BeDerech Eitz Chaim [Kabbalah]. As redacted by Meir Poppers.

Estimate: $6,000–$8,000
Hammer price: $5,500

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

author

VITAL, CHAIM

Place

Dubno

Publication

18th century

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in cursive Aschkenazic hand on paper by Solomon ben Azriel of Lvov. Set out in two columns, 35 lines per page.

summary

Handsomely written, the manuscript title-page is set within an engraved architectural border, similar to that of the Lublin 1623 edition of the Zohar. Marginal notations throughout the volume, many signed Yaakov Tzemach. The final three leaves are from other writings of R. Chaim Vital. For a thorough explanation of this arrangement of the Eitz Chaim, see Y. Avivi, Binyan Ariel, pp. 68-70.

ff. 269. Browned, few stains in places, margins of final few leaves taped with some loss.

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