Bidspirit auction | Sha'ar HaShamayim. Lemberg, ca. 1870.

Sha'ar HaShamayim. Lemberg, ca. 1870. - Sefer Sha'ar HaShamayim, a classic medieval treatise on ”natural science, theology, the human soul, and astronomy, ” by Rabbi Gershon ben Shlomo. Lemberg (with the false imprint ”Jerusalem”), circa 1870. The author, Rabbi Gershon ben Shlomo of Catalonia, was one of the leading Spanish Jewish scholars of the thirteenth century. He was the father of Rabbi Levi ben Gershon (Ralbag) and the son-in-law of Nachmanides (Ramban). Very Rare! 48 leaves. 20 cm.