Tomer Devorah [Kabbalah]

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 146

CORDOVERO, MOSES.

Tomer Devorah [Kabbalah]

Title within decorative woodcut border ff. 19. Stained in places, title neatly rehinged, previous owners inscriptions on title. Modern black morocco. 12mo Vinograd, Mantua 213

Mantua: Judah Samuel of Perugia 1623

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $650

Cordovero here laid the foundations for Kabbalistic ethical literature which proliferated in the 16th-18th centuries. Kabbalistic moralists were greatly influenced by Cordovero’s “Palm Tree of Deborah.” Each chapter of this short treatise provides instruction how to spiritually identify with each of the Ten Sefiroth