(TRADITIONALLY ATTRIBUTED TO. Publicized by R. Moses b. Shem Tov de Leon). Sepher ha-Zohar [“The Book of Splendor”]

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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SHIMON B”R YOCHAI

(TRADITIONALLY ATTRIBUTED TO. Publicized by R. Moses b. Shem Tov de Leon). Sepher ha-Zohar [“The Book of Splendor”]

Five parts in three volumes. With ownership notation by R. Jonathan Eybuschetz of Kotzk and Lashitz ff. 2, 251, 18; 1, 279; 309. Ex-library, slight marginal repair on some pages, some staining. Gilt-tooled calf, rubbed. 4to Vinograd Const. 472; Yaari Const. 357

Constantinople: Jonah ben Jacob Aschkenazi 1736

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $700

The publisher notes that the text for this edition was composed after consulting R. Chaim Vital's personal copy of the Zohar as well as other contemporaneous manuscripts and so including in this edition material heretofore unseen