Chesed L'Avraham, Kabbalistic topics, by the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Azulai. Amsterdam, [1785]. Printed by Emanuel Atias. Illustrated title page and Kabbalistic illustrations.
First edition of one of the most famous Kabbalistic books. this book was widely quoted in the following generations and in early Chassidic literature. Many quotes in musar books in the name of the "Holy Books" originate from this book. the last chapter Breichat Avraham is based on a variation of the printed version, which was printed in the book Tomer Devorah by the Ramak.
the author: the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Azulai (1570-1643), a Fez sage and a prominent rabbi in Morocco. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and was one of the Hebron sages in the time of Rabbi Elazar ben Archa. the Chida was one of his descendants [great-grandson], and in his book Shem HaGedolim he mentions "the Rabbi, the pious grandfather", and writes that he descended from one of the families of Castilian sages who fled to Fez after the Spanish Expulsion. "He travelled by ship to Caphutkia and debarked to dry land and left all their belongings in the ship. Immediately, a stormy wind arose and smashed the ship and everything drowned, sparing them their lives. In memory of this miracle, he signed his name in the shape of a ship".
Some of his other works in Halacha and Kabbalah: Ahava BaTa'anugim on Mishnayot, glosses on the Levush, Or HaChama and Zoharei Chama.
[5], 65, 28 leaves. 22 cm. Varied condition, good-fair, wear and stains. Tears and minor worm damages. Semi-leather binding.