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Zurat HaAretz – Rabbi Abraham ben Ḥiyya ha-Nasi – Second Edition

Form of the Earth, by Rabbi Abraham ben Ḥiyya ha-Nasi. Offenbach, [1720].
An astronomy book dealing, among other things, with the following subjects: the course of the moon, solar and lunar eclipse, the Zodiac, the division of Earth into climatic zones and the size of Earth.
Introduction by Rabbi Yehonatan of Ruzhany who edited this edition of the book and added numerous comments and astronomical drawings.
[3], 64 leaves, 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Worming. Wear. Tears.