(Saks da Castellazzo) (Editor). Heichal Hashem [collected essays by early Kabbalists]
AUCTION 49 |
Wednesday, October 27th,
2010 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art
Lot 45
ASCHKENAZI, YECHIEL
(Saks da Castellazzo) (Editor). Heichal Hashem [collected essays by early Kabbalists]
Venice: Daniel Zanetti (1594)
Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $850
A compilation of various Kabbalistic works, including a treatise on reincarnation according to the views of R. Shimon b. Yochai and Pythagoras (f. 36r.), writings of R. Joseph Gikatilla (f. 38r.), Shem Tov Gaon (f. 41r.) and R. Isaac Luria (ff. 44r., 46v.-47r.). Also contains one of the earliest printed versions of the hymn Bar-Yochai by the Tripolitan Kabbalist R. Simeon Labi (ff.44v.-45r). Steinschneider, followed by Jellinek and Weiner (no. 3099) ascribe the first essay, Sepher HaShem, to Moses de Leon since a poem with the acrostic "Moshe" appears on p. 34b. Gershom Scholem however, in one of his early articles (Kiryat Sepher, Vol. I [1924], pp. 45-52) asserts that it is a later work. The author, a member of the Castellazzo family, were of German origin who settled in Castellazzo Bormida, near Alessandria in Northern Italy