REUCHLIN, Johannes (1455-1522). De Arte Cabalistica. Hagenau: Thomas Anselm, 1517. [ Bound with :] —. Liber de Verbo Mirifico . Tubingen: Thomas Anselm, 1514. The first edition of Reuchlin’s pioneering work on Christian Cabbalah. Inspired by a meeting with Pico della Mirandola, Reuchlin learned Hebrew and promoted the study of Cabbalah. This work is dedicated to Pope Leo X, in thanks for his halting of legal proceedings brought against Reuchlin for his opposition to the suppression of Hebrew books, and provided a major stimulus for the study of oriental languages and Jewish mysticism. Adams R381 and R385. Folio (300 x 204mm). Woodcut of Reuchlin’s arms on title (marginalia cropped; faint dampstain affecting bottom margin of some leaves). 18th-century calf, edges red; modern slipcase. Provenance : Luis Nunez (1553-1645, a converso doctor who was painted by Rubens; ex libris) – contemporary annotations, possibly of Nunez – The Valmadonna Library.
REUCHLIN, Johannes (1455-1522). De Arte Cabalistica. Hagenau: Thomas Anselm, 1517. [ Bound with :] —. Liber de Verbo Mirifico . Tubingen: Thomas Anselm, 1514. The first edition of Reuchlin’s pioneering work on Christian Cabbalah. Inspired by a meeting with Pico della Mirandola, Reuchlin learned Hebrew and promoted the study of Cabbalah. This work is dedicated to Pope Leo X, in thanks for his halting of legal proceedings brought against Reuchlin for his opposition to the suppression of Hebrew books, and provided a major stimulus for the study of oriental languages and Jewish mysticism. Adams R381 and R385. Folio (300 x 204mm). Woodcut of Reuchlin’s arms on title (marginalia cropped; faint dampstain affecting bottom margin of some leaves). 18th-century calf, edges red; modern slipcase. Provenance : Luis Nunez (1553-1645, a converso doctor who was painted by Rubens; ex libris) – contemporary annotations, possibly of Nunez – The Valmadonna Library.
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