Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6-1/2"). English section: (xiv) 146pp. [1]. Hebrew Section: 67pp. Indices of authors and sources. Dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, with publisher's device. Textureed endpapers. Publisher's device printed on the half-title page. The..... More
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1928. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XI, [1], LI, [1], 202, [4]pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers. Captivating introduction to the study of religious heresies of the Jews, the Kabbalah, and a critical essay on Chasidism by renown writer, historian, and ethnologist Aaron Ze'ev Aescoly-Weintraub (1901-1948). Ex-library copy with..... More
Fulda: 1701. Hardcover. 4to. 185 leaves. Black cloth. Red edges. Illustrated title-page with Moses and Aaron on the sides and David killing Goliath at the bottom. Commentary on selections of the Zohar and other kabbalistic texts by Mordacai Ashkenazi published with the aid of his teacher Abraham Rovigo. These two..... More
Jerusalem: Rabbi S. Kipnis, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. All volumes are bound in blind-stamped blue cloth with olive lettering to cover and spine. Volume one has a frontispiece depicting the cave where Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yokhai, the ascribed author of the Zohar, hid. Haskama [Seal of approval] from the then Chief Rabbi..... More
Wien: Vernay-Verlag, 1927. Hardcover. 8vo. 179pp. Gold-stamped black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Split along spine on front- and back board but firmly holding. Head and tail of spine chipped. Age wear on binding. Memoirs of Rabbi Chaim Vital (1543-1620), who was one of the most important exponents of..... More
Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo. xii. 175 (1) pp. In English. Green cloth with white lettering on front cover and spine. Book condition: Fine. Part 134 from the, "Brown Judaic Studies" series. Other editors of this volume include but are not limited to: Jacob Neusner, William Scott Green, Ernest..... More
Berlin: Louis Lamm, 1908. Softcover. 8vo. 62,[2],pp. Original wrappers. Wraps detached but present. Sunning, chipping and some staining to wraps. Signature of previous owner on front cover. Underlining and markings in pencil throughout. Work on the emergence, development and principles of Hasidism. Text in German with some Hebrew. Fair condition..... More
New York: Pilgrim Press, (1981). First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. 277pp. Gray cloth with white lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Collection of Jewish mystical writings in the context of a general study of the mystical experience. The author traces mysticism through the Bible, the Talmud, the Kabbalah..... More
Tel Aviv: Mossad Bialik, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. RARE: OCLC only lists 5 holdings. 8vo. 144pp. 1/4 beige cloth over brown paper covered boards with gold lettering to cover and brown lettering to spine in original dust wrapper. Work on the Chassidic Movement, by one of the most renowned scholar..... More
Hamburg: Yitzhak b. Eliezer Lipman, 1690. Second edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. 192 leaves. Three quarter ivory leather over black marble paper boards. Red speckled edges. Illustrated title page. Tailpiece. A popular kabbalistic biblical commentary printed in double columns and in Rashi script. This work was first printed in Venice in..... More
Venice: D. Zanetti, [1602]. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Collation: [aleph]-[zayin]4 (= 28 leaves). 24, [4, unnumbered]ff. Title within architectural woodcut border. Text in Hebrew. Eighteenth-century decorative paste-paper over flexible boards, backed in cloth. A touch of worm tracing at bottom margin of first three leaves; intermittent light dampstain. Text otherwise..... More
Jerusalem: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. English section: (xiv) 52pp. Hebrew section: (xviii) 491pp. Light blue cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine, with black lettering on the covers and spine. A collection of essays on Kabbalah based on presentations made at..... More
Los Angeles: Cherub Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 108pp. [3]. Printed white dust jacket with black lettering on the covers and spine. Dark blue textured buckram boards with gilt lettering on the Hebrew-language cover and the spine. An intriguing examination of Spanish kabbalist Rabbi Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla's (1248-1405)..... More
Los Angeles: Cherub Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 90pp. [4]. Printed white dust jacket with black lettering on the covers and spine. Dark blue textured buckram boards with gilt lettering on the Hebrew-language cover and the spine. An intriguing examination of famed Rabbi Moses de Leon's lesser known commentary..... More
Southfield, MI: Targum Press/ Felheim Publishers, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (xxi) 414pp. [2]. Grey and red paper boards, with white and blue lettering on the covers and spine. A overview of the history of Jewish mysticism, showing its progression and development from the earliest writings, through the modern era..... More
NP, n/d. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. Two volumes in one. Decorated paper-covered boards. Frontis piece displaying diagra of the "Ten Sefirot" of Kabbalah. Backstrip missing. Heavy age wear to binding. Front board detached but present. Small library stamp on free front endpaper and on bottom margin of title-page and page 1..... More
Hanau: Eliezer bar Hayim and Eliyahu ben Seligman Ulma, 1614. First edition. Three parts, small folio. Collation: [aleph-yud tet]4 [chi]2 (= 78 leaves); numerous errors in foliation, but text continuous and complete. Title in red and black, within woodcut historiated borders. Letterpress ornaments. Hebrew text in two columns. Modern two-tone..... More
Amsterdam: 1867. Hardcover. 12mo. 58 leaves. Black half cloth over black marbled boards. Notes in pen on endpapers. Medieval kabbalistic commentary by R. Isaac b. Judah Ha-Levi on the Pentateuch. Includes notes by R. Isaac b. Samson Katz. This work was first printed in 1607. Text in Hebrew. Endpapers yellowed..... More
Lemberg: U. W. Salut, 1870. Hardcover. 2 parts bound together in one volume with separate title pages. 4to. 257 leaves, 78 leaves. Modern blue half-cloth over blue marble boards. Commentary on the Midrash “Tanna Debe Eliyahu Rabbah” by the 17th century Bohemian kabbalist Samuel Haida. Text in Hebrew. Wear to..... More
Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press/ Hotsaʼat Universitat Bar-Ilan, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 686pp. Glossy blue illustrated paper boards with orange and white lettering on the front cover and spine. A wide and comprehensive survey of the history of Kabbalah and its interaction with and effect on other strands of Jewish..... More
Bern: Ernst Bircher, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii,260pp. Three-quarter cloth over marbled boards with gold lettering on spine. Age wear to binding. Usual age toning to outer edges of interior pages. Page 49 loose. Pencil marks on margin of some pages. Minor creasing to bottom right corner of last..... More
Bern und Leipzig: Ernst Bircher Verlag, 1920. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed "Herrn Dr. H. Feilchenfeld zur freundlichen Erinnerung. S. A. Horodezky Berlin, 26.1.38" on verso of front free endpaper. Quarto. xii, 260pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. Collection of essays dedicated to Hasidism, the religious..... More
Hannoviyah [Hanau]: Hans Yakop Hena, [1612]. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [9] 92 leaves. Rebound in modern dark brown leather boards, with gilt lettering, red label and raised bands on the spine. Title page illustrated with historiated woodblock lettering at the top, and encircled by text borders. Missing the final unnumbered..... More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. xx, 397 (28)pp. Original light blue wraps with strip binding and black lettering on cover. An early uncorrected proof of the authors groundbreaking, famous and pivotal work. Truly a great gift for the mystical enthusiast. Underlining and marginal..... More
New York: Schocken Books, (1997). First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xx, 329pp. Green cloth over green paper boards with gold lettering on spine in original printed illustrated dust jacket. A collection of English translations of texts recounting mystical experiences. Includes writings by Abraham Abulafia, Joseph Karo, Hayyim Vital, Moses Hayyim Luzzatto..... More