Chaim Vital. Sha’ar HaPesukim and Sepher HaLikutin [Kabbalistic discourses to the Bible]

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 188
VITAL, CHAIM.

Chaim Vital. Sha’ar HaPesukim and Sepher HaLikutin [Kabbalistic discourses to the Bible]

<<First edition>> . Title and final page with woodcuts of Jerusalem and Kever Rachel. ff. (4),158, (2). Ex-library. Unbound. Folio. Halevi, Jerusalem 91 (variant).

Jerusalem: Israel Bak 1863

Est: $400 - $600
The Sha’ar HaPesukim is the fourth gate of the Shmonah She’arim as arranged and edited by the author’s son, R. Shmuel Vital. According to the title-page here, the pre-publication manuscript of the Sepher HaLikutin existed in only one copy, held in the possession of R. Shalom Sharabi.