<<Israeli, Isaac ben Joseph.>> Yesod Olam [astronomy and cosmography]. Edited by Baruch of Schklov.

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<<Israeli, Isaac ben Joseph.>> Yesod Olam [astronomy and cosmography]. Edited by Baruch of Schklov.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two folding engraved plates with <<astronomical charts>> between ff. 61-2 and at end. ff. (1), 93, (7). Browned, ex-library. Modern crushed morocco. 4to. Vinograd, Berlin 289.

Berlin: n.p. 1777

Est: $500 - $700

R. Baruch Schik of Shklov (1744-1808) was a student of R. Elijah, the Ga’on of Vilna and translated numerous scientific and humanistic works into Hebrew on his behalf. He also printed and elaborated upon older Jewish texts of secular knowledge, such as the present work. Although a traditionalist, Schik’s work was greatly valued by the Berlin Maskilim. See D. Fishman, A Polish Rabbi Meets the Berlin Haskalah: The Case of R. Baruch Schik of Shklov, in: AJS Review 12:1 (1987) pp. 95-121.