(Traditionally attributed to.) Sepher Shivim Tikunei Hazohar. With commentary “Chemdath Tzvi” by Tzvi Hirsch ben Jerachmiel Chotsch of Cracow.

AUCTION 62 | Thursday, June 26th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 120
(KABBALAH). SHIMON B”R YOCHAI.

(Traditionally attributed to.) Sepher Shivim Tikunei Hazohar. With commentary “Chemdath Tzvi” by Tzvi Hirsch ben Jerachmiel Chotsch of Cracow.

<<FIRST EDITION>> with commentary. <<Striking title-page>> , historiated woodcut architectural border framed by eight Biblical vignettes depicting Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; Moses and Aaron; David and Solomon and Elijah the Prophet (see Habermann, Sha’arei Sepharim pl. 41). Signatures on title-page. ff. 8, 164. Title rehinged, light stains, upper right corner of title neatly repaired, lower left corner of final leaf with very minor loss. Contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed. Folio. Vinograd, Amsterdam 804; Fuks, Amsterdam 589

Amsterdam: Moses Mendes Countinho 1706

Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $600
The cryptic style of the work suggested to some that Chotsch, a preacher in Cracow, was a Sabbathian sympathizer. See B. Naor, Post-Sabbatian Sabbatianism (1999) pp. 79-82. Nevertheless, this is the most comprehensive commentary ever issued on the Tikunei Zohar.