109 229 (RUSSIA). Dainow, Tzvi Hirsch (Maggid of Slutzk). Kevod Melech [sermon extolling the virtues of, along with the obligation to honor: “Our compassionate King, Czar Alexander II.”] With addendum entitled Oz VeYeshuath Melech, an oration delivered on April 4th 1866, the day the Czar survived an assassination attempt. FIRST EDITION. Hebrew text with additional title-page in Russian. pp. 47. Ex-library, dampstained. Modern boards. 8vo. Odessa, M.A. Belinson, 1869. $500-700 ❧ Dainow (1832-1877) was an orator who stressed the need for Russification and reform in Jewish education, proposing a combination of traditional Torah thought alongside the enlightened ideas of the Haskalah. He particularly emphasized the importance of speaking Russian, “the mother-tongue of our country.” 230 (SCIENCES). Mirami, Rafael. Compendiosa introduttione alla prima parte della specularia, cioè della scienza de gli specchi. * BOUND WITH: Tavole della prima parte della specularia, cioe’ della scienza de gli specchi. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Woodcut title device and opening initials. The two pages illustrated (32-33) show the differences in reflections between flat, concave, and convex mirrors. pp. (12), 70, (24). Toch foxed, extreme outer corners of a few leaves neatly repaired. Later limp vellum. 4to.[BL/STC Italian Books p. 440; Riccardi I(ii) 162; Wellcome I, 44341.] Ferrara, Heirs of Francesco de’Rossi and Paolo Tortorino, 1582. $4000-6000 ❧ The only known publications by Rafael Mirami who identifies himself as a Jewish physician and mathematician from Ferrara. In the way it combines poetry along with a scientific interest in mirrors and optics, Mirami’s Compendiosa is both unusual and intriguing. Verses from Dante, Petrarch and Horace, intended to support his arguments, are sprinkled throughout the text, which even ends with the author’s own sonnet. The Jewish community at Ferrara was one of the largest and most active in Italy. It grew rapidly during the 15th century in part due to substantial immigration from less congenial parts of Europe. The Jewish presence began to changetoward the end of the 16th century, when the rulers of the city built a ghetto to isolate and weaken the population. Lot 229 Lot 230