Zohar Ha’rakiah [commentary to the poetic Azharoth of Solomon ibn Gabirol]

AUCTION 20 | Monday, June 02nd, 2003 at 5:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books from the Library of the Late Salman Schocken (1877-1959)

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DURAN, SHIMON BEN TZEMACH

Zohar Ha’rakiah [commentary to the poetic Azharoth of Solomon ibn Gabirol]

FIRST EDITION ff. (116). Few light dampstains in places, neat repair to inner margin of title, previous owner’s signature, signed by censors (dated 1555 and 1639) on recto and verso of final leaf. Recent boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Const. 53; Yaari, Const. 39; Mehlman 607; not in Adams

Constantinople: Moses ben Samuel Luco and Joseph Katzavi 1515

Est: $8,000 - $10,000

PRICE REALIZED $17,000

A FINE, CRISP COPY OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE WORK The Majorca born author, known as the Rashba”tz (1361-1444), was a prominent halachist, Bible exegete and philosopher. The rarity of this first edition and the importance of the work prompted Yosef Shaul Nathanson to add his own scholarly notes to the second edition (Lemberg, 1858).