Marpe LaNephesh [a commentary to Isaac Luria’s Tikunei Nephesh]

AUCTION 83 | Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at 1:00pm
Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art

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Lot 106
TZAHALON, ABRAHAM.

Marpe LaNephesh [a commentary to Isaac Luria’s Tikunei Nephesh]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. 20,1. Lightly stained. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Venice 806; Habermann, di Gara 152.

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1595

Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $550
The earliest published work of the the teachings of Isaac Luria; includes the rare final colophon leaf missing in most copies. The earliest published writings of the Ar’i were his liturgical hymns published in Yephe Nof (Venice 1575-80). Marpe LaNephesh however, constitutes his first published teachings as opposed to his mystical poems.