THE UNIVERSE AND ITS EVOLUTION: A NEW THEORY ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNIVERSE, THE CAUSATION OF ITS ORIGIN AND ITS ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT
New York: L. Rabinowitz, 1891. Item #42291
1st edition. Paper wrappers, 8vo, 20 cm. viii, iv, 56 pages. Singerman 4277.
Silberstein (1845–? ) was a “Russian poet and philosopher. [He] was born in Kovno. At the age of 19 he received rabbinical authorization from a number of rabbis in the provinces of Kovno and Vilna. He practiced as a rabbi in Dershunisok, Kovno, in 1867–68, and later emigrated to the U.S. He developed a system of natural theology based on the Mosaic, and the rabbinic and talmudic law as natural theology” (EJ).
SUBJECT(S): Cosmogony. Evolution. OCLC: 11282338.
Original wrappers, which are edgeworn but with no text loss, are mounted on new paper covers. Paper somewhat fragile. Good Condition Thus. (B) (AMR-70-4-B-’dkk).
Price: $275.00