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Zeh sifra de-adam ḳadmaʼah she-natan lo Raziʼel ha-malʼakh; ספרא לאדם קדמאה שנתן לו רזיאל המלאך

Alternate Title:
Raziʼel ha-malʼakh; Sefer Raziʼel ha-malʼakh; Sefer Raziʼel ha-gadol
Name:
Yitsḥaḳ ben Avraham, approximately 1737-1807
Timespan:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1700
Identifier:
2006.12.26.01092; (OCoLC)ocm21204956; (OCoLC)21204956; 2388764; (PU)2388764-penndb-Voyager
Language:
Hebrew
Provenance:
Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy); Kaplan, Deanne (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy); Judah, Samuel (inscription) (Kaplan Collection copy)
Publisher:
Nidpas be-vet Mosheh ben Avraham Mindis Ḳṿinṭinyo
Subject:
Cabala -- Early works to 1800; Cabala
Resource Type:
Text
Physical Description:
45, that is, 90 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Related Place:
Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
"ʻAl yede ha-poʻel ha-ʻoseḳ bi-melekhet ha-ḳodesh be-emunah, ha-zetsr Daṿid ben le-a.a. Yiśśakhar Dov, mi-Polin Kaṭan mi-ḳ.ḳ. Zolḳṿi ha-birah ha-samukh li-ḳ.ḳ. Levov"--Colophon.; Engraved t.p. border.; Kaplan Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan.; Kaplan Collection copy has ms. inscriptions on back flyleaf. Top inscription is of unattributed complete poem "Man should weigh well the nature of himself...", published 1757 in several colonial newspapers. Bottom inscription is of complete quote "How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not to whom related, or by whom begot, a heap of Dust alone remains of thee, tis is all thou art, and all the Proud shall be!", attributed to Alexander Pope. Neither inscription quotes source, but top inscription is signed "Samuel Judah, New-York, Jan.y, 1760".; Kaplan Collection copy has ms. inscriptions on t.p.: "on the 29 Kislev, 19 Dec 1759" and "B: 19 Aug 1728". These are the wedding and birth dates, respectively, of Samuel Judah. Ms. inscriptions on back flyleaf verso: "I was B. 19 Aug. 1728" and "2[?] Tebeth ... [?] 19 Dec".; Kaplan Collection copy has ms. notes regarding cabalistic letter forms on blue lined notebook paper affixed to front flyleaf; notes attributed as "Extract from 'Versuch einer Characteristick des Verhaltnisses der Alchemie zur Magie, Astrologie und werwandten ähnlichen Wissenschaften, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der alchemistichen Zeichen', von Johann Rudolph Wild d. J. Mit acht lithographirten Tafeln. Cassel, 1841, Luckhardtschen Hofbuchhandlung".; Kaplan Collection copy bound in full leather; each board has double gild rules with central double ruled panel with central ornament and floriated ornaments at each panel corner; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; 5 raised bands and gilt stamping on spine.; Kaplan Collection copy text block separated from boards; spine damaged at head and tail; evidence remains of previous paper affixed to front free endpaper.; Kaplan Collection copy collectify accession no. 2006.12.26.01092
Physical Location:
Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, BM525 .A361 1700; Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Room, BM525 .A361 1700
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)