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Sefer HaYetzira with German translation - first German - Hebrew edition. Leipzig 1830

Opening price: $120

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An early edition of the Sefer HaYetzira Attributed to Abraham Avinu, first Hebrew - German edition printed in Leipzig, 1830, with an introduction about the book and its early prints by Friedrich Meyer.

In this edition, the book was translated into German column by column. This edition was preceded by editions of the book printed in Amsterdam, Prague, Mantua, and other places. Only about 60 years later, in the year 1894, another German edition of the book was printed in Frankfurt.

VII, 36 p. 26 cm. Thick paper typical of the 19th century. spots. Wrinkles at the edges of some pages. Good - moderate condition.

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242. Sefer HaYetzira with German translation - first German - Hebrew edition. Leipzig 1830