Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Thick handwritten record ledger (répertoire), containing brief entries on hundreds of contracts and business dealings registered by notary in Alsace, constituting a rare attestation of the presence of many Jewish families in the region's towns and cities in the late 18th century. [Alsace, 1793-1797]. French.
The ledger is arranged in chronological order, including a brief registration of all contracts registered by notary and deposited with him. The documentation covers a period of over four years (July 1, 1793 to September 3, 1797), and contains details such as date, type of contract, names of parties and their places of living, and notarial fees and payments.
The ledger documents business dealings of thousands of residents of Alsace, especially the towns and cities of the Haut-Rhin region and around Colmar.
This ledger serves as a primary source on the presence, places of residence and economic network of the Jews of Alsace during the French Revolution period and at the beginning of the emancipation of the Jews of France. The inscriptions include hundreds of Jewish families, including: Levi, Bloch, Lehman, Herz, Ullman, Kahn, Blum, Weil, Dreyfus, Salomon, Schwab, Lang, Seligman, Wormser and many others.
On the margins of the last page is a signed inscription by a government official confirming that the ledger and contracts were examined and registered correctly.
On the front binding is a handwritten sticker labeled: "Répertoire Commencé le 1er Juillet 1793 et Fini le 17 Fructidor an 5" [July 1, 1793 to Fructidor 17, year 5, on the French Revolution calendar; corresponds to September 3, 1797].
Enclosed are several leaves in modern French handwriting, with a list of Jews mentioned in the ledger, based on their place of residence and the number of business dealings and contracts registered with the notary.
203 leaves. 33 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and wear. Marginal open tears to some leaves. Original cardboard binding, with spine and leather corners. Defects and wear to binding and spine.
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Jewish Communities – Documents and Certificates
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Parchment manuscript, prayers for Gabbai and cantor recited during Torah reading service, produced by S. H. Lorie (Shaul Tzvi Luria) – who donated it to the Brighton Hebrew Congregation. Brighton, England, 1904-1905.
Neat manuscript, dedicated with calligraphy. At the beginning of the manuscript are two artistically-decorated title pages, one in English and one in Hebrew, stating that it was dedicated by S. H. Lorie in memory of his father, mother and wife, and dated 1905. Another dedication at edge of last page.
The manuscript includes Yizkor, Mi SheBerach, HaGomel, Yehi Ratzon for Mondays and Thursdays, Reshut for Chatan Torah and Chatan Bereshit, blessings on haftarah, Yekum Purkan, prayer for the state in Hebrew and English (to King Edward VII, his wife Queen Alexandra, and the royal family), and more.
Hebrew title and dedication on last leaf dated 5604 (1904), later corrected to 5605. English title page dated 5666 and 1905.
At beginning of booklet are bound several paper leaves. One of them contains two more Mi SheBerach texts. Edge of page signed by "Moshe Heilprin, scribe of Beit Din and proofreader". Manuscript placed in leather binding, with decorated gilt edges.
[9] paper leaves (including one written), [11] parchment leaves. 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains to parchment leaves. Tears and stains to paper leaves. Loose binding. Tears and defects to binding. Spine of binding repaired.
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Jewish Communities – Documents and Certificates
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Discours du tabernacle et du camp des israélites. Recueilly de plusieurs anciens Docteurs Hebrieux [Treatise on the Tabernacle and the Camp of the Israelites, compiled from the writings of ancient Hebrew scholars], by Philippes d'Aquin. Paris: Thomas Blaise, 1623. French and some Hebrew.
First edition of the work by French Hebraist Philippe d'Aquin (1578-1650) on the Tabernacle and the Israelite encampment, based on Jewish sources. Written in French, with twelve pages of commentary in Hebrew bound at the end.
The book contains several woodcuts, included in the pagination, depicting the Ark of the Covenant, the Temple vessels, the priestly service and sacrifices, the Table of Showbread, the seven-branched Menorah, a diagram of the Israelite encampment in the Sinai Desert, and decorated initial letters.
Philippe d'Aquin, Hebraist and physician, is known for his philological works on the Hebrew language and rabbinic and kabbalistic traditions. He contributed to the Paris Polyglot Bible (1645) and to the Hebrew translation of the New Testament.
On last page, "approbation" in French and errata.
[4] leaves, 104, [1] pages. 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming in two places on upper margins of all leaves. Small marginal tears to title page and several other leaves. Early leather binding, gilt on both sides. Defects to binding.
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Hebraica
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $600
Sold for: $938
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Printed booklet (3 pages), poem in honor of the jubilee and of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the University of Altdorf (Altdorf bei Nürnberg), by Philipp Ernst Christfels. Wilhermsdorf: [Tzvi Hirsch son of Chaim], June 17, 1723.
Booklet with various poems, printed in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the University of Altdorf on June 29th (also the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul).
Includes two poems in praise of Nuremberg and Altdorf (with acrostic naming the cities), as well as another poem in honor of the theologian and Orientalist Gustav Georg Zeltner (1672-1738), who served at the time as professor in Altdorf, with the acrostic of his name (he was a close friend of Christfels and authored a foreword to the latter's book).
The University of Altdorf, in Altdorf bei Nürnberg (bordering Nuremberg), was established in 1575, but was only officially accorded university status in 1622. Its hundredth anniversary festivities were celebrated in 1723.
The author, Philipp Ernst Christfels (1671-1759), born Mordechai son of Moshe Shemaiah to a Jewish family in Neuhaus, Bavaria. Studied in the yeshiva of R. Avraham Brody (1650-1717), and apostatized to Christianity in 1701 in Wilhermsdorf. Authored several anti-Jewish theological tracts, and was an informant and libeler of the Jews.
[1] double leaf ([3] printed leaves). 34 cm. High-quality paper. Overall good condition. Light stains. Small marginal open tears.
Recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a copy from a private collection. Not recorded in the NLI catalog or WorldCat (another extant copy is recorded in the Stadtbibliothek Nürnberg, see: Moshe N. Rosenfeld, Jewish Printing in Wilhermsdorf, London, 1995, no. 113, p. 125).
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Hebraica
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Manuscript, Kitab al-Tabbakh – halachic work by Ab Hisda (Abu al-Hasan) of Tyre. Shechem, 1885. Arabic, with some Hebrew (in Samaritan script). Black and purple ink on paper.
Kitab al-Tabbakh is a work by 11th-century Samaritan scholar Ab Hisda of Tyre concerning kosher shechitah and other halachic topics. It also includes a detailed commentary of the Song of the Sea and various polemical writings.
The manuscript was produced by copyist Yaakov ben Yishmael ben Avraham ben Yishmael ben Avraham HaDanafi, with a colophon dated 1885.
[142] leaves. 22 cm. High-quality paper. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Marginal tears to several leaves. Several leaves and gatherings detached. New fabric binding.
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Samaritan Manuscripts
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Manuscript, commentary on the Book of Shemot in the Samaritan version. Shechem, 1892. Arabic, with some Hebrew (in Samaritan script). Black ink on paper.
Manuscript produced by copyist Gamliel son of Ab Sikwa son of Shlomo son of Ab Sikwa HaDanafi.
Colophon on last leaf dated 1892.
[346] leaves. 25.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Light wear. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Last gathering detached. New fabric binding (with stains).
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Samaritan Manuscripts
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
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Manuscript, Samaritan work on the mitzvot of the Torah. Shechem, 1908. Arabic and Hebrew (in Samaritan script). Black ink on paper.
The manuscript was produced by Uzi son of Yaakov (he may also be the author).
[80] leaves. 25.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears and open tears to some leaves. Detached leaves and gatherings. New binding, with defects.
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Samaritan Manuscripts
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,625
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Portrait of R. Yosef Shlomo Delmedigo – the Yashar of Candia. Illustration by W. Delff, after W.C. Duyster, from Sefer Eilim by R. Yosef Shlomo Delmedigo. [Amsterdam: Menasseh Ben Israel, 1628-1629].
Caption around the portrait: "Ioseph del Medico Cretensis philosophus et medicus aet. XXXVII. Anno M.D.C.XXVIII".
R. Yosef Shlomo Delmedigo of Crete, known as the Yashar of Candia (1591-1665) was a physician, philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, a disciple of Galileo Galilei (mentioned several times in his Sefer Eilim, and granted the honorific of Rabbi – "my teacher").
Approx. 13X18 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minute tears to margins of engraving. Repaired with paper to verso. Signs of ink at bottom of engraving, slightly affecting artist's name.
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Portraits, Prints and Graphic Works
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Portrait of R. Yaakov Yehudah Leon Templo. Engraving by Conrad Buno, from De Templo Hierosolymitano by Yaakov Yehudah Aryeh Leon Templo. [Helmstadt, Germany, 1665].
Portrait of R. Yaakov Yehudah Leon Templo, holding a scroll.
A small vignette in the lower margins depicts the contents of the scroll held by R. Templo: A small figure representing Moses, observing the land of Canaan ("For from afar, you will see the land, but you will not enter there", Deuteronomy, 32:52). Flanked by the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem. The portrait is encircled by a Latin inscription: "Effigies uiri doctissimi et clarissimi Jacobi Yehudæ Leonis Hebræi autoris Structuræ templi Salomonici facti anno 1641". Signed in print.
The present engraving was made after a portrait of R. Templo created by R. Salom Italia some 20 years prior, in the 1740s.
R. Yaakov Yehudah Leon Templo (1603-after 1675), a 17th century Torah scholar in Amsterdam. Born in Portugal to a family of Spanish exiles, he studied in Amsterdam under the rabbi of the Neveh Shalom community, R. Yitzchak Uziel. He was renowned for his books on the prominent Biblical structures and utensils – the Tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and the Ark of the Covenant, which R. Leon described for the first time based on contemporary scientific knowledge.
His pioneering work earned him renown throughout Europe, and drew the attention of contemporary rulers – King Charles II, William II Prince of Orange, and Augustus Duke of Brunswick (who commissioned German translations of the works). Following the success of his books, R. Yehudah Leon created a model of Solomon's temple with small scale utensils, earning him the nickname of "Templo".
18.5X13.5 cm. Thin, fragile paper. Good condition. Light stains to margins. Tears to bottom margins. Verso repaired with paper to all four corners.
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Portraits, Prints and Graphic Works
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Sold for: $625
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Portrait of R. Toviah Katz (Tobias Cohn) the physician, engraving from first edition of his book Maaseh Toviah. [Venice, 1707].
Portrait of R. Toviah Katz the physician, garbed in elegant dress and wearing a fur cap, holding a book and an armillary sphere. Around it is a Hebrew caption: "If you ask my name or my homeland and country or my family, I will answer you faithfully that I am Toviah HaKohen from a family of scribes and from a town of scholars, the faithful city, Metz in France, may G-d secure it. And now I am 48 years old: in the month Eitanim [=Tishrei] of this year, 5461. And I dwell among my people in Constantinople: and may He Who enabled me to bring my thoughts into fruition, grant me the merit to see Jerusalem rebuilt".
R. Toviah HaKohen the physician (Tobias Cohn, 1652-1729) was an Ashkenazic Torah scholar. Born in Metz, he studied in the Cracow yeshiva, where we was ordained. He later studied medicine in the University of Padua in Italy, and lived in Constantinople where he served as physician for the sultan's court, also working on Torah and scientific writing and corresponding with the leading Torah scholars of his generation, including his stepbrother the Chavot Yair. His encyclopedic Maaseh Toviah is highly famous and was published in many editions. He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1715, where he remained active until his passing.
Engraving: approx. 15X20 cm. Matted: approx. 40X48 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and open tears, affecting frame and margins of engraving, repaired with paper.
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Portraits, Prints and Graphic Works
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Portrait of physician R. Avraham son of Shabtai HaKohen of Zante. Engraved plate from Part I of his Kehunat Avraham on Tehillim (Venice 1719).
Engraving produced by Italian artist Alexander à Via (signature at edge of plate).
Portrait of R. Avraham HaKohen of Zante, aged 49. Captioned with name, date, age, and other verses and captions alluding to the author's name, at top and edges of plate.
R. Avraham son of Shabtai HaKohen of Zante (1670-1729), an Italian Torah scholar, physician, author, philosopher and poet, born on the island Zante (Zakynthos). Studied medicine in the University of Padua.
Approx. 13X18 cm; matted: approx. 40X48 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor defects.
See: Rubens, A Jewish Iconography (London, 1981), no. 8.
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Portraits, Prints and Graphic Works
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Portrait of R. Shlomo Shalem, a rabbi of Bulgaria and of the Portuguese community in Amsterdam. Engraving by Charles-Ange Boily, after an illustration by Benjamin Samuel Bolomey. [The Netherlands, 1762]. Hand-colored copy.
Portrait of R. Shlomo Shalem, aged 44, holding his book Shoneh Halachot, surrounded by a caption in Latin and with a caption in Hebrew below.
A floral border is mounted on the margins of the engraving (pieces of paper cut and colored green).
R. Shlomo Shalem (1708-1781), born in Adrianople (present-day Edirne, Turkey) and raised in Salonika (present-day Thessaloniki, Greece). Served as rabbi in various cities in Bulgaria before being appointed Rabbi of Sofia, the capital city. He later traveled to the west for health reasons, serving temporarily as Rabbi of Belgrade, and eventually reaching Amsterdam, where he was appointed rabbi of the Portuguese community and published his Shoneh Halachot, serving there for about twenty years until his passing. Even in his rabbinic office in Amsterdam he would include his connection to Belgrade as part of his signature, and this is also mentioned in the caption of the present portrait.
29X38 cm; matted: approx. 50X58 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Marginal open tears.
The engraving was previously auctioned by Kedem, Auction 58, Lot 97.
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Portraits, Prints and Graphic Works
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