Omek Halacha [elucidations on the laws pertaining to Kilayim, Eruvin, etc.].

AUCTION 31 | Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 at 1:00

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Lot 215

KOPPELMAN, JACOB BEN SAMUEL BUNIM

Omek Halacha [elucidations on the laws pertaining to Kilayim, Eruvin, etc.].

Second edition. Numerous woodcut illustrations and mathematical and astronomical charts, diagrams and symbols. Including woodcut illustration of the Temple Candelabra on verso of f.32 and of the High Priest’s vestiments on verso of final unnumbered leaf. Printers device on title. N.H. Van Biema plate ff. (2),36,(1). Few light stains in places. Contemporary boards, rubbed. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Amsterdam 920

Amsterdam: Jacob Aleris Soto 1710

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $350

Born in the Baden town of Freiburg im Breisgau, the Talmudic scholar Jacob ben Samuel Bunim Koppelman, was distinguished for his broad knowledge of secular sciences. A child prodigy, and student of Mordechai Jaffe, Koppelman studied mathematics and astrology in addition to intense occupation with traditional Jewish learning. In Omek Halacha he discusses the talmudic references to mathematics, botany, engineering and geography; establishes the weights and measures of the Talmud and draws the site of the Temple, the Candelabrum and the Table of Showbread, all with the aid of vivid and vibrant diagrams and models.