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Lot 96

Vayakhel Moshe (by Rabbi Moshe son of Menachem Graf of Prague) – Dessau, 1698 – Illustration of the "Holy Beard" – Signatures

Vayakhel Moshe, true kabbalah from the Arizal and passages of the Zohar, by R. Moshe son of Menachem (Graf) of Prague. Dessau: Moshe Dessa son of R. Simchah Bunam, [1698]. First edition.
Kabbalistic illustrations. At end of chapter on Adam DaAtzilut, illustrated diagram of the "holy beard".
Signatures on title page of "He to Whom silver and gold belong granted me the purchase this book… Yehudah Leib Elzus" [R. Yehudah Leib Elzus – Rabbi of Mutzig; Alsace, France]; "I inherited it… Moshe son of the deceased R. Yehudah Leib Elzus"; "And now it came into my possession, Yechezkel HaLevi".

[4], 5-14; 58 leaves. 20 cm. Fair-good to fair condition. Stains. Wear and open tears to margins of some leaves. Worming, affecting text. Close trimming, affecting text on several leaves. New binding.

CB, no. 6525, 1; Zedner, p. 587; Roest, p. 872.