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Jewish printed books  Ginat Egoz by Yosef ben Avraham Gikatilla, Hanau, 1615

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Ginat Egoz, introductions and fundamentals of Kabbalistic teachings, by R. Yosef Gikatilla. Hanau: Eliezer ben Chaim and Eliyahu ben Seligman Ullman, [1614]. First edition. An early, basic Kabbalistic work. This edition contains the approbation of the Shlah HaKadosh (approbations of the Shlah are rare and were given to very few books).
Ginat Egoz, on Kabbalistic wisdom, by Rabbi Yosef Ebn Giktila. Hanau, [1614]. Printed by Eliezer ben Chaim and Eliyahu ben Zelikman Ulma. First edition. Approbations by Rabbi Yeshaya Horowitz (the Shla HaKadosh).
Among the earliest uses of the dual images of Moses and Aaron, a motif that became extremely popular with printers of Hebrew books in the following centuries.
A famous kabbalistic work on the gematriot, related subjects, and the names of God by R. Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla. Written when he was only 24 years old, Ginnat Egoz (Garden of Nuts) reflects Gikatilla’s early adherence to the teachings of Abulafia as opposed to the philosophic-mystical Kabbalah of which he later became an adherent.
The significance of this volume to the GFC lies in its illustrated title page, which shows one of the earliest uses of the dual images of Moses and Aaron. This motif became extremely popular with printers of Hebrew books in the following centuries. In this example, the figures are accompanied by an illustration of Akedat Yitzhak (above) and an eagle (below). A similar title page (without the eagle) was used for an edition of Nishmat Adam (Hanau, 1611; Heller, p. 277).
Two diagrams illustrate the text: one dealing with the movement of the gilgulim, the other with mystical combinations of letters.
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