Vital, Chaim. Sha’arei Kedushah [Kabbalah]. * BOUND WITH (As Originally Issued): Sepher Eilim Letruphah [letters of moral instruction by Moses Nachmanides and Elijah, Gaon of Vilna]

AUCTION 6 | Tuesday, November 17th, 1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 5
(ALEPPO IMPRINT)

Vital, Chaim. Sha’arei Kedushah [Kabbalah]. * BOUND WITH (As Originally Issued): Sepher Eilim Letruphah [letters of moral instruction by Moses Nachmanides and Elijah, Gaon of Vilna]

(4),48,8. Modern morocco-backed boards. 12mo Yaari, Aleppo 1 and 2

Aleppo: Elijah Hai b. Abraham Sasson 1866

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
The first two Hebrew books printed in this ancient Jewish community of Northern Syria. Sasson was sent by his father to Italy to learn the art of printing. The rabbinic type he uses here is in fact very similar to that used by the Livornese Hebrew presses. See also Lot *** (Aleppo Hagadah)