Sha’arei Orah [kabbalah].

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $4,250

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

author

GIKATILLA, JOSEPH

printer

(Jacob Marcaria the Physician)

Place

Riva di Trento

Publication

1559-61

Description

FIRST EDITION. Initial letters of title within decorative vignettes, initial word of text within historiated woodcut frame. Occasional marginalia.

references

Vinograd, Riva 34.

summary

Joseph Gikatilla (Chiquatilla) (1248-c.1325) was a disciple of the founder of the School of “Prophetic Kabbalah,” Abraham Abulafia, and close colleague of Moses de Leon of Guadalajara. Throughout the centuries, Sha’arei Orah, has been regarded as a first-rate guide to the systematic presentation of the “Sephiroth” (Divine emanations) and their code names. The work has subsequently been translated into European languages.

ff. 84. Trimmed, discolored, few light stains. Modern paneled morocco decorated in the blind and with gilt lozenges. Sm. 4to.

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