Auction of Judaica focusing on printed books and handwritten documents and other manuscripts. Divided into categories as follows:
Religious Hebrew books take up the first third of the auction. Highlights are: The first edition of two parts of the Shulchan Aruch (Venice, 1565, Lots 37 and 38) a large fragment of the Tanach Constantinople, 1522 (lot 5); and several Zhitomir / Slavita imprints.
Also appearing are Rabbinic manuscripts and letters from such luminaries as Yehuda Aszod (lot 57); Avraham Azulai (lot 73); Reuven ibn Yahya (lot 78); Moshe Provencal (lot 87); Ya’akov Toledano (lot 90), etc.
The personal silver Kiddush cup of the Ribnitzer Rebbe (lot 56) will of course attract much attention.
The sale highlight is lot 94: An exceptional illuminated manuscript that has never before appeared at public auction. A Passover Hagadah created by the celebrated artistic-scribe Eliezer Sussman Mezeritsch, Frankfurt, 1833.
The next section (lots 108-178) represents Judaica stemming from across the globe, including Australia, Brazil, China, the German-speaking lands, Gibraltar, Poland, Russia, etc. Also included is much on Holy Land travel, the Land of Israel and Zionism.
The section of Antisemitica / Holocaust includes an exceptional illuminated manuscript (lot 208) devoted to the Polish Jews of Częstochowa. Also of importance is a recently uncovered diary from 1945 of a young Hungarian Jewess who survived Auschwitz (lot 205); and a large archive of personal documents of a German-Jewish doctor who spent the years 1939-47 in Shanghai.
General Judaica (lots 209-245) includes the first edition of Bartolocci’s first ever bibliography of Hebrew books (Rome, 1675, lot 209); a unique copy of the Edgardo Mortara’s autobiography, personally signed by him (lot 226); and the first edition of one of the rarest works of Spanish-Jewish literature, Moses Almosnino’s Extremos y Grandezas de Constantinopla (Madrid, 1638, lot 231).
The penultimate section of the sale (lot 241-267) are illustrated books and graphic art including several fine books from the magnificent hand of Arthur Szyk, including two original drawings by him (lots 258, 259).
The final section of the sale are fine books that stem from the library of the late Charles Wuorinen, being English & Continental Early Printed Books (lots 268-291).
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LOTE 114:
(AUSTRIA). Circulare von der kaiserl. auch kaiserl. ...
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Vendido por: $450
Preço inicial:
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250
Preço estimado :
$300 - $500
Comissão da leiloeira: 25%
IVA: 8.875%
Sobre o preço e comissão do lote inteiro
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(AUSTRIA).
Circulare von der kaiserl. auch kaiserl. königl. Landesregierung im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich unter der Enns: Die ausserordentlichen Ereignisse, welche seit einem Monathe auch in dem Erzherzogthum Niederösterreich die durch die ungesegnete Ernte der vorigen Jahrs.
pp. 10 and folding table at end. Unbound, spine reinforced with paper strip. Folio.
Vienna, 1805.
REGULATIONS REGARDING GRAIN SHORTAGE.
These regulations issued by Count von Dietrichstein, President of the Government of Lower Austria, address the issue of high grain prices resulting from a shortage caused by a poor harvest the previous year - particularly targeting those who hoard grains and inflate prices.
It mandates the calculation and reporting of grain surpluses, with a folded template for reporting attached. Each household is permitted to maintain a grain reserve until October of the current year, along with seeding material, while traders have until August to sell their goods. The government reserves the right to purchase surplus grains at a fixed price if necessary. Jews are prohibited from trading in grain unless they are already engaged in such business. Violations result in the confiscation of grain and can further be subject to arrest, fine, or corporal punishment. Additionally, Christians acting as proxies for Jewish traders are subject to identical consequences.
The regulations also encompass import and export guidelines. These regulations were issued at a time when Austria joined the British and Russian Coalition during the Napoleonic wars. French troops seized Vienna in November 1805 and the following month Napolean defeated Austrian and Russian troops at the Battle of Austerlitz.
