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Nechmad V'Na'im, Yasnitz, 1743. With the Latin
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Nechmad V'Na'im, Yasnitz, 1743. With the Latin
Nechmad V'Na'im - astronomy, Kiddush HaChodesh and measurements of stars, by Rabbi David Ganz. Yasnitz, 1743. Astronomic diagrams. Only edition. Complete copy, including the leaves in Latin that are not found in many copies.
The author Rabbi David Ganz [1541-1613] was a disciple of Rabbi Moshe Isserlis - the Ram"a, and the Mahara"l of Prague, and was friendly with the leading astronomers of his era, Kepler and Tycho Brahe. The book before us contains the first Hebrew description of Copernicus's model. There are astronomic diagrams printed along the leaves of the book. The copy before us contains all the Latin leaves (by Christian Hebenstreit, who was a Hebrew professor in Leipzig).
Two owner's stamps by the gaon Rabbi Meir b"r Yehoshua Tzvi Robinson (22 Av 1852 - 19 Tammuz/9 July, 1936), rabbi of Radoshkowitz, Lithuania and other villages, and lived in Jerusalem at the end of his life.
82 leaves, 20 pp, 20 cm.
Fine condition: Worming holes primarily in the first and last leaves with damage to several words. Blemish in the title page without damage to the text of the title page.
