The Valmadonna Trust Library: Part I Magnificent Manuscripts and the Bomberg Talmud - N09443

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The Valmadonna Trust Library: Part I Magnificent Manuscripts And The Bomberg Talmud

22 December 2015 • New York

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Sale Number: N09443

1. samaritan torah scroll (aktaba kadisha), land of israel [ca. 1166, scribe: shalmah ben abraham bar yosef of sarepta]

Estimate: 40,000 – 80,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
2. samaritan pentateuch (arhuta kadishta), land of israel: late 14th–early 15th century

Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
3. decorated hebrew bible: (pentateuch: shemot-devarim) yemen: early fifteenth century

Estimate: 150,000 – 250,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
4. hebrew bible: pentateuch with masorah and masoretic and grammatical introduction (hamisha humshei torah with mahberet ha-tijan). scribe: benayah ben sa'adyah ben zechariah. yemen: 1470

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
5. hebrew bible: pentateuch [aragon: 11th–12th century]

Estimate: 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
6. hebrew bible: pentateuch and haftarot with targum [franco-german: 12th–13th century]

Estimate: 1,500,000 – 2,000,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
7. hebrew bible: pentateuch with haftarot and the five scrolls, england: 15 tammuz 4949=2 july 1189

Estimate: 2,000,000 – 4,000,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
8. illuminated hebrew bible: psalms, with commentary by david kimhi. scribe: shem-tov ben samuel barukh [bologna]: 1401

Estimate: 300,000 – 500,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
9. tractate pesahim [provence: ca. 1447-1452]

Estimate: 300,000 – 500,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
10. grace after meals (seder birkat ha-mazon), vienna: 1737 [scribe-artist: ze'ev wolf herlingen]

Estimate: 150,000 – 250,000 USD

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11. order of blessings for meals…occasional blessings…and the order of prayers for women… (seder tikun se'udah…birkot ha-nehenin…ve-seder nashim…) [vienna or dresden?, circa 1725]

Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
12. the complete babylonian talmud, printed by daniel bomberg in venice, comprising tractates from the first (1519/20-1523) and second (1525-1539) editions

Estimate: 5,000,000 – 7,000,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED

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