Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Manuscript, Etz Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital - 18th Century
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Etz Chaim, by Rabbi Chaim Vital, Kabbalah studied from the Ari. Oriental writing [Turkey?, c. 18th century]. With few handwritten glosses.
The manuscript is incomplete, beginning with the last chapter of Sha'ar 19 [Sha'ar Anach] and ending with the beginning of Sha'ar 29 [Sha'ar HaNesira], from Sha'ar HaMochin until the end of Sha'ar HaIburim, the manuscript is complete.
On the flyleaf is the draft of a letter in Ladino, with the mention of "The Chacham Rabbi Gavriel Pizanti". ["The Chacham Rabbi Gavriel Pizanti" is mentioned in the Simchat Yom Tov responsa, by the Maharit Elgazi, Siman 30].
Leaves 176-276 (approximately 202 written pages). 22 cm. Fair-poor condition. Much wear, tears and stains. Ancient leather binding, torn.
The manuscript is incomplete, beginning with the last chapter of Sha'ar 19 [Sha'ar Anach] and ending with the beginning of Sha'ar 29 [Sha'ar HaNesira], from Sha'ar HaMochin until the end of Sha'ar HaIburim, the manuscript is complete.
On the flyleaf is the draft of a letter in Ladino, with the mention of "The Chacham Rabbi Gavriel Pizanti". ["The Chacham Rabbi Gavriel Pizanti" is mentioned in the Simchat Yom Tov responsa, by the Maharit Elgazi, Siman 30].
Leaves 176-276 (approximately 202 written pages). 22 cm. Fair-poor condition. Much wear, tears and stains. Ancient leather binding, torn.
Manuscripts - Kabbalah
Manuscripts - Kabbalah