[Rarebooks] FS: First Latin translation of the Kaballah. Frankfurt: 1677-84

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Knorr von Rosenroth, Christian (trans. & ed.). KABBALA DENUDATA, SEU DOCTRINA 
HEBRAEORUM TRANSCENDENTALIS ET METAPHYSICA ATQUE THEOLOGICA OPUS. Sulzbach 
and Frankfurt: Abraham Lichtenthaler and Balthasar Christoph Wust for Johannes 
David Zunner. 1677-1684. 4to. 4 volumes (i.e. 2 volumes bound in 4). 
(34),740;312,(8),256;(2),38,(2),598;478pp. Engraved allegorical title in volume 1, 
engraved magic table bound after the title in volume 3, and 17 other plates (16 
folding), complete. Volume 1 bound in cont.calf, rubbed, outer hinges cracked, 
but cords holding soundly. Vols. 2-4 uniformly bound in cont. vellum with blind 
stamped central panel with a large ornamental device on each cover. Some text 
browning as always found, but overall a very good set (albeit in two different 
bindings).     $10,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of the first Latin translation of the Kabbalah, which served as 
the principal source for all non-Jewish literature on the Kabbalah until the 
end of the nineteenth century. A key work in the history of both Jewish and 
Christian mysticism. Our set, like most, lacks the supplementary 70pp. “
Adumbratio” issued separately with its own title page. Bibliotheca Esoterica 2395; 
Caillet 5815; Rosenthal, Magica 3797; Scholem , Kabbalistica 668.

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