(RaMCHa”L). Derech Chochmah, Ma’amar al HaHagadoth, Ma’amar Ha’Ikarim, Ma’amar HaChochmah.

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $650

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author

LUZZATTO, MOSES CHAIM.

printer

Widow and Orphans Proops

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1783

Description

FIRST EDITION. Four parts in one. Four divisional titles.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 2129.

summary

Four celebrated texts by this fascinating 18th-century Italian mystic and thinker. The first part is a dialogue between a young person and a sage, with the latter suggesting a lifetime course of Torah study culminating in Kabbalah. 2) Discusses differing Agadoth. 3) Discourse on prophecy, Heaven and Hell. 4) An analysis of various liturgical passages, as well as particular Kabbalistic themes.

ff. (5), 5, (1), 3, (1), 7, (1), 10. Lightly browned. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 8vo.

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