Seguloth [Kabbalistic remedies]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $4,750

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author

AZULAI, RAPHAEL ISAIAH BEN CHAIM JOSEPH DAVID.

Place

(Ancona?)

Publication

c. 1800

Description

Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Sephardic hand on paper. With Kabbalistic formulae.

summary

Of diverse content, includes remedies against miscarriages, scorpion bites, how to win litigation, seder goral hachol (ff. 25-6) and much more. R. Raphael Isaiah Azulai (c. 1743-1830) Chief Rabbi of Ancona, Italy, was the eldest son of the famous Chid’a.

ff. [30]. Stained, marginal repairs. Modern boards. 12mo.

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