Maroth Elo-him (Avodath Ha-Kodesh) [Kabbalah].

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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IBN GABBAI, MEIR

Maroth Elo-him (Avodath Ha-Kodesh) [Kabbalah].

FIRST EDITION. Elaborate printer’s device on title (Yaari no. 30). 18th-century owners notations on title. ff. 139. Title loose, ex-library, lightly browned. Older elegantly tooled calf over heavy wooden boards, slightly rubbed and chipped. Folio Vinograd, Venice 549, Mehlman 1053

Venice: Giovanni Griffio 1567

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

“Avodath Hakodesh was perhaps the finest account of kabbalistic speculation before the resurgance of the kabbalah in Safed”. G. Scholem, Kabbalah in EJ, Vol. X, col. 542. All subsequent editions of the work following this first one, were entitled Avodath Hakodesh.