Sha’arei Tzedek [Kabbalah–on the Sephiroth]

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 168

GIKATILLA, JOSEPH

Sha’arei Tzedek [Kabbalah–on the Sephiroth]

FIRST EDITION. Initial letters of title historiated, initial word of text within elaborate frame. Book-plate of Mayer Sulzberger ff. 52. Ex-library. Stained, holes in f.2 affecting text. Loose in later marbled boards Sm. 4to Vinograd, Riva 35

Riva di Trento: Jacob Marcaria the Physician 1561

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

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 (who publicized the Zohar) and composed some of the most detailed, yet lucid, expositions of Kabbalistic concepts