Auction of Fine Judaica.
Opening highlights stem from venerated Chassidic and Rabbinic leaders, including the Chofetz Chaim, the Satmar Rebbe and the Vishnitzer Rebbe (Lots 1-5).
Among Autograph Letters are those written in Russian by the Lubavitcher Rebbetzin, including inscribed, personal photographs captured shortly before her marriage to the Rebbe (Lots 12-16).
The auction includes a number of rare books that stem from the library of a distinguished European scholar; as well as further offerings that stem from the library of the late Haham Solomon Gaon (1912-94).
Judaic books and manuscripts (non-Hebraic) range from Antisemitica to Zionism, and includes Community Pinkas records, Sephardic and Children's Literature, as well as livres d'artistes.
Utilize the Search-bar to locate books that are of regional interest, including: Australia, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Majorca, Poland, Russia, and elsewhere.
The auction includes a further offering of Americana from a distinguished Private Collection. Focusing on Jews in the American Civil War, featuring photographs, autograph letters and printed books (Lots 117-164).
The penultimate portion of the auction features Fine & Graphic Art (Lots 170-188), including canvases by Israeli artists: Moshe Gershuni, Yosl Bergner and Reuven Rubin. Of particular note, is a large, vibrant oil painting by the celebrated Russian-American Chassidic artist Zalman Kleinman, dated 1973 (see lot 179).
An exceptionally rare drawing by the Anglo-Jewish female artist Kate Salaman, c. 1840's, is Lot 176.
The final 20 lots of the sale are 20th-century ceremonial objects including by Agam, Bier, Sugarman and Wolpert and a number of Bezalel-era items (Lots 189-208).
For any and all inquiries please contact Shaya Kestenbaum: jack@kestenbaum.net.
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LOT 43:
(ANGLO-JUDAICA). HAME’ASSEF. The Hebrew Review and Magazine ...
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Start price:
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Estimated price :
$400 - $600
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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(ANGLO-JUDAICA). HAME’ASSEF. The Hebrew Review and Magazine for Jewish Literature. London, 1859-60.
Edited by M.H. Bresslau. Vol. I - New Series. Nos. 1-48. Bound together in one volume. Text in English, with Hebrew throughout.
pp. 768. Lightly browned. Later boards, detached, lacking spine. 4to.
A fascinating conglomeration of hundreds of articles encompassing subjects of both religious and literary merit, as well as much contemporary news from around the Jewish world.
The editor, Marcus Heymann Bresslau (1807-64), was a German-Jewish journalist and Hebraist who settled in London as a youth. He was affiliated with the "Hebrew Review" the monthly publication edited by Dr. M.J. Raphall from 1834-36. Bresslau revived the Hebrew Review in 1859, but after just one year, the project ended.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Hyman_Bresslau.
