Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Work on Jewish Kabbalah by Theodoricus Hackspan – Altdorf (Bavaria), 1660
Illustration of the Ilan Sefirot
Miscellaneorum sacrorum libri duo, quibus accessit ejusdem exercitatio de cabbala Judaica, by Theodoricus Hackspan. Altdorf (Bavaria): published by Georgii Hagen, printed by Johannem Tauberum, 1660. Latin, Hebrew and other languages.
Work on the Bible and Kabbalah, by the German theologist and Orientalist Theodoricus Hackspan (1607-1659). Towards the end of the work, woodcut representing the Ilan Sefirot (names of the Sefirot printed in Hebrew), under the Latin title of "Arbor Cabbalistica".
[4] leaves, 453, [33] pages + [1] engraved title page. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Browned leaves. Several leaves with (minor) marginal tears. Gilt-decorated parchment binding, slightly worn and damaged.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.194.