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Igereth Orchoth Olam - The First Hebrew Book with a Description of America - Prague, 1793, with illustrations

מחיר פתיחה: $1,000
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הערכה: $1,500 - $1,800

Includes three essays: Igereth Orchoth Olam – by Rabbi Avraham Fritzol,

Igereth Teimen by Maimonides to the Yemenites to strengthen and encourage them in the observance of the Torah and not to be tempted by false messiahs.
Sefer Yesod Morah by Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra. With notes on Orachat Olam by the publisher Rabbi Yisrael Halevi Landau son of Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, Av Beit Din of Prague author of Nodah B'Yehuda.
Prague 1793 [8], 93, [2] leaves. Very good condition.
Sefer Igeret Orachot Olam deals with the openness of the new country and the description of the travels of the new explorers to India and America.
With great detail on the discovery of America and its first citizens. This is actually the first Hebrew book dealing with the discovery of the American continent and hence its importance.
with illustrations of copper engravings.

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