Israeli, Isaac Ben Joseph. Yesod Olam [astronomy and cosmography]. Edited by Baruch of Schklov.

AUCTION 58 | Thursday, May 02nd, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Israeli, Isaac Ben Joseph. Yesod Olam [astronomy and cosmography]. Edited by Baruch of Schklov.

<<FIRST EDITION>> . Title within a typographical border. Two folding engraved plates with astronomical charts between ff. 61-2 and at end. ff.(1), 93, (7). Lightly browned, closely trimmed, previous owner’s marks. Contemporary boards, rubbed and crudely rebacked. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Berlin 289.

Berlin: n.p 1777

Est: $500 - $700
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The author was a Spanish-Jewish astronomer who flourished in Toledo in the first half of the fourteenth century. He was a pupil of Asher ben Yehiel, at whose request he wrote the present work, the best contribution toward the study of astronomy in Hebrew literature.