Auction 27 · Lot 204

Matzath Shimurim [Kabbalistic treatises on the commandments of Mezuzah, Tzitzith, and Tefillin]

Estimate: $300–$400
Hammer price: $200

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author

SHAPIRO, NATHAN

printer

Antonio Rezzini

Place

Venice

Publication

1660

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within textual and typographic frames. Numerous kabbalistic charts

references

Vinograd, Venice 1346 (mispaginated)

summary

Nathan Shapiro ha-Yerusahlami (the Jerusalemite) is considered one of the “gurei ha-Ari” (“lion whelps”), the repositors of the kabbalistic tradition of the Ar”i, R. Isaac Luria, although in this case the chain of transmission is buried in obscurity. This volume, together with Tuv ha-Aretz (“The Goodness of the Land”) and Ma'amar Yayin ha-Meshumar (Treatise of the Guarded Wine), form a trilogy of kabbalistic exposition of various commandments. See Ya'ari, Shluchei Eretz Israel (1977), p. 280

ff. 8, (4), 9-12, 21-84 (i.e. 80 leaves). Top of title frayed with some loss of typographic border. Damp-wrinkled. Modern calf-backed boards. 8vo

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