Melecheth Machsheveth [mathematics]

AUCTION 28 | Tuesday, April 05th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: The Library of the late Professor Abraham J. Karp.

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Lot 122

EIDLITZ, MOSES ZERACH

Melecheth Machsheveth [mathematics]

FIRST EDITION. Title in Hebrew and German. Hebrew and Judeo-German on facing pages ff. 281, (3). Browned and dampstained. Contemporary half-calf, rubbed. 12mo Vinograd, Prague 909

Prague: Israel Jeiteles 1775

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $350

An outstanding pupil of R. Jonathan Eybeschuetz, Eidlitz appreciated the value of secular sciences, which he considered necessary for both scholars and laymen. In his introduction, he states one cannot derive financial gain from the study of Torah, therefore it is incumbent to gain a livelihood by other means. See EJ, Vol. VI, col. 525.