Kestenbaum's Early Spring auction of Fine Judaica is, as usual with all our sales, exceptionally broad in Judaic subject matter.
The opening 33 lots are seasonal, being Passover Hagadot. Of particular note is Lot 30.
American-Judaica commences with lot 34. Initial 14 lots are Civil War era carte-de-visite photographs, followed by varied autograph letters and printed books. Of particular note is Lot 50.
The next subsection are Hebrew manuscripts and autograph letters (Lots 68-98). This includes Chassidic materials, Synagogue Pinkas record books, and two very sweet Italian liturgical manuscripts (lots 82 and 83).
Lot 99 commences the section of Printed Books in which both Hebrew texts and books in a multiplicity of other languages are combined. Sprinkled throughout are books from the library of the late Haham Solomon Gaon, especially Sephardic texts, many of which carry inscriptions from the Authors.
Utilize the Search-bar to locate books that are of regional interest, including: Austria, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Syria.
Holocaust-era materials are numbered Lots 149-169.
The penultimate lot in the auction is the first English edition of Theodor Herzl's Jewish State (Lot 228).
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LOT 68:
ABOAB, ISAAC.
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Sold for: $1,100
Start price:
$
800
Estimated price :
$1,200 - $1,800
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ABOAB, ISAAC.
Menorath Hama’or. With: Pirush Nefesh Yehudah. MANUSCRIPT finely written in Hebrew in a Yemenite hand.
Scattered marginalia and scribal edits.
ff. 201. Some worming. Modern calf. Folio.
Yemen, 19th century.
The commissioning of such an opulent manuscript by a Yemenite scribe presents a historical puzzle. The preparation of such a luxurious work in Yemen is highly uncommon, given both the Yemenite Jewish community’s oppression-induced poverty, as well as its preference for Biblical and Halachic texts over Rabbinic philosophy. At the same time, it is even less likely that the work was commissioned by a European patron, as there was hardly a need for a manuscript edition of this widely printed text.
