Obj. ID: 38427
Jewish printed books  Yesodei Chokhmat ha-Teva' ha-Clallit by Tzvi Hacohen Rabinowitz, Vilna, 1867

This text was prepared by William Gross:

"Yesodei Chochmat Hateva Hak'lalit / Otzar HaChochma VeHamada", by Zvi Hirsh ben Meir Hacohen Rabinovitch,Vilnius, 1867, 1876. Three parts in three volumes:
1. First volume: "Sefer HaMenucha veHaTenua…". With a long poetic and rhymed dedication, in the author's fine handwriting, to the head of Alliance Israélite Universelle , the French statesman Yitzchak Adolphe Crémieux. Good condition. A particularly nice copy. Gilt edges. 2. Second volume: "Sefer HaHarkava VeHahafrada or Chochmat HaKame'a…with two hundred and twelve drawings, including 185 woodcuts". Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear and significant creases to borders of leaves. 3. Third volume: "Sefer Toldot HaEsh VeHamayim…with two hundred and twenty drawings, including 189 woodcuts"
This is the first volume in the series of a basic science text with many illustrations, There are other books by the same author in the Gross Family Collection as a series of science books. There is the prospectus for this book in the collection as well.