Ben Yochai [commentary to the Zohar]

AUCTION 8 | Tuesday, November 16th, 1999 at 1:00

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KUNITZ, MOSES

Ben Yochai [commentary to the Zohar]

FIRST EDITION. Vignette of the cave of Shimon b”r Yochai on title pp.154. Contemporary marbled boards, rubbed. Tall folio Vinograd, Vienna 409

Vienna: Georg Holzinger 1815

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $450

Written as a defense of the integrity of the Zohar. A response to the attacks of Jacob Emden in his Mitpachat Sepharim who purported the Zohar to be a far later composition than the era of Shimon b”r Yochai