VITAL, CHAIM, Sepher Ha-Techunah, [formulae and calculations to determine the New Moons, Solar and Lunar cycles, Seasons and systems of intercalculation]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $450

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author

(ASTRONOMY)

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Israel Bak

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1866

Description

FIRST EDITION. Many astronomical diagrams

references

Halevy, Jerusalem 132

summary

With an introduction by the great Kabbalist, R. Chai Raphael Yedidyah Aboulafia, who writes in addition to the Kabbalah that R. Chaim Vital imbibed from Isaac Luria, “he held the keys to other scientific disciplines which are “Rakachoth” (phamaceutics) necessary for understanding the “internal” (i.e. Kabbalistic) portions of the Torah.”

ff. [4], 52. Previous owner’s signature and stamp (Rabbi David Mazivetsky of Argentina), slight staining. Later boards. 8vo

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