Johann Franz Buddeus. Introductio ad Historiam Philosophiae Ebraeorum.

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

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

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Lot 192

(KABBALAH).

Johann Franz Buddeus. Introductio ad Historiam Philosophiae Ebraeorum.

Second(?) edition. Title page in red and black. Four engraved Kabbalistic plates. pp. (28), 736, (20). Lightly foxed. Contemporary vellum, rubbed, spine chipped. 8vo.

Halle: Impensis Orphanotrophei 1720

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $425

The plates depict kabbalistic motifs, including the Ten Sefirot (the ten attributes God created through which he projects himself to the universe and to man), an image of the Ohr Ein Sof (“limitless light,” i.e. God) and an additional plate dealing with the Sefirot, this one combining Lurianic with Zoroastrian thought. The author, Johann Franz Buddeus (1667-1729), was a German Lutheran scholar.