Nishmath Shabbathai Halevi [Kabbalah]

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

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HOROWITZ, SHABTHAI SHEFTEL.

Nishmath Shabbathai Halevi [Kabbalah]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. 29. Ex-library, opening and closing leaves silked, stained and repaired in places with loss of few words. Modern boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Prague 263.

Prague: Moses ben Bezalel Katz 1616

Est: $700 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $700

A continuation of the author’s magnum opus, Shepha Tal, the present work analyzes the nature of the soul based on the teachings of the “Four Pillars of the Kabblah: Moses, Shimon bar Yochai, Nachmanides and Elijah ben Moses de Vidas.” Includes an approbation from the author’s cousin, Isaiah Horowitz (The SHeLa”H Hakodosh).