(ReMa”K). Pardess Rimonim ["Orchard of Pomegranates" - code of Cordoverian Kabbalah].

Estimate: $300–$400
Hammer price: $250

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author

CORDOVERO, MOSHE.

printer

Tzvi Hirsch b. Aryeh Leib & Son-in-Law

Place

Koretz

Publication

1780

Description

Third edition. Title within architectural arch, several Kabbalistic illustrations and tables within the text. Previously in the collection of the late Bookseller R. Bunim Hirschler of Pressburg and London.

references

Vinograd, Koretz 6; see also G. Scholem, Kabbalah (1974) pp. 401-4.

summary

In a sense, R. Moshe Cordovero (1522-70) did for Kabbalah what Maimonides executed for Halachah: He provided a systematic code. Upon the ReMa”K's death, his carefully constructed system of Kabbalah would be left to be further developed by his younger contemporary in Safed, the revolutionary AR"I (R. Isaac Luria).

Lower corners of opening two leaves repaired, few light stains. Recent boards, worn. Folio.

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