Nechmad Vena’im [on astronomy, geography, as well as a rejection of astrology in Jewish tradition.]
AUCTION 57 |
Thursday, January 31st,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 86
GANS, DAVID.
Nechmad Vena’im [on astronomy, geography, as well as a rejection of astrology in Jewish tradition.]
Jessnitz: Israel b. Abraham 1743
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $300
Latin introduction by Christian Hebenstreit, Professor of Hebrew in Leipzig, drawing attention to the keen influence the author received from the theories of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, with whom Gans worked in Prague. See A. Neher, Jewish Thought and the Scientific Revolution of the Sixteenth Century: David Gans (1541-1613) and His Times, pp. 58-91.