Judaica.- Kabbalah.- Roxburghe copies.- Postel (Guillaume) Abrahami patriarchae liber Jezirah, sive formationis mundi . . . Vertebat ex hebræis et commentariis illustrabat, collation: A-G8 H4, italic and some Hebrew type, woodcut criblé initials, Paris, for the Author, 1552; Liber de Causis seu de Principiis & originibus Naturæ v-triusque..., collation: A-D8 E4, occasional underlining in ink, Paris, Sebastian Nivelle, 1552; Absconditorum a constitutione mundi clavis, qua mens humana tam in divinis quam in humanis per tinget ad interiora velaminis aeternae veritatis, collation: a-f8 g4, some ink underlining, Paris, no printer, [1555], together 3 vol., some spotting or staining, uniformly bound in 18th century red morocco, gilt, with crest of John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe to covers, some ink stains, 16mo (3) ⁂ The first mentioned is the rare first printing in any language of the Sefer Yezirah or 'Book of Creation', which is one of the most important books of the Jewish Kabbalah. This edition appeared ten years before the first edition in Hebrew, which was published in Mantua in 1562. It 'had a greater influence on the development of the Jewish mind than almost any other book after the completion of the Talmud' (Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906). The third mentioned is the rare first edition of an important cabalistic text. Provenance: John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, with gilt crests to covers. Literature: I: Steinschneider 6779; Wellcome 5227; II: Adams P2011.
Judaica.- Kabbalah.- Roxburghe copies.- Postel (Guillaume) Abrahami patriarchae liber Jezirah, sive formationis mundi . . . Vertebat ex hebræis et commentariis illustrabat, collation: A-G8 H4, italic and some Hebrew type, woodcut criblé initials, Paris, for the Author, 1552; Liber de Causis seu de Principiis & originibus Naturæ v-triusque..., collation: A-D8 E4, occasional underlining in ink, Paris, Sebastian Nivelle, 1552; Absconditorum a constitutione mundi clavis, qua mens humana tam in divinis quam in humanis per tinget ad interiora velaminis aeternae veritatis, collation: a-f8 g4, some ink underlining, Paris, no printer, [1555], together 3 vol., some spotting or staining, uniformly bound in 18th century red morocco, gilt, with crest of John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe to covers, some ink stains, 16mo (3) ⁂ The first mentioned is the rare first printing in any language of the Sefer Yezirah or 'Book of Creation', which is one of the most important books of the Jewish Kabbalah. This edition appeared ten years before the first edition in Hebrew, which was published in Mantua in 1562. It 'had a greater influence on the development of the Jewish mind than almost any other book after the completion of the Talmud' (Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906). The third mentioned is the rare first edition of an important cabalistic text. Provenance: John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, with gilt crests to covers. Literature: I: Steinschneider 6779; Wellcome 5227; II: Adams P2011.
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