Megaleh Amukot by Rabbi Natan Nata Shapira – First Edition – Kraków, 1637

Megaleh Amukot by Rabbi Natan Nata Shapira – First Edition – Kraków, 1637

Megaleh Amukot, 252 kabbalistic interpretations of the VaEtchanan prayer, by R. Natan Nata Shapira Rabbi of Kraków, disseminator of the Arizal's teachings in Ashkenazi countries. Kraków, [Menachem Nachum Meisels, 1637]. First edition.
First edition of one of the earliest and most prominent kabbalistic works printed in Poland.
In his foreword, R. Shlomo, son of the author writes that his father intended to compose one thousand commentaries on the VaEtchanan prayer, yet he received a Heavenly directive to only reveal 252.
Signatures and inscriptions on the title page, some deleted.
[5], 166; 16, [8] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears to title page, including open tears slightly affecting border and affecting text on verso, repaired with paper (missing text partially replaced in handwriting). Tears in several other places, including tear affecting text on final leaf. Worming to title page and other leaves, affecting border and text, repaired in part with paper. Strips of paper (for repair) to margins on several leaves, close to text. Stamps. Handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.

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