Bidspirit auction | Maaseh Tuvya. The first Hebrew

Maaseh Tuvya. The first Hebrew medical book. Lvov 1867. With many illustrations Sefer Maaseh Tuvya, considered the first Hebrew medical book. It talks about the foundations of belief and kabbalah, astronomy and research, cosmography and geography. By Rabbi Tuvya Katz HaRofeh. Third edition, Lviv 1867. Three sections with three title pages. The body of the work has many interesting, eye-catching illustrations on the foundational substsances and anatomy of the human body. Page 97 has a detailed illustration of the human body and its internal organs, and analogizes it to a multi-story building. Page 88 has a “table teaching one how to recognize the signs” of various illnesses. Size: 21cm Pages : 145 Condition : Very fine condition.