Sepher Uklides [Hebrew translation of the first Six Books of The Elements]. Translated by <<Baruch Schick of Shklov.>> The Editor’s preface states that the work was translated and published at the urging of <<R. Elijah, Gaon of Vilna.>>
Auction 94 |
Thursday, June 17th,
2021 at 11:00am
Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx
Lot 145
(EUCLID).
Sepher Uklides [Hebrew translation of the first Six Books of The Elements]. Translated by <<Baruch Schick of Shklov.>> The Editor’s preface states that the work was translated and published at the urging of <<R. Elijah, Gaon of Vilna.>>
The Hague: Soesmanns & Munnikhuizen 1780
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Baruch Schick of Shklov relates that he paid a visit to the “famous Chasid R. Eliyah in the month of Teveth 1778… I heard from the mouth of the holy man that in direct proportion to a man’s deficiency in the other wisdoms, he will be deficient one hundred times more so in the wisdom of Torah; for Torah and wisdom are bound together.”
See David E. Fishman, Russia’s First Modern Jews: The Jews of Shklov (1995) p. 22, 37-40.