Ma’aseh Tuviah

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 144

COHN, TOBIAS.

Ma’aseh Tuviah

FIRST EDITION. Three parts in one. Title within architectural arch with fine engraved portrait of the Author by Antonio Luciani on verso, anatomical plate and numerous fine scientific text illustrations. Approbation from the Ecclesiastical authorities on final page. Two divisional titles ff.(6),158. Opening leaf marginally repaired with minimal loss, following leaf neatly taped, some light wear. Contemporary vellum, rubbed. 4to Vinograd, Venice 1572; Garrison & Morton, Medical Bibliography 6496.1; Friedenwald, The Jews and Medicine - Catalogue (1946) pp.59-60; Rubens 693

Venice: Bragadin 1707-8

Est: $4,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,250

IMPORTANT HEBREW SCIENTIFIC ENCYCLOPEDIA Celebrated encyclopedia of medical and natural sciences. Comprising sections on geography and astronomy; theology and metaphysics (viz. Section Olam Ha’elyon, Discourse VI on the coming of the Messiah and the Sabbatian Movement); a lexicon of pharmacological and botanical terms in Hebrew, Latin and Turkish; and most significantly, an important section on medicine (including anatomy and gynecology)