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GIKATILLA, JOSEPH. - Sha’arei Tzedek [Kabbalah–on the Sephiroth]. FIRST EDITION. Initial letters of title historiated, initial word of text within elaborate frame. Wider margins. ff. 52. Lightly stained, previous owner’s marks, signed by censors at end. Bound in Valmadonna-custom chestnut calf, spine titled in gilt. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Riva 35. Riva di Trento: Jacob Marcaria the Physician 1561 Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla (Chiquatilla) (1248-c.1325), a profound Spanish Kabbalist, was a disciple of the founder of the school of “Prophetic Kabbalah,” Abraham Abulafia. Later, he entered into scholarly relationship with Moses de Leon of Guadalajara (who publicized the Zohar) and composed some of the most detailed, yet lucid, expositions of Kabbalistic concepts.