Maroth Elo-him (Avodath Ha-Kodesh) [Kabbalah].

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $1,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

IBN GABBAI, MEIR

printer

Giovanni Griffio

Place

Venice

Publication

1567

Description

FIRST EDITION. Elaborate printer’s device on title (Yaari no. 30). 18th-century owners notations on title.

references

Vinograd, Venice 549, Mehlman 1053

summary

“Avodath Hakodesh was perhaps the finest account of kabbalistic speculation before the resurgance of the kabbalah in Safed”. G. Scholem, Kabbalah in EJ, Vol. X, col. 542. All subsequent editions of the work following this first one, were entitled Avodath Hakodesh.

ff. 139. Title loose, ex-library, lightly browned. Older elegantly tooled calf over heavy wooden boards, slightly rubbed and chipped. Folio

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