Collection of Kabbalistic Books - Printed in Russia-Poland at the Beginning of the Chassidic Era

Collection of Kabbalistic Books - Printed in Russia-Poland at the Beginning of the Chassidic Era
Five important Kabbalistic books, printed in Russia-Poland in the 18th century, at the beginning of the Chassidic era and at the time Kabbalistic study began to spread throughout Russian-Polish countries:
· Sefer HaTemunah, "Awesome wondrous ideas about letters and vowels", attributed to Rabbi Nechunya ben HaKaneh and to Rabbi Yishmael Cohen Gadol, with the "secret of G-d's Name". Korets, [1784]. First edition.
· Bound with: Sod Hashem, about the progression of the worlds and the ten sefirot, "By a holy person of the Rishonim…based on the Kabbalah of the Ari". [Koritz, 1784. Printed separately without a title page. Attached to various Kabbalistic books printed in Korets].
· Machberet HaKodesh, kavanot for Shabbat and Festivals. By Rabbi Chaim Vital - Maharchu. Korets [1783]. First edition. Approbations of 10 rabbis of "Greater Mezritch".
· Chesed L'Avraham, Kabbalistic topics, by Rabbi Avraham Azulai of Hebron, with "esoteric explanations of Chazal sayings" by Rabbi Chaim Vital. Slavita, 1794. Among the first books printed by Rebbe Moshe Shapira of Slavita.
· Zohar Chadash, Berdychiv, [1825]. Printed by Rabbi Yisrael Bak.
5 books in four volumes. Size and condition vary. Good to fair. Worming. The book Chesed L'Avraham has damages to last leaves. Zohar Chadash is lacking last leaf which is replaced by a photocopy.
Interesting signatures and stamps in all books: · Sefer HaTemunah: Ancient stamp: "Eliezer son of Nachman of Ravani" [possibly should read Ruzhany]. The last leaf has a faded signature of Rabbi "Elyakum Shlomo Shapira" [Ra'avad of Eišiškės and Grodno. Died in Jerusalem in 1908]. On the last endpaper is the stamp of Rabbi "Chaim Berlin - son of the Netziv…". · Machberet HaKodesh: Signature and inscriptions in Ashkenazi handwriting: "Shlomo HaCohen", "R' Shlomo HaCohen" [perhaps related to Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen Rabinowitz, the first Radomsk Rebbe, author of Tiferet Shlomo, 1803-1866, one of the leading Polish rebbes in his times]. Many inscriptions in Oriental writing of kavanot of Lel HaSeder on endpapers. Signature in Oriental handwriting: "Shlomo of Damascus". · Chesed L'Avraham: ownership inscriptions in Yemenite handwriting "Shlomo son of Zecharya Almaliach" who purchased the book from "Baruch Tzeror". Signatures of his son "Shlomo Ibn Shlomo Ibn Zecharya Almaliach, and his sons Shemaya and Shem Tov". · Zohar Chadash: signatures in ancient handwriting, "Moshe son of Chaim ---", inscription of a name for prayer: "Dov son of Feiga Pesya of Kishinev".
Sod Hashem was printed separately, without title page, and attached to various Kabbalistic books printed in Korets in 1783-1784. [See Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, Record 179404 of copies attached to Zohar Chadash or to Sha'ar HaYichudim. This is a unique copy attached to Sefer HaTemunah].