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Auction 37 · Lot 129
De La Rosa, Chaim. Torath Chacham [commentary on the Etz Chaim by R. Chaim Vital]
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(KABBALAH)
printer
D. Fragi
Place
Salonika
Publication
1848
Description
FIRST EDITION
references
Vinograd, Salonika 824.
summary
An important exposition of the works of both R. Chaim Vital and R. Shalom Sharabi. Together with Sharabi, the Chid”a and R. Yom Tov Algazi, the author, de la Rosa, was one of the leaders of the Beth El Yeshiva. He signed a "Shtar Hithkashruth" in which the signatories pledged themselves to a life of complete spiritual partnership in “this World and in the World to Come.” See Aryeh Leib Frumkin, Toldoth Chachmei Yerushalayim, Part III, p. 119-20; and S. Wanunu, Arzei Ha-Levanon (2006) Vol. II, pp. 615-20
ff. 2, 172. Some staining. Contemporary half calf, rubbed. 4to
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