Sha’arei Tzedek [Kabbalah - on the Sephiroth]

AUCTION 48 | Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at 1:00

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Lot 92

GIKATILLA, JOSEPH

Sha’arei Tzedek [Kabbalah - on the Sephiroth]

FIRST EDITION. Initial letters of title historiated, initial word of text within elaborate frame. ff. 52. Ex-library. Light stains. Modern calf. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Riva 35

Riva di Trento: Jacob Marcaria the Physician 1561

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $800

Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla (Chiquatilla) (1248-c.1325), a profound Spanish Kabbalist, was a disciple of the founder of the school of “Prophetic Kabbalah,” Abraham Abulafia. Later, he entered into scholarly relationship with Moses de Leon of Guadalajara, and composed some of the most detailed, yet lucid, expositions of Kabbalistic concepts.