(RaMCHa”L). Derech Chochmah, Ma’amar al HaHagadoth, Ma’amar Ha’Ikarim, Ma’amar HaChochmah.

AUCTION 64 | Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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

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LUZZATTO, MOSES CHAIM.

(RaMCHa”L). Derech Chochmah, Ma’amar al HaHagadoth, Ma’amar Ha’Ikarim, Ma’amar HaChochmah.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Four parts in one. Four divisional titles. ff. (5),5,(1),3,(1),7,(1),10. Light staining, one paragraph underlined in red by a previous owner. Contemporary marbled boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 2129.

Amsterdam: Widow and Orphans Proops 1783

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

Four celebrated texts by this fascinating 18th-century Italian mystic and thinker. The first part is a dialogue between a young person and a sage, with the latter suggesting a lifetime course of Torah study culminating in Kabbalah. 2) Discusses differing Agadoth. 3) Discourse on prophecy, Heaven and Hell. 4) An analysis of various liturgical passages, as well as particular Kabbalistic themes.