Sepher Ha’ibronoth [astronomy and calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calender]

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $3,500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

BEILIN, ELIEZER

printer

Jacob Markriah

Place

Riva di Trento

Publication

1561

Description

Second Edition. Calendrical folding chart between ff.1-2

references

Vinograd, Riva di Trento 33; Mehlman 1335

summary

Maimonides devotes an entire section of his Mishneh Torah to what he lists as a positive commandment “to know how to determine which is the first day of each month of the year.” Sepher Ibronoth was prepared by Beilin as a manual “to help an individual fulfil the commandments.” See A. J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth-Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, (1991) pp.197-8

ff. 27 (1). Dampstained, small repair to folding chart, small puncture on a few leaves affecting a few letters, few leaves supplied from another copy.

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