RARE pioneering comprehensive monograph on Kabballah by the eminent Jewish French philosopher Adolphe Franck (1809-1893), which became very popular when first published in 1843, was translated almost immediately into German by Adolf Jellinek (Leipzig, 1844), underwent two more French editions and was translated into Hebrew in 1909 and into English in 1926. 220x145mm. II+314 pages. Brown cloth rebound Hardcover with gilt spine. Cloth bookmark bound-in. Front cover stained. Cover corners and spine edges rubbed. Spine bottom edge slightly bumped. Spine gilt faded. Previous owner`s name written in ink on title page and page I upper corner.Ex-library copy with faded stamp on several pages. Binding slightly visible between pages 16-17 and 194-195 (binding otherwise tight). Inner cover and pages age-stained. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare milestone in the history of Kabbalistic research, which, according to Moshe Idel was the most influential work on Kabbalah prior to Gershom Scholem`s studies, is in good condition.