Euclides [Hebrew translation of the first Six Books of The Elements]
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 96
(EUCLID)
Euclides [Hebrew translation of the first Six Books of The Elements]
The Hague: Soesmanns & Munnikhuizen 1780
Est: $800 - $1,200
PRICE REALIZED $900
The Editor’s Preface states that the work was translated and published at the urging of Elijah, Gaon of Vilna
USE FOR THE FUTURE:
The Editor’s Preface states that the work was translated and published at the behest of Elijah, Gaon of Vilna. Schick relates that he paid a visit to the “famous Chasid R. Elijah in the month of Teveth 5538 [1778].” “I heard from the mouth of the holy man that in direct proportion to a man’s deficiency in the other wisdoms, he will be deficient one hundred times so in the wisdom of Torah; for Torah and wisdom are bound together.” See David E. Fishman, Russia’s First Modern Jews: The Jews of Shklov (1995), p. 22, 37-40