LEVI, RAPHAEL, OF HANOVER. Techunath HaShamayim [calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calendar]. Edited by Moses ben Jekuthiel of Tiktin

AUCTION 49 | Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art

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LEVI, RAPHAEL, OF HANOVER. Techunath HaShamayim [calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calendar]. Edited by Moses ben Jekuthiel of Tiktin

FIRST EDITION. Numerous astronomical diagrams ff. (2), 38. Foxed. Contemporary marbled boards. 4to Vinograd, Amsterdam 1742

Amsterdam: J. Janson 1756

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

A guide to the scientific aspects of Maimonides' Hilchoth Kiddush HaChodesh (Laws of Sanctification of the New Moon). Levi was an interesting amalgam of two worlds: He excelled in his traditional yeshivah education in Frankfurt a/Main, yet was also closely associated with the philosopher Leibniz for many years. See S. Feiner, The Jewish Enligtenment (2004), pp. 41-42.