Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text].

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

ALKABETZ, SHLOMO HALEVI.

printer

Solomon ibn Usque

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1561

Description

First Edition. Title within architectural arch.

references

Vinograd, Const. 221.

summary

R. Shlomo Alkabetz (c. 1505-84) was a liturgical poet and Kabbalist, venerated today as the composer of ‘Lechah Dodi.’ He emigrated from the Balkans to the Land of Israel in 1535, settling in Safed, then the center of Kabbalistic learning. There, he was part of an extraordinary fraternity of mystics that included R. Yoseph Karo, R. Moshe Alsheich and principally, his brother-in-law, R. Moshe Cordovero.

ff. 96. Stained. Later green boards with decoratively tooled morocco spine in gilt. Sm. 4to.

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