in Yiddish – Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim (Bible) in Hebrew with Yiddish, translated by R. Yekutiel son of Yitzchak Blitz, with Toaliyot by R. Levi son of Gershom (the Ralbag) on Torah and Neviim Rishonim. Amsterdam: Uri Phoebus HaLevi, 1676-1679.
Five title pages for Torah, Megillot, Neviim Rishonim, Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim. At beginning of book, approbations of rabbis of Vaad Arba Aratzot and the Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities in Poland, and privilege of King Jan III Sobieski of Poland.
Translated by R. Yekutiel son of Yitzchak Blitz, and proofread in part by R. Meir Stern, rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Amsterdam, and in part by the Torah scholars of the Amsterdam yeshiva.
Old signatures and ownership inscriptions on endpapers and beginnings of parts in Hebrew and Latin scripts (one dated 1729), and death inscriptions dated 1740-1755.
[5], 63, [1], 64-75, 77-256, [1]; 17, [2] leaves (some leaves bound out of order). Lacking half-title engraving and leaf with king's privilege in Latin. Includes rare leaf with censor's apologia and haftarah chart (printed in 1682, not included in all copies). 30 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, including dark stains and dampstains. Creases and wear. Marginal tears and open tears to first and last leaves and several other leaves, including tears affecting text; margins of first title page and other leaves reinforced with tape. Close trimming, bordering text, affecting page headers and foliation. Old inscriptions. New binding.
Another Yiddish Bible edition was printed in Amsterdam concurrently (see next lot).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, Yiddish translation, based on the commentators: Targum Yonatan, Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak, R. Saadiah Gaon, Ralbag and others. Amsterdam: Yosef Athias, [1679].
The present book is an especially rare copy of the first printing of the Yiddish translation published by Yosef Athias and completed in 1679. While this edition is recorded by early bibliographers (Steinschneider, Habermann and others), over the course of the 20th century it was considered lost, and certain scholars even doubted its existence.
These bibliographic records were based on early 18th century sources, which attest to a 1679 first edition. However, no hard copy of this edition was available to scholars until recently. Only in recent years was a copy discovered in the private collection of Prof. Chimen Abramsky in London. As a result, the known 1687 copies were identified as leftovers from the 1679 printing, with the title page and introductions replaced, rather than a second edition.
In the present copy (evidently the copy formerly owned by Prof. Abramsky), the original title page displays the printer as Yosef Athias and a chronogram for 1679.
R. Yosef Athias had evidently already begun printing the present book in 1676, as attested by the royal privilege on the verso of the title page. The book begins with an approbation by the rabbis of the Vaad Arba Aratzot, dated 1677 and 1678.
The present edition was translated into Yiddish by R. Yosef son of Alexander Wizenhausen, and proofread by R. Meir Stern, rabbi of the Ashkenazic community of Amsterdam, and by R. Shabtai Bass, author of Siftei Chachamim. Another Yiddish translation by R. Yekutiel Blitz was printed concurrently by Uri Phoebus HaLevi (see previous lot), resulting in mutual accusations of unlawful competition. Both translations are regarded as the first complete Yiddish translations of the Bible.
[4], 79; 150 leaves. Approx. 30 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases and wear. Tears and worming, slightly affecting margins of some leaves; margins of title page and last leaf reinforced with paper. Close trimming, bordering the text, affecting page headers and foliation, and printed marginal notes. Early binding, with slight wear and defects, with leather spine and corners, and laces (one lace lacking).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Tzenah URenah Benot Tzion, Yiddish commentary selected from Midrash on the Five Books of the Torah, haftarot and Five Megillot, by the preacher R. Yaakov son of Yitzchak Ashkenazi of Yanov. Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rofe and his brother-in-law Baruch Madpis, [1782]. Yiddish.
Over 60 illustrations incorporated within text (woodcuts).
Early handwritten signatures on title page and several other leaves: "Nechemiah P[ituchei] Ch[otam]".
[1], 510, 24 leaves. Lacking leaf [2] at beginning of book. 17.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Creases, stains and wear. Marginal tears and open tears to some leaves, affecting text, some repaired with paper filling. Early leather binding, with defects and wear to spine.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Rare. Few copies recorded in WorldCat. To the best of our knowledge, the present book has never before been auctioned.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Tzenah URenah, Five Books of the Torah in Yiddish – Yiddish commentary selected from Midrashim on the Five Books of the Torah, haftarot and Five Megillot, by the preacher R. Yaakov son of Yitzchak Ashkenazi of Yanov. Amsterdam: Chaim Drucker, 1711. Yiddish.
Torah verses in square script, with vocalization. Rest of text in the familiar Tzenah URenah font.
Early handwritten signatures and inscriptions of a Jewish family in Amsterdam. Signature on leaf 149: "Moshe son of Leizer Levi Schleser". A notable inscription on the front endpaper details a miraculous salvation on a ship in the year 1740 (in Hebrew and Yiddish). This is followed by an inscription on the death of his father in 1734, followed by his signature: "Moshe son of Leizer Levi Schleser".
The leaf continues with inscriptions by his son R. Hirsch Schleser on the passing of his father and mother. On verso of last leaf, inscriptions of births and deaths in Amsterdam in 1730-1747.
On back endpaper, several more inscriptions, including a firsthand account (in Hebrew and Yiddish) of the passing of R. Aryeh Leib Amsterdam (son-in-law of the Chacham Tzvi) on the seventh day of Pesach 1755, when he was brought by ship to the Ashkenazic cemetery of Muiderberg near Amsterdam and buried on the morning of the last day of Pesach.
[1], 192 leaves. Lacking leaf [2] with approbations of rabbis of Amsterdam and Rotterdam and proofreader's preface. Leaf 67 bound before leaf 66. 32.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark stains and dampstains. Creases and wear. Marginal tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting text in some places, repaired with paper and tape. New leather binding.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Seder Tefillot LeYoshev Tehillot, Ashkenazic (Polish) rite siddur for weekdays, Shabbat, festivals and high holidays, with Tikunei Shabbat, Passover Haggadah, Pirkei Avot, Selichot for Monday and Thursday and for fast days, Shir HaYichud and Shir HaKavod. Amsterdam: Moshe son of Avraham Mendes Coutinho, 1705.
Bound with: Tehillim and Maamadot, and Kinot for Tishah BeAv – Ashkenazic and Polish rite, and 70-year calendar. Amsterdam: Moshe son of Avraham Mendes Coutinho, 1704-1705.
Three divisional title pages. Title page of siddur and Tehillim illustrated with Biblical figures and scenes. On leaf 50 of last sequence, divisional title page for Ashkenazic- and Polish-rite Kinot for Tishah BeAv, with commentary by R. Elyakim son of R. Yaakov of Komarno (title page dated 1704). On p. 87b of last sequence, 70-year calendar for 1705-1775.
Some instructions printed in Yiddish (Tzenah URenah typeface). On verso of title page, advertisement in Yiddish for other books available from the printer.
Ownership inscription on front endpaper, facing title page, dated 1803.
[2], 76; 63 leaves; [1], 49 leaves; [1], 51-87, [1] leaves. Approx. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear. Marginal tears to title page and several other leaves, partially repaired with paper. Early leather binding. Wear and defects to binding (some repaired).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Order of five fast days, for the Fast of Gedaliah, Tenth of Tevet, Seventeenth of Tamuz, Taanit Esther and Ninth of Av. Amsterdam: Shlomo Proops, [1712]. Miniature format.
Early leather binding.
Additional title page in middle of volume.
First 48 leaves with ordinary weekday and Shabbat prayers; fast day prayers in second sequence.
Approbations of R. Shlomo Ayllon and the Chacham Tzvi.
48; [1], 470-538 leaves. Approx. 10 cm. Gilt edges (faded). Overall good condition. Stains. Close trimming, affecting page headers. Early leather binding. Wear and defects to binding (front binding and spine partially detached).
Bookplate of "N.M. Löwenstam & Compie", Amsterdam.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
May 12, 2026
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Tefillat Yesharim, siddur according to the Sephardic rite, based on the Arizal, arranged by R. Moshe Zacuto. Amsterdam: Naftali Hertz Levi Rofe son of Alexander Ziskind Levi of Emden, [1740].
Original leather binding.
Siddur based on customs of the Arizal, edited by R. David son of R. Refael Meldola. Prayers for weekdays, Shabbat, festivals, high holidays, Torah readings, Five Megillot, Pirkei Avot, fast days, piyyutim, poems and bakashot. With halachot, customs and commentaries. At end, commentary on the Jewish calendar, with various charts, by R. David Meldola.
Based on Beit Tefillah siddur (Amsterdam, 1711-1713), with many additions.
[4], 112, 213-277; 135 leaves. Lacking last 7 leaves (136-142), with end of charts and key to charts. 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including light dampstains. Light wear to some leaves. Close trimming, affecting page headers in several places. Faded ink on title page (possibly an original printing defect). Original leather binding, with decorations to spine (nearly all worn and faded). Much wear and defects to binding and spine.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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