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

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $550

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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 and the Ilan or Kabbalistic Tree on f. 23r. The Leon Roth copy with his signature in Hebrew on front flyleaf.

references

Vinograd, Venice 935

summary

One of two abridgments of Cordovero's magnum opus, the other being Pelach HaRimon 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 marginal paper repair, f. 85 repaired affecting a few words of text, light staining in places. Moden half-calf over marbled boards, gently rubbed at corners. Sm. 4to

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