The Path of the Names. Writings by Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia
Berkeley, CA/ London: Trigram/Tree, 1976. Limited first edition. Softcover. 1/800. Small quarto. 73pp. [3]. Illustrated brown paper dust jacket with black lettering on the covers and spine. Illustration on the back cover of the jacket as well. White paper wrappers. A finely printed and beautifully arranged collection of writings on the names of the divine, by famed medieval Spanish Rabbi and Kabbalist Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia (1240-ca 1291). Compiled from extracts of translations of Abulafia's work from a number of noted Kabbalah scholars, the work also includes a number of finely printed lithographic Kabbalistic charts and figures, in black. There is also a table of various permutations of the tetragramaton, in both English and Hebrew, at the back of the book. Dust jacket with minor rubbing/creasing along the top edge, and the head of the spine. Interior with minor sunning to the front free endpaper. Dj in very good+, wrappers in near fine, interior in very good+ condiiton overall. vg+ to near fine. Item #47418
ISBN: 0854650520
Price: $125.00