Chronologia Sacra Profana - Tzemach David [historical chronicle]. <<* Bound With>> (as issued): Capitula R. Elieser - Pirkei Rebi Eliezer [ethical narrative]. Both edited and translated by Willem Henry Vorst.

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Lot 124

GANS, DAVID.

Chronologia Sacra Profana - Tzemach David [historical chronicle]. <<* Bound With>> (as issued): Capitula R. Elieser - Pirkei Rebi Eliezer [ethical narrative]. Both edited and translated by Willem Henry Vorst.

<<FIRST EDITION IN LATIN>> . Two works bound in one volume. pp. (8), 314, (16), (8), 254, (16). Lightly browned. Contemporary vellum, light wear. 4to.

Leiden: Johannes Maire 1644

Est: $700 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $400

David Gans (1541-1613) divided his Tzemach David into two parts, the first containing the annals of Jewish history, the second those of general world history. The Pirkei Rebi Eliezer is one of the earliest aggadic books, in addition to ethics it contains a good deal of extraneous matters, such as chapters on astronomy, the calculation of the calendar and many exotic legends.