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Auction 8 · Lot 327

Sepher Ukelidus [Hebrew translation of the first Six Books of The Elements]

Estimate
$800–$1,000
Hammer price
$750

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author

(EUCLID)

printer

Soesmanns & Munnikhuizen

Place

The Hague

Publication

1780

Description

Three folding engraved plates at end with nearly 150 geometrical figures. Translated by Baruch Szyk of Schklow

references

Vinograd, The Hague 11

summary

The Editor’s Preface states that the work was translated and published at the urging of Elijah, Gaon of Vilna
ff.(4),51,(1),(3). Browned and stained. Modern marbled boards. Sm. 4to
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