Chessed Le’Avraham [Kabbalistic prayer book based on the Kavanoth of R. Issac Luria, the AR”I]. Edited by Abraham ben Shalom Tobeinah.

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(KABBALAH).

printer

Eliezer Solomon d’Italia

Place

Mantua

Publication

1783

Description

Printer’s mark on verso of title. Decorated manuscript depiction on five pages of the Tetragrammaton, God’s four-letter name.

references

Vinograd, Mantua 532.

summary

This Kabbalistic prayer book contains the prayers for the week, Sabbath and the New Month. Many of the compositions were inspired by the controversial Chemdath HaYamim, thus protests were lodged against the work upon publication. See Weiner, Koheleth Moshe no. 4295.

ff. (1), 140. Some tape repair to worming, stamp removed from title. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 4to.

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