Over Lesocher [on mathematics and economics]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $650

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author

PORTO, MENACHEM ZION (RAPA).

printer

for Bragadin

Place

Venice

Publication

1627

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch. Mathematical tables within the text.

references

Vinograd, Venice 1176

summary

Porto (c. 1600-60) held Rabbinic office in Padua, “he was an excellent mathematician and astronomer, and his works were highly praised by Andrea Argoli and extolled in Italian sonnets by Tomaso Ercaloni and Benedetto Luzzatto” (JE, Vol. X pp.133-4); see also A. Yaari, Mechkarei Sepher (1958) pp. 303-6.

ff. 22. Dampstained, trimmed. Recent cloth-backed marbled boards. Sm. 4to.

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