Sha’arei Orah

AUCTION 49 | Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art

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Lot 135

GIKATILLA, JOSEPH

Sha’arei Orah

FIRST EDITION. Initial letters of title within decorative vignettes, initial word of text within historiated woodcut frame ff. 84. Wormed and stained, extreme upper left corner of title cut not affecting text, stained. Modern calf. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Riva 34; Mehlman 1057; Adams G-609

Riva di Trento: (Jacob Marcaria the Physician) 1561

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $900

Joseph Gikatilla (Chiquatilla) (1248-c.1325) was a disciple of the founder of the School of “Prophetic Kabbalah,” Abraham Abulafia and close colleague of Moses de Leon of Guadalajara. Throughout the centuries, Sha’arei Orah, has been a first-rate guide to the systematic presentation of the “Sephiroth” (Divine emanations) and their code names. Indeed R. Chaim of Volozhin recommended it to his students as an important introduction to the arcane wisdom of Kabbalah.