Bidspirit auction | Reshit Chochmah. Constantinople, 1736.

Reshit Chochmah. Constantinople, 1736. - Sefer Reshit Chochmah, a classic work of Kabbalah and ethical instruction devoted to the service and fear of God, by Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas, disciple of the Ramak. Constantinople, in the year “Ba Zeman HaYeshuah” [1736]. Printed by Yonah ben Yaakov. With approbations from the rabbis of Constantinople: Rabbi Avraham ben Yosef Rosanish, Rabbi Yitzchak bekhor David, and Rabbi Chaim Kimchi. At the end of the volume are Musar Derech Chidah, an ethical work in riddle form attributed to Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra, together with Chai Ben Mekitz. [1], 304, 20 leaves. 21 cm. An interesting phenomenon: the name of the printer Netanel Foa and his printer’s device were forged on the title page.