Bidspirit auction | BEILIN, ELIEZER. Sepher Ha’Ibronoth [astronomy

BEILIN, ELIEZER. Sepher Ha’Ibronoth [astronomy and calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calendar]. Second edition. Opening blank with manuscript chiromantic diagram in an 16th-century hand in Hebrew and Italian. ff. 27. Lacking folding chart at end. Wormed. Recent linen boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Riva di Trento 33. Riva di Trento, Jacob Marcaria, 1561. Maimonides devotes an entire section of his Mishneh Torah to what he regards as the positive commandment “to know how to determine the first day of each month of the year.” Sepher Ibronoth was prepared by Beilin as a manual “to assist an individual fulfill this commandment.”  The text actually incorporates several small works: Igul DeRabbi Nachshon (f. 8v.); Tekuphoth DeRabbi Yitzchak VeRabbi Shmuel (f. 20v.); and Sepher Ra'amim (ff. 26v.-27r). Detailed manuscript relating to palmistry on opening blank.