POPPERS, MEIR. Ilan HaGadol. Edited by Aaron Meir Altschuler

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(KABBALAH)

Place

Warsaw

Publication

1893

Description

Incorporating numerous Kabbalistic devices, charts and other displays

references

Friedberg, Aleph, 1616 (unseen)

summary

Over the ages, attempts were made to render into diagram-form the teachings of the Kabbalah concerning the structure of the spiritual universe. Known as the Ilan Hagadol (“great tree”) or Ilan Hakadosh (“holy tree”) or simply as the Ilan, this arrangement would provide the student of the esoteric lore, a clearer notion of the exact layout of this highly complex system as represented by Lurianic cosmogony

ff. 15 leaves. Browned. Half-calf marbled boards, rubbed. Large folio

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