Sefer Rechit Chochmah [with the first edition of Igeret HaRamban]. Venice 1579. First edition.

Sefer Rechit Chochmah [with the first edition of Igeret HaRamban]. Venice 1579. First edition.

Rare and particularly beautiful Sefer Yesod. With handwritten comments.

Tochechot Mussar, Kudeshah matters and Tikunei Teshuvah – a fundamental Mussar book by the Mekubal Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas who was a disciple of the Ramak.

First edition of Igeret HaRamban: In Sha'ar HaAnavah chapter 6 (leaves 355b-356a), printed for the first time is the famed Igeret HaRamban.

Igeret HaRamban is a wonderful Mussar letter that was sent by the Ramban to his son Rabbi Nachman from Acre to Catalonia, Spain, dealing mainly with the virtue of humility, which is why the author of the Reshit Chochmah printed it in his Sha'ar HaAnavah.

Rabbi Shlomo Algazi, in his book Me'ulefet Sapirim (Kushta, 1660) writes: "And he informed him that on the day he reads this letter, he will be given by Heaven anything he asks for and anyone who says it regularly will surely be saved from any trouble and is promised that he will be a member of the world to come".

On the title page of the book, an owner's signature in ancient script – in the book itself there are between 10 to 20 handwritten comments. In addition, there are passages that were marked in the same script.

Venice, [1579]. Zuan di Gara Press. First edition.

8, 421, [32] leaves – the last [32] leaves are detailed indices by the editor Chacham Rabbi Yitzchak Gershon. 19.2 cm. Fine, complete copy. Professional restoration throughout the book, not affecting the text. New, magnificent leather binding.

Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod #471.

First edition of the fundamental Mussar book Reshit Chochmah. A beautiful and extremely rare copy.