Toldoth Adam [charms, remedies and talismans]

AUCTION 11 | Tuesday, November 28th, 2000 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 82

LOANZ, ELIJAH

Toldoth Adam [charms, remedies and talismans]

FIRST EDITION. Title within a typographical border. Kabbalistic patterns and diagrams throughout ff. 38, (7). Browned, title page loose. Later wrappers. 12mo Vinograd, Zolkiew 30; Mehlman 1353 (incomplete)

Zolkiew: n.p. 1720

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

The author, a disciple of the MaHaRa”L of Prague, was an outstanding Kabbalist of Germany. A grandson of R. Joselman of Rosheim, he was popularly known as R. Eliyahu Ba’al Shem, in respect of his abilities to treat the sick