Sepher HaZohar
AUCTION 44 |
Thursday, June 25th,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 233
SHIMON B”R YOCHAI
Sepher HaZohar
Lublin: Tzvi ben Abraham Kalonymus Jaffe 1623
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
PRICE REALIZED $8,000
EXREMELY RARE EDITION. BOTH JNUL AND MEHLMAN COPIES ARE INCOMPLETE.
The present edition of the Zohar, the most classic of Jewish mystical texts, is the second printed in the format of the Zohar Gadol (as per the Cremona edition) - the format favored by the Polish and German Kabbalists until the beginning of the 18th-century. However, the editor, Nathan ben Yitzchak Shapiro states in the introduction that he compared and noted the differences of the texts of both previous editions (Cremona and Mantua), citing "Nusach Acher" or "Sepharim Acheirim." See also Scholem’s extensive article in EJ Vol. XVI, col.1194-1212