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HASKALAH - GERMANY - Lot 82
HASKALAH - GERMANY
Lazarus Bendavid, Zur Berechnung und Geschichte des Jüdischen Kalenders: aus den Quellen geschopft. Berlin, In der Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, 1817. In-8, [198 x 115 mm], VII, (1),100, (3) pp. Brown half-maroquin, ornate spine (late 19th century binding).
First edition. Lazarus Bendavid (Berlin 1762-1832), philosopher, was one of the first German Jews to practice philological criticism of the Bible. His treatise "Sur le comput et l'histoire du calendrier hébraïque" (Berlin, 1817) broke new ground in the treatment of the subject by Jewish authors. A good copy.
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