Sepher Habrith.

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

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

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Lot 163

HOROWITZ, PINCHAS ELIJAH.

Sepher Habrith.

Two parts in one volume. Second, expanded edition. <<A wide-margined copy on tinted paper.>> ff. (1), 191,(1), 104. Some worming touching few letters in places. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, light wear. 4to. Vinograd, Vilna 101.

Vilna: Menachem Mann b. Baruch 1818

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $800

A popular work that presented the general sciences from the perspective of Jewish tradition. Following Tobias Cohn’s Maaseh Tuviah of 1707, it is among the very earliest encyclopedia of the sciences to be printed in Hebrew.