Pinchas Elijah Horowitz. Sepher HaBrith.

AUCTION 83 | Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art

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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA)

Pinchas Elijah Horowitz. Sepher HaBrith.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two parts in one. Censor’s authorization leaf prior to title. ff. (4),128, 66, (4). Ex-library, touch browned. Modern boards. 4to. Vinograd, Brünn 63.

Brünn (Brno): J.K. Neimann 1797

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

A Hebrew encyclopedic work that presents the general sciences from the perspective of Jewish tradition. The author (1765-1821), a pupil of Elijah, Gaon of Vilna, devoted long sections here to the United States of America, as well as to Brazil. See M. Silber, America in Hebrew Literature (1928) pp. 49-50; and I. Zinberg, History of Jewish Literature, Vol. VI (1975) pp. 260-70.