Auction 72
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
Mar 17, 2017
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LOT 157:
(KABBALAH).
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Estimated price:
$
800 - $1,200
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
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Chessed Le'Avraham [Kabbalistic prayer book based on the Kavanoth of R. Issac Luria, the AR”I]. Edited by Abraham ben Shalom Tobeinah.
Printer's mark on verso of title. Decorated manuscript depiction on five pages of the Tetragrammaton, God's four-letter name. ff. (1), 140. Some tape repair to worming, stamp removed from title. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 532.
Eliezer Solomon d'Italia, Mantua: 1783.
This Kabbalistic prayer book contains the prayers for the week, Sabbath and the New Month. Many of the compositions were inspired by the controversial Chemdath HaYamim, thus protests were lodged against the work upon publication. See Weiner, Koheleth Moshe no. 4295.
