Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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![Esther scroll. [Algiers, Algeria, first half of 19th century].
Ink on parchment; rolled on carved wooden handle.
Writ](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/13_1.jpg "Decorated Esther Scroll – Algiers, Algeria, 19th Century")
![Esther scroll. [Algiers, Algeria, first half of 19th century].
Ink on parchment; rolled on carved wooden handle.
Writ](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/13_2.jpg "Decorated Esther Scroll – Algiers, Algeria, 19th Century")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Esther scroll. [Algiers, Algeria, first half of 19th century].
Ink on parchment; rolled on carved wooden handle.
Written in Sephardic Stam script, without serifs (Tagim), on 4 parchment membranes, 21 columns (first column blank, with faded ownership inscription in French dated 1753), 19-20 lines per column. All columns' upper edges decorated in frames stylized as arches, with arabesque decorations between them.
Height of parchment: 12.5 cm. Maximum height (including handle): 27 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Fading of ink. First sheet cut decoratively at edge (at edge of sheet, open tears, repaired).
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,625
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Silver case for Esther scroll (no scroll). Birmingham, England, 1924.
Silver, cast, turned, and engraved (marked with quality marks from Birmingham; year-letter "Z" (probably signifying 1924; and maker’s mark: "J. G LTD" = J. Gloster).
Cylindrical case, with serrated ornamentation encircling cap and base of cylinder; dome-like cap. On front of case, medallion bearing vegetal pattern and with Hebrew words "Megillat Esther" ("Esther Scroll") inscribed at center. Short, polygonal shaft-handle. Rectangular silver pull bar with small silver-thread ring (detached).
Height: 20 cm. Maximal width: 4 cm. Overall good condition. Few stains. Silver pull bar slightly smaller than opening.
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Esther Scrolls
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![Small Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Austria-Hungary, late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/15_1.jpg "Small Esther Scroll in Decorated Silver Case – Probably Austria-Hungar")
![Small Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Austria-Hungary, late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/15_2.jpg "Small Esther Scroll in Decorated Silver Case – Probably Austria-Hungar")
![Small Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Austria-Hungary, late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/15_3.jpg "Small Esther Scroll in Decorated Silver Case – Probably Austria-Hungar")
![Small Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Austria-Hungary, late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/15_4.jpg "Small Esther Scroll in Decorated Silver Case – Probably Austria-Hungar")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Small Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Austria-Hungary, late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, pierced and stamped (marked with maker’s mark: "JW"); ink on parchment.
"HaMelekh" ("The King") Esther scroll (i.e., most columns headed with the word "HaMelekh"), inscribed on 2 sheets of parchment sewn one to the other; text of Book of Esther arranged in 17 columns, mostly with 18-19 rows per column. "Tagim" (decorative "crownlets") over designated letters, and over the Hebrew letter "heh" of the word "HaMelekh" at the tops of the columns.
Esther scroll housed in cylindrical silver case adorned with delicate vegetal patterns in a style frequently appearing in Austria-Hungary in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Case surmounted with large, crown-like ornament. Blank shield-like ornament soldered onto front of case. Short scrolling crank handle.
Height of parchment sheets: 6 cm. Height of case (incl. handle): 13.5 cm. Overall good condition. Minor blemishes to some parts of parchment sheets.
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Esther Scrolls
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![Esther scroll. [Jerusalem, first half of 20th century].
Ink and paint on parchment; rolled on carved olive wood roller.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/16_1.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll – Olive Wood Handle – Jerusalem, 20th Century")
![Esther scroll. [Jerusalem, first half of 20th century].
Ink and paint on parchment; rolled on carved olive wood roller.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/16_2.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll – Olive Wood Handle – Jerusalem, 20th Century")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Esther scroll. [Jerusalem, first half of 20th century].
Ink and paint on parchment; rolled on carved olive wood roller. Miniature format.
Written in Sephardic Stam script, with serifs (Tagim), on 8 parchment membranes, 35 text columns, 11 lines per column.
The first membrane is decoratively cut at the edges, with a parchment lace for fastening. Before the first text column is a colorful illustration of Haman leading Mordechai riding the horse. The columns are separated by colorful decorations in a repeating vegetal pattern (apparently drawn by stamp). The illustration and decorations may have been made at a later time than the writing of the scroll.
Height of parchment: 8.5 cm. Maximum height (including roller): 23 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and fading of ink.
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Esther Scrolls
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![Decorated Esther scroll housed in olivewood case. [Jerusalem, Israel, ca. mid-20th century].
Carved olivewood. Print an](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/17_1.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll in Olivewood Case – Jerusalem")
![Decorated Esther scroll housed in olivewood case. [Jerusalem, Israel, ca. mid-20th century].
Carved olivewood. Print an](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/17_2.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll in Olivewood Case – Jerusalem")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Decorated Esther scroll housed in olivewood case. [Jerusalem, Israel, ca. mid-20th century].
Carved olivewood. Print and paint; ink on parchment.
"HaMelekh" ("The King") Esther scroll (i.e., most columns headed with the word "HaMelekh"), inscribed on 4 sheets of parchment sewn one to the other; text of Book of Esther arranged in 30 columns, with 12-14 rows per column. "Tagim" (decorative "crownlets") over designated letters.
Housed in cylindrical olivewood case. The front of the case bears a color print depicting a bouquet of flowers. Above this, in a handwritten arched inscription, are the words (in Hebrew): "Jerusalem the Holy".
Height of parchment sheets: 6 cm. Height of case (incl. handle): 18.5 cm. Overall good condition. Slight creases to edges of several sheets.
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Esther Scrolls
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![Miniature Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Palestine, early decades of the 20th century].
Silver](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/18_1.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll in Filigree Silver Case – I")
![Miniature Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Palestine, early decades of the 20th century].
Silver](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/18_2.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll in Filigree Silver Case – I")
![Miniature Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Palestine, early decades of the 20th century].
Silver](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/18_3.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll in Filigree Silver Case – I")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,375
Including buyer's premium
Miniature Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Palestine, early decades of the 20th century].
Silver, cut (unmarked); filigree; glass stone; ink on parchment.
Esther scroll inscribed in minute script on 5 sheets of parchment sewn one to the other; text of Book of Esther arranged in 36 columns, with 11 rows per column. "Tagim" (decorative "crownlets") over designated letters.
Housed in miniature silver case decorated in silver thread, with decorations covering body and dome-shaped cap and base; and with blank shield-like medallion on front. Short silver shaft-handle. A rectangular silver filigree pull bar, inlaid with a purple glass stone, is sewn onto the first parchment sheet.
Height of parchment sheets: 2.7 cm. Height of case (incl. handle): 9.5 cm. Overall good condition. Minor stains and blemishes to leading edge of first parchment sheet. Slight tears and open tears to fourth sheet.
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Esther Scrolls
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![Miniature Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Palestine, early decades of the 20th century].
Silver](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/19_1.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll in Filigree Silver Case – II")
![Miniature Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Palestine, early decades of the 20th century].
Silver](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/19_2.jpg "Miniature Esther Scroll in Filigree Silver Case – II")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Miniature Esther scroll housed in decorated silver case. [Probably Palestine, early decades of the 20th century].
Silver (unmarked); filigree; ink on parchment.
Esther scroll inscribed in minute script on 3 sheets of parchment sewn one to the other; text of Book of Esther arranged in 45 columns, with 11 rows per column. "Tagim" (decorative "crownlets") over designated letters.
Housed in miniature silver case decorated in silver thread, with decorations covering body, and dome-shaped cap and base. Short silver shaft-handle, partly decorated in pattern matching main part of case.
Height of parchment sheets: 2.3 cm. Height of case (incl. handle): 9.8 cm. Overall good condition.
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Esther Scrolls
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $400
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, translated from Hebrew to Yiddish, based on the commentators: Targum Yonatan, Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak, R. Saadiah Gaon, Ralbag and others. Amsterdam: Yosef Athias, [1686].
Translated by R. Yosef son of Alexander Witzenhausen.
Two title pages. The first contains a large, elaborate engraving, the center of which is occupied by the coat of arms of the Dutch Republic, flanked by the figures of Moses and King David. Biblical scenes unfold at the top and bottom of the page.
Approbation of the rabbis of the Council of Four Lands on leaf [3], signed once at the Yaroslav (Jarosław) fair in 1677, and then again at the Lublin fair in 1678. The approbation acclaims the printer "Mr. Yosef Athias son of the martyr Avraham Athias who was burnt alive in Spain", for the excellent printing press he established, "going beyond all his predecessors to accord grandeur and glory to the Torah, with beautiful paper and ink, and by attaching crowns to the letters…".
On endpapers, handwritten inscriptions and signature.
[6], 79; 150 leaves. 32 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Light wear. Tears, including open tears to margins of title page and several other leaves, partially repaired with paper. Early leather binding, with wear and defects.
Yosef Athias presumably began printing the book around the year 1677 (the approbation from the Council of Four Lands and the ban against printing this translation for sixteen years following the printing of the book are dated 1677 and 1678). However, another translation of the Bible was printed concurrently in Amsterdam by Uri Phoebus HaLevi, in 1676-1679, leading to a dispute between the printers, each one accusing the other of copyright infringement. This dispute between the two printers is alluded to in rhyming verses in the center of the second title page, as well as in the "translator's apologia" at the beginning of the book. For further information regarding the controversy surrounding this printing, see: A.M. Habermann, Perakim BeToldot HaMadpisim HaIvriyim, pp. 300-310. These two translations are considered the first Yiddish translations of the Bible.
Category
Bible and Psalms
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Biblia Hebraica manualia, ad Hooghtianam & optimas quasque editiones recensita, Bible with introduction, Masoretic notes and a Hebrew-Aramaic-Latin dictionary, edited by Johann Simonis. Amsterdam: J. a Wetstein, 1753. Two volumes.
Fine original leather bindings, with gilt decorations to spines, and original color endpaper.
Some words on first title page of first volume printed in red ink.
Title page at beginning of first volume finely illustrated with figures of Moses and Aaron (produced by artist Nicolaas van Frankendaal).
At beginning of Shemot and Vayikra, folding leaf with long plate containing eight illustrations, depicting scenes from the Tabernacle and Temple: lighting the menorah, the table of showbread, the Temple altar, the offering of incense on the golden altar, the washing from the basin, the ark in the Holy of Holies, and more; each illustration is captioned with a Biblical reference in Latin.
The second volume comprises two other works by Johann Simonis, printed together with the Bible: Veteris Testamenti dictionarium Hebraeo-Chaldaicum, a Hebrew-Aramaic-Latin Biblical lexicon; and Analysis et explicatio lectionum masorethicarum, Kethiban et Krijan vulgo dictarum, an analysis of the ketiv and keri in the Masoretic text of the Bible. Divisional title page for both works.
Two volumes. Volume I: [11], 640, [1] pages + [2] folding plates. Volume II: 320; 384; 72; 79, [1] pages. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Fine original leather bindings. Wear and defects to bindings and spines.
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Bible and Psalms
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Chumash set – Tikun Sofrim, Five Books of the Torah with commentary of Rashi, haftarot and Ashkenazic-rite Shabbat prayers. Amsterdam: widow and sons of Yaakov Proops Katz, with Yosef son of Yaakov Proops Katz, and Shlomo son of Avraham Proops Katz, [1797]. Five-volume set.
Two title pages at beginning of each volume, the first one illustrated.
Divisional title pages in each volume for haftarot and Shabbat prayers.
Five volumes. Bereshit: [2], 75; [1], 13, 2; [1], 26, 8, [1] leaves. Shemot: [2], 69; [1], 18, 2; [1], 16, 21-26, 6, 22 leaves. Lacking leaves 17-20 of Shabbat prayers. Vayikra: [2], 47; [1], 15, 2; [1], 26, 29 leaves. Bamidbar: [2], 60; [1], 9, 2; [1], 26, 8 leaves. Devarim: [2], 54; [1], 10; [1], 26, 9 leaves. Lacking two leaves with haftarot for Shabbat Erev Rosh Chodesn and Shabbat Rosh Chodesh. Approx. 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and signs of use. Small tears in several places. Margins of title pages of Vayikra volume and several other places repaired with paper strips. First title page of Devarim volume detached. Inscriptions and notations inside text of several leaves in Bereshit volume. Old bindings (uniform), with leather spines. Wear and defects to spines (library inscriptions and much blackening to spines).
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Bible and Psalms
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,500
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Book of Tehillim. Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius, 1595.
Book of Tehillim, vocalized and with cantillation. Every fifth verse indicated with letter.
At center of title page, printer's device of Plantin, depicting a hand holding a compass on a table, reading "Labore et constantia" ("By labor and constancy").
[126] leaves. 12 cm. Good condition. Stains. Early parchment binding (non-original). Tears and worming to margins of some leaves. Minor defects to binding.
Rare edition of Tehillim.
Ginzei Yisrael, no. 1850.
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Bible and Psalms
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $4,000
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Meir Nativ, by R. Yitzchak Natan. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1523.
First Hebrew concordance.
The first Christian concordance was compiled in the mid-13th century by Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Charo, assisted by hundreds of Dominicans. Some two hundred years later, R. Yitzchak Natan recognized the need for a Hebrew concordance, both as an aid to defend Judaism in frequent disputations with the Christians, and to generally encourage the study of the Bible.
Engraved title page followed by introduction by R. Yitzchak Natan, chart of Parashiot, note by author, followed by a second title page (with title and author's name differing slightly from first title page; the first title page is generally considered correct in naming R. Yitzchak Natan as author).
Inscriptions and notations within text on several leaves.
[406] leaves (one 8-leaf gathering at beginning and 50 numbered 8-leaf gatherings, including a final gathering of 5 leaves; extra leaf in gathering 11). 36 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small tears and open tears to several leaves, including small tear to title page, slightly affecting title frame, repaired. Stamps. New leather binding.
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Bible and Psalms
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