<<Beilin, Eliezer.>> Sepher Ha’Ibronoth [astronomy and calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calendar].

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<<Beilin, Eliezer.>> Sepher Ha’Ibronoth [astronomy and calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calendar].

Second edition. ff. 27. Lacking folding chart at end. Stained, upper margin of final two leaves repaired. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Riva di Trento 33.

Riva di Trento: Jacob Marcaria 1561

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,400

Maimonides devotes an entire section of his Mishneh Torah to what he regards as a positive commandment “to know how to determine which is the first day of each month of the year.” Sepher Ibronoth was prepared by Beilin as a manual “to assist an individual fulfill these commandments.” The text actually incorporates several small works: Igul DeRabbi Nachshon (f. 8v.); Tekuphoth DeRabbi Yitzchak VeRabbi Shmuel (f. 20v.); and Sepher Ra'amim (ff. 26v.-27r). See A. J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress (1991)pp. 197-8.