Cordovero, Moses (RaMa”K). Tomer Devorah.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $650

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author

(KABBALAH).

printer

Judah Samuel of Perugia

Place

Mantua

Publication

1623

Description

Title within decorative woodcut border.

references

Vinograd, Mantua 213

summary

Cordovero here laid the foundations for Kabbalistic ethical literature which proliferated in the 16th-18th centuries. Kabbalistic moralists were greatly influenced by this short treatise, each chapter of which provides instruction how to directly identify with each of the Ten Sefirot

ff. 19. Ex-library, marginal repairs, lower corner of title lost. Modern vellum backed marbled boards. 12mo.

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