Sha’arei Orah [an exposition of Kabbalistic symbolism and the designations of the Sephiroth]. With Commentary of Matathias Delacrut

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $750

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author

Gikatilla, Joseph

printer

Isaac ben Aaron Prostitz

Place

Cracow

Publication

(1600)

Description

Third Edition, FIRST EDITION of commentary. Title within garlanded architectural columns. First word of text within decorative surround.

references

Vinograd, Cracow 225; Mehlman 1058

summary

An important introduction to the arcane wisdom of Kabbalah, Sha’arei Orah, has been a first-rate guide to the systematic presentation of the “Sephiroth,” or Divine Emanations, and their code names. The author, the early Spanish Kabbalist Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla (Chiquatilla) (1248-c.1325) was a disciple of the founder of the school of “Prophetic Kabbalah,” Abraham Abulafia.

ff. 115 of (116), lacking final leaf with printer's mark (see Mehlman 1058). f. 113 bound out of sequence between. ff. 36-37. Title laid down with small loss to frame, browned throughout. Next to last leaf has suffered a tear, one further leaf remargined. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, rebacked, rubbbed. Sm. 4to

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