[on cosmogony and thaumaturgy]. Anonymous (Attributed to Abraham the Patriach)

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: $2,500

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author

SEPHER YETZIRAH

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Jacob ben Naphtali Hacohen

Place

Mantua

Publication

1562

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Numerous spherical charts and Kabbalistic diagrams. Lacking the rare additional illustrated leaf

references

Vinograd, Mantua 86; not in Adams

summary

“The earliest extant Hebrew text of systematic speculative thought” (Scholem). The final leaf contains a bibliographical listing of 23 kabbalistic works which are cited in the commentaries. According to Scholem, the commentary attributed to Nachmanides, is actually the work of R. Azriel ben Menachem of Gerona. See Kiryat Sepher, Vol. VI (1930), pp. 385-410

ff. 105. Few light stains in places. Later blind-ruled black morocco over wooden boards, rubbed, worn at extremities, lacking small portion at top of spine. Sm. 4to

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