Reishith Chochmah [Kabbalistic ethics].

Auction 90 | Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 at 1:00pm

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Lot 101

DE VIDAS, ELIJAH.

Reishith Chochmah [Kabbalistic ethics].

Few marginal notes. ff. 2, 326, 22. Few neat marginal repairs, stained in places. Contemporary sheep over thick wooden boards, rebacked. Thick 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 867.

Amsterdam: Nathaniel Foa 1708

Est: $200 - $300

PRICE REALIZED $200

Eliyahu de Vidas was a disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero, doyen of Safed kabbalists. Despite its mystical overtones, Reishith Chochmah has become a popular classic within ethical literature. It discusses all moral aspects of Jewish life linking the motifs of aggadic and mussar literature with that of Kabbalah - and thus broadly disseminating mystical ideas.