(Nieto, David). Binah La’Itim.
AUCTION 54 |
Wednesday, March 21st,
2012 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 42
(ANGLO-JUDAICA).
(Nieto, David). Binah La’Itim.
London: n.p. 1718
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,500
<<First Hebrew Calendar Printed in London - Of Extreme Rarity.>>
This calendar records not only the New Moons, Festivals and Fasts for the years 5478-5561 (1718-1801), but also lunar and solar eclipses in the years 5478-5501 (1718-1741).
David Nieto (1654-1728), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese community of London, was a noted astronomer. Nieto was the first to fix the times for the commencement of the Sabbath for the latitude of England. His calendar would serve the London Jewish community as a guide for Sabbaths and festivals well into the 19th-century. See JE, Vol. IX pp. 302-3; EJ, Vol. XII cols. 1152-3.
This work is extremely rare. WorldCat records but a single copy in the University of London Library.