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French Manuscript – Transcripts from Kabbalistic Works – Sefer Yetzirah and Sifra DeTzniuta – Fine Illustrations and Diagrams

Manuscript, transcripts from several kabbalistic works translated to French. [France? Ca. 1930s-1940s]. French and some Hebrew.
Various kabbalistic compositions, neatly handwritten and accompanied with several tables, illustrations and diagrams, including Ilan Sefirot. Some of the headings and diagrams in red ink.
Transcript of the translations of Sefer Yetzirah (by Sylv Karppe), Sifra DeTzniuta and Shir HaShirim (last two by Paul Vulliaud).
The manuscript opens with a long preface, titled "Qu'est ce que la Kabbale?" [What is Kabbalah?].
[119] leaves, 35 cm + two notebook leaves (diagram and table), 22 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. New, half-leather binding.