Sha’arei Orah [exposition of Kabbalistic symbolism].

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $450

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author

GIKATILLA, YOSEPH.

printer

Jacob ben Naphtali Cohen of Gazolo

Place

Mantua

Publication

1561

Description

Second edition.

references

Vinograd, Mantua 84.

summary

Sha'arei Orah was written by the Spanish Kabbalist Joseph Gikatilla toward the end of the 13th-century. It has served countless generations of aspiring students as a systematic primer of Kabbalah, working its way through the Sefiroth in ascending order.

ff. 92. Each leaf remargined, seven leaves toward end supplied in facsimile, Modern calf. Sm. 4to.

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