Cordovero, Moses (RaMa”K). Tomer Devorah.

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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

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Lot 144

(KABBALAH).

Cordovero, Moses (RaMa”K). Tomer Devorah.

Title within decorative woodcut border. ff. 19. Ex-library, marginal repairs, lower corner of title lost. Modern vellum backed marbled boards. 12mo. Vinograd, Mantua 213

Mantua: Judah Samuel of Perugia 1623

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $650

Cordovero here laid the foundations for Kabbalistic ethical literature which proliferated in the 16th-18th centuries. Kabbalistic moralists were greatly influenced by this short treatise, each chapter of which provides instruction how to directly identify with each of the Ten Sefirot