Pinchas Elijah Horowitz. Sepher HaBrith.

Estimate: $150–$200
Hammer price: $125

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

J.K. Neimann

Place

Brünn (Brno)

Publication

1797

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one. Manuscripts index on opening blank.

references

Vinograd, Brünn 63

summary

A Hebrew encyclopedic work that presents the general sciences from the perspective of Jewish tradition. The author (1765-1821), a pupil of Elijah, Gaon of Vilna, devoted long sections here to the United States of America, as well as to Brazil. See M. Silber, America in Hebrew Literature (1928) pp. 49-50; and I. Zinberg, History of Jewish Literature, Vol. VI (1975) pp. 260-70.

ff. (2),128, 66, (4). Slight staining, stamps and signatures of previous owners, scattered marginalia in pencil. Later boards, loose. 4to.

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