Mitpachath Sepharim [polemic]

AUCTION 16 | Tuesday, June 25th, 2002 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 92

EMDEN, JACOB

Mitpachath Sepharim [polemic]

FIRST EDITION ff. 50. Usual browning, inscription on title, scattered marginalia. Later morocco-backed marbled boards, gently rubbed at edges, spine defective. Sm.4to Vinograd, Altona 88; Mehlman 1050

Altona: By the Arthor 1768

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $3,250

Seminal polemic against the Zohar and the undue influence this primary Kabbalistic text held among the Chassidim. See Carmilly-Weinberger, Censorship and Freedom of Expression in Jewish History pp. 136-7