The Kabbalah of the Ramak – Asis Rimonim, First Edition – Venice 1601
An abridgement of the book
Pardes Rimonim by Rabbi Moshe Cordovero (the Ramak), authored by his student Rabbi Shmuel Gallico.
The sefer
Pardes Rimonim is the most fundamental book "for anyone wishing to enter the ‘Pardes Hachochma’." Since its contents are profound and written at length, several abridged versions were made. This book is the first and earliest abridgement.
With Kabbalistic illustrations. On page 23a, a full-page diagram of "Ein Sof" – the Tree of Sefirot – is printed, with handwritten notes by an Italian Kabbalist.
Venice 1601 [5361] First Edition. Brought to print by Rabbi Yechiel Luria Ashkenazi.
Page count: 86 leaves. Size: 19 cm. Condition: Good-fair, minimal restorations on first and last leaves. New leather binding.
Bibliography: Stefansky Sifrei Yesod, No. 344 in additions.
