Bidspirit auction | HOROWITZ, PINCHAS ELIYAHU. Sepher HaBrith.

HOROWITZ, PINCHAS ELIYAHU. Sepher HaBrith. FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one. Censor’s authorization leaf prior to title. ff. (4), 128, 66, (4). Lightly browned, final four leaves neatly remargined, title with outer margin trimmed. Modern boards. 4to. Vinograd, Brünn 63. Brünn (Brno), J.K. Neimann, 1797. A popular work that presented the general sciences from the perspective of Jewish tradition. Indeed, following the Ma’aseh Tuviah of 1707, it is among the very earliest encyclopedia of the sciences to be printed in Hebrew. Horowitz, a pupil of Elijah, Gaon of Vilna, devoted long sections in this work 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. See also: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/211402/hebrew-bestsellers-pinchas-hurwitz? utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=754 37d1488-October_13_201610_13_2016&utm_medium=e mail&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-75437d1488-20698438 5