GALLICO, SAMUEL. Asis Rimonim ["Juice of the Pomegranates": abridgment of R. Moses Cordovero's Pardess Rimonim]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $600

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author

(KABBALAH)

printer

Daniel Zanetti

Place

Venice

Publication

1601

Description

FIRST EDITION. Numerous text illustrations including Kabbalistic diagrams of the Ten Sephiroth, such as the famed concentric configuration on f.15v. (see facs. from Pardess Rimonim in EJ, Vol. X, col. 502) and the Ilan or Kabbalistic Tree on f. 23r. Title between architectural columns. The Leon Roth copy

references

Vinograd, Venice 935

summary

One of two abridgments of Cordovero's magnum opus, the other being Pelach ha-Rimon by R. Menachem Azariah of Fano (Venice, 1600). See J. Ben-Shlomo, "Moses Cordovero" in: G. Scholem, Kabbalah (1974), p. 404

ff. 86. Title with old paper repair, extreme top of graphic obscured. f.85 repaired, a few words of text lost. Lightly browned. Later half-calf marbled boards, gently rubbed at corners. Sm. 4to

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