Perush Ha’hagadah Le’ha’chacham... [kabbalistic commentary to the Passover Hagadah]. By JOSEPH GIKATILLA

(HAGADAH)

Daniel Zanetti

Venice

(1602-3)

FIRST EDITION. Title within decorative woodcut architectural form oval cartouche

Yudlov 39; Yaari 28; Mehlman 1056

An early Hagadah commentary by the profound kabbalist Joseph Gikatilla. It was later reprinted under the title Tzophnath Pane’ach. Yudlov notes he arrives at the date of printing as 1602-3 on the basis of a statement made by the publisher in his introduction to the work that he brought three works to press in the Hebrew year of 1602-3, the current work, Moses Cordovero’s Sepher Gerushin and Likutei Shoshanim which where printed in Venice in the year 1603