Malecheth Machsheveth [mathematics]

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 162

EIDLITZ, (ABRAHAM MOSES) ZERACH

Malecheth Machsheveth [mathematics]

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew and Judeo-German on facing pages ff. 281, (3). Lightly browned, few light stains in places, title damp-soiled, lower corner of f.222 worn with loss. Later cloth-backed marbled boards, rubbed at extremities. 12mo Vinograd, Prague 909

Prague: Israel Jeiteles 1785

Est: $700 - $900

An outstanding pupil of Jonathan Eybeschuetz, Abraham Moses Eidlitz appreciated the value of secular sciences, which he considered necessary for both scholars and laymen