Tolaat Yaakov, commentary on the prayers according to the methods of "peshat, remez, din and sod", and secrets of the festivals, by kabbalist R. Meir ibn Gabbai. Cracow: Yitzchak Prostitz, 1581. Second edition.

The author, R. Meir ibn Gabbai, was a prominent kabbalist at the time of the Spanish expulsion. He authored other important kabbalistic works, including Avodat HaKodesh and Derech Emunah.

Early wood and leather binding, decorated.

Signatures on title page: "Yosef HaKohen Belenfante"; "Yaakov de Pinto" [a Torah scholar and distinguished community member of the Hague in the 19th century].

[1], 2-83, [1] leaves. 18.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including light dampstains. Minor tears and defects to margins of title page. Close trimming of title page, bordering bottom frame. Elaborate early wood and leather binding, finely gilt. Defects to binding. Without clasps.

Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.