Toldath Haaretz. [Sefer Toledot ha-Arez]. [Toledoth, Toldot, Toldos, Toldoth, Toldas harec, ha'arec, ha-Aretz ha-arets Haarez Ha'arez Ha'aretz Ha'arets]. Historya [Historia] Naturalna Zoologia; Botanika; Mineralogia, I-III. [THREE VOLUMES].
by Schönhak, Joseph [Yosef ben Benyamin Dov Shenhak]
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Warsaw, H. Bomberg (Zvi [Tsevi] Ya'akov); Warszawie, Drukarni J. Lebensona, 1841-59.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Three volumes bound in one. Octavo. Pp. 359; 96; 40. Three title-pages present. Handsome vignette illustration at end of approbations and introduction. Contemporary ownership inscriptions, stamps; browned, occasionally stained in places. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary quarter calf and brown cloth, gilt lettering-piece to spine, cloth inner hinges. A moderately worn copy, overall good. ~ FIRST EDITION. The complete work, comprising of all 3 volumes: Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy. Written in Hebrew, mostly in Rashi script. The second volume, on botany, includes many Latin names. Joseph Schönhak was born at Tiktin, 1812; died at Suwalki, 1870. He led a retired life, devoting his time to writing and study. He was the author of "Ha-Mashbir" or "Aruk he-Hadash" (Warsaw 1858). His "Toldath Haaretz" (Toledot ha-Arez) is a natural history in three volumes. The subjects are arranged and classified, and a full description of each is given as to color, form, and habitat. Those that are mentioned in the Bible are given book, chapter, and verse; and so with those mentioned in the Talmud. The "Ha-Masbir" is an Aramaic-German rabbinical dictionary, based on Nathan ben Jehiel's "Aruk" ("Hamiluim oder Masbir Hachadasch. Aramäisch-rabinisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, Ergenzung zu dem Hamasbir oder Aruch" Warsaw 1869.) His "Sefer ha-Milluim" was published in Warsaw in 1869 ("Sefer Ha-Miluim Le-Aruch: A dictionary to the Talmud and Midrashim, based on the order of the Aruch, with clarification of readings and sources from the Babylonian and Palestian Talmuds, the Tannaitic Midrahsim (.)" was reprinted 1978, Jerusalem, Makor.) Bibliography: Ha-Maggid, 1870, No. 49; Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, 1866. See also Isidore Singer and Julius Gottlieb: The Jewish Encyclopedia. Rare. I-5 OUT
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- Toldath Haaretz. [Sefer Toledot ha-Arez]. [Toledoth, Toldot, Toldos, Toldoth, Toldas harec, ha'arec, ha-Aretz ha-arets Haarez Ha'arez Ha'aretz Ha'arets]. Historya [Historia] Naturalna Zoologia; Botanika; Mineralogia, I-III. [THREE VOLUMES].
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- Warsaw, H. Bomberg (Zvi [Tsevi] Ya'akov); Warszawie, Drukarni J. Lebensona, 1841-59.
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- PALESTINE STUDIES HISTORY HISTORICAL BIBLICAL PALÄSTINA PALESTINA HOLY LAND JEWISH JUDAISM CHRISTIANITY ISLAM MUSLIM ISRAEL ANCIENT EARLY MIDDLE EAST LEVANT HEILIGEN LANDE BIBLE TESTAMENT NATURAL BOTANY BOTANICAL FLORA TALMUD HEBREW NOISBN
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