Sepher Hazohar [“The Book of Splendor”]

AUCTION 21 | Thursday, December 04th, 2003 at 1:00

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Lot 238

SHIMON BAR YOCHAI (Attributed to. “Revealed” to Moses b. Shem Tov de Leon)

Sepher Hazohar [“The Book of Splendor”]

Four parts in three volumes. Four title pages each with typographical border ff.(6),251,(19);280,(1);310,(1). Ex-library, lightly stained in places. Contemporary calf-backed patterned boards, lacking spine. Large 8vo Vinograd, Amsterdam 2338

Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rophé and Son 1805

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

The Amsterdam prints of the Zohar were renowned amongst Chassidim. The Chozeh of Lublin exhorted his Chassidim to use only the Amsterdam edition of the Zohar.