Shaar Gan Eden, foundations of kabbalah, by R. Yaakov Koppel Lipshitz of Mezeritch. Korets: Avraham son of Yitzchak Eizik and Eliyahu son of Yaakov [HaLevi], [1803]. First edition. With an approbation by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.

The books of R. Yaakov Koppel of Mezeritch, Shaar Gan Eden and the Kol Yaakov siddur, are adapted and edited compilations of the writings of R. Moshe Cordovero, R. Chaim Vital and R. Yisrael Sarug, with the addition of his own novellae. They were held in exceptionally high regard by the Baal Shem Tov and other prominent Chassidic leaders, who quote from them extensively.
Handwritten inscription on title page.

[2], 84 leaves. 31.5 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Many stains, including dampstains. Heavy worming, affecting text, partially restored with paper filling. Open tears to margins of title page and additional leaves, slightly affecting text of several leaves, restored with paper filling. Last leaf disconnected. New leather binding.

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