Sefer Yesod of Kabbalah: Chesed Le’Avraham by Rabbi Avraham Azoulay. First Edition, Sulzbach, 1685. Rare.
An important work on the basics of the Hidden Torah, accompanied by interesting Kabbalistic illustrations, by the holy Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Azoulay of Fez and later of Eretz Israel, the grandfather of the Chida.
In the same year, two different editions of the sefer were printed, one in Dutch Amsterdam and the other in German Sulzbach.
The nusach printed in the present Sulzbach edition is more accurate than the Amsterdam edition (and both were printed from inaccurate manuscripts).
The Sulzbach edition is rare and is not mentioned by the Chida in Shem HaGdeolim.
This edition contains 15 Kabbalistic illustrations,
four of which do not appear in the Amsterdam edition.
On page 13,2 there appears within one of the illustrations an interesting drawing of the "Great Leviathan", that the world stands on its fins (Seder Rabbah Bereshis 17). This illustration also does not appear in the Amsterdam edition.
Sulzbach, 1685. First edition.
Page Count: 76 leaves.
Size: Approx. 19 cm.
Condition: Restorations on few pages; with miniscule photocopied completions, wear marks and stains. Antique binding (slightly worn).
Early signatures, handwritten notes.
Bibliography: Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod #363 in notes.
