(Gerondi, sic.) - (Attributed to). Ma’arecheth Ha’elo-huth [Kabbalah]. With commentary by the Italian mystic Judah Chayat

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

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PERETZ BEN ISAAC HAKOHEN.

(Gerondi, sic.) - (Attributed to). Ma’arecheth Ha’elo-huth [Kabbalah]. With commentary by the Italian mystic Judah Chayat

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Printer’s device on title (Yaari, Printer’s Marks, no. 20). Hebrew marginalia in various Italian hands. ff. (6), 286. Few leaves supplied from another copy, trimmed, stained in places, slight marginal worming toward end not affecting text, stamp on f. 125. Modern vellum-backed boards. 4to. Vinograd, Ferrara 49 (mispaginated).

Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque 1557

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,400

One of the most significant works on the Kabbalah due to its systematic treatment of all relevant themes in earlier literature.