Sha’arei Orah [exposition of Kabbalistic symbolism].

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 268

GIKATILLA, YOSEPH.

Sha’arei Orah [exposition of Kabbalistic symbolism].

Second edition. ff. 92. Each leaf remargined, seven leaves toward end supplied in facsimile, Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 84.

Mantua: Jacob ben Naphtali Cohen of Gazolo 1561

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $450

Sha'arei Orah was written by the Spanish Kabbalist Joseph Gikatilla toward the end of the 13th-century. It has served countless generations of aspiring students as a systematic primer of Kabbalah, working its way through the Sefiroth in ascending order.