(Luach...)

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $4,800

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author

(CALENDAR)

printer

Meir of Padua

Place

Mantua

Publication

1586

Description

Printed broadside. Printer’s mark in lower left corner depicting a lion rampart

summary

ENTIRELY UNRECORDED. The Jewish calendar is lunisolar; the months are reckoned by the moon and the year by the sun. The astronomical expertise required to make the necessary adjustments, mandated an interest by religious Jews in astronomy. This calendar contains detailed information regarding the New Moon, Biblical portions of the week, the time of the various seasons and other calculations

Stained, remargined, repairs affecting a few words. Lg. folio

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