Tola’ath Ya’akov [Kabbalistic exposition to the prayers].

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Tola’ath Ya’akov [Kabbalistic exposition to the prayers].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Published by the author’s son-in-law, Shne’or Falcon. Marginalia ff. 80. Stamp on title, some browning and staining, opening and closing leaves remargined and supplied from another copy, slight worming in places repaired. Recent boards, inner hinge split. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Const. 218; Yaari Const. 159; St. Cat. Bodl. 6303, no. 6; Mehlman 1054 (without the poem).

Constantinople: Samuel Chakim 1560

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,200

Rare first edition with additional poem found in only a few copies (see Hacker’s corrections in Areshet Vol. V, p. 484 who notes the additional page containing the poem prior to the introduction). Tola’ath Ya’akov is one of the earliest, systematic commentaries to the prayers and associated customs. Although the work is Kabbalistic in nature, it is noted for its clarity and flowing style. Both Isaiah Horowitz (the Shla"h) and Chaim Joseph David Azulai (the Chid"a), frequently cited the Tola’ath Ya’akov in their own works.