Horowitz, Pinchas Elijah. Sepher Habrith.
AUCTION 12 |
Tuesday, March 13th,
2001 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 29
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
Horowitz, Pinchas Elijah. Sepher Habrith.
Brünn: J.K. Neimann 1797
Est: $500 - $700
A popular work that presented the general sciences from the perspective of Jewish tradition. Indeed, following the Maaseh Tuviah of 1707, it is among the very earliest encyclopedia of the sciences to be printed in Hebrew.
Horowitz, a pupil of Elijah, Gaon of Vilna, devoted long sections in this work to the United States of America, as well as 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.