Amaroth Tehoroth [Kabbalah]. with commentary “Yad Yehudah” by R. Judah Leib ben Shimon

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MENACHEM AZARIAH OF FANO.

Amaroth Tehoroth [Kabbalah]. with commentary “Yad Yehudah” by R. Judah Leib ben Shimon

First Edition. Title within fine engraved border including arches and cherubs aloft. Owner’s signature on title in Hebrew: “A gift from my brother-in-law the philanthropist Jonathan ben Moses Levi—Moses ben Elhanan Halevi of Leverdin.” ff. (2), 143, 98. Several pages detached including title. Lightly stained. Contemporary calf badly worn and spine taped. 4to Vinograd, Frankfurt a/Main 148

Frankfurt a/Main: Vorst 1698

Est: $700 - $900

Part One of Amaroth Tehoroth, a compendium of five kabbalistic treatises by R. Menahem Azariah of Fano: Ma’amar Hikkur Din, Ma’amar Em Kol Hai, Ma’amar ha-Middoth, Ma’amar Olam Katan, and Ma’amar ha-Ittim. Today, this work is generally known by the title Asarah Ma’amaroth (though the other five treatises are missing). There are other commentaries on RMA’s work, but Yad Yehudah remains the standard commentary.