Auction 86 - Part II - The Leo Rapaport Collection
Kol Bochim – Prague, 1621 – Hundreds of Unpublished Kabbalistic Glosses
Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $37,500
Including buyer's premium
Kol Bochim – Megillat Eichah, with the Kinat Setarim commentary, by R. Avraham Galante. [Prague: Moses son of Joseph Betzalel Katz, 1621].
The book contains a kabbalistic commentary on Tractate Eichah by the kabbalist R. Avraham Galante, disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero. Passages of the Zohar on Eichah were printed at the beginning of the book.
The present copy contains hundreds of glosses, including many lengthy glosses, in Ashkenazic script typical of the 17th-18th centuries. These glosses form a complete composition of kabbalistic novellae, allusions and secrets, from an unidentified author who was evidently a great kabbalist. This composition of glosses contains much original material, and to the best of our research, has never been published.
Ownership inscription on p. [9b] by R. Chaim son of R. Shmuel HaKohen Chazan of Brody, dated 1722, attesting that he inherited this book from his father. The title page and back endpaper contain additional ownership inscriptions from the above writer and his brothers, Yosef and Moshe, from the 1710s-1720s. R. Shmuel son of R. Shlomo HaKohen Chazan of Brody was a disciple of the kabbalist R. Moshe son of R. Menachem Graf of Prague, and his glosses were incorporated in his teacher's book Vayakhel Moshe (Dessau, 1699).
Other signatures and ownership inscriptions: "Shmuel son of David of Eisenstadt", "Gumprecht Melamed", and more.
[9], 2-16, 15-44, [2], 45-66 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears, primarily marginal, affecting glosses in several places.
The book contains a kabbalistic commentary on Tractate Eichah by the kabbalist R. Avraham Galante, disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero. Passages of the Zohar on Eichah were printed at the beginning of the book.
The present copy contains hundreds of glosses, including many lengthy glosses, in Ashkenazic script typical of the 17th-18th centuries. These glosses form a complete composition of kabbalistic novellae, allusions and secrets, from an unidentified author who was evidently a great kabbalist. This composition of glosses contains much original material, and to the best of our research, has never been published.
Ownership inscription on p. [9b] by R. Chaim son of R. Shmuel HaKohen Chazan of Brody, dated 1722, attesting that he inherited this book from his father. The title page and back endpaper contain additional ownership inscriptions from the above writer and his brothers, Yosef and Moshe, from the 1710s-1720s. R. Shmuel son of R. Shlomo HaKohen Chazan of Brody was a disciple of the kabbalist R. Moshe son of R. Menachem Graf of Prague, and his glosses were incorporated in his teacher's book Vayakhel Moshe (Dessau, 1699).
Other signatures and ownership inscriptions: "Shmuel son of David of Eisenstadt", "Gumprecht Melamed", and more.
[9], 2-16, 15-44, [2], 45-66 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears, primarily marginal, affecting glosses in several places.
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