Auction 72
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
Mar 17, 2017
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LOT 247:
(KABBALAH).
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Sold for: $1,000
Estimated price:
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800 - $1,200
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
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Chaim Vital. Eitz Chaim [“Tree of Life”: magnum opus of Lurianic Kabbalah]. Part II (Gates 46-50 only, i.e. Sha'ar HaTzelem through Sha'ar Kitzur ABI”A), here entitled Kelipath Nogah.
Hebrew manuscript on paper written in a Sephardic cursive hand, chapter headings in square letters. Marginalia in various hands. ff. 106. Commences with f. 2, lacking ff. 3-8, f. 20 misbound. Some staining and slight worming. Modern boards. Folio.
(Morocco?): 18th century.
This manuscript contains textual variances from the standard Brandwein edition of Eitz Chaim (Jerusalem, 1988). In addition, our manuscript contains eleven chapters for the final Sha'ar while the same text in the published edition is divided into only ten chapters.
Eitz Chaim was first published in Koretz in 1782, this manuscript very likely predates the first edition.
