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Auction 8 · Lot 410

Ben Yochai [commentary to the Zohar]

Estimate
$400–$600
Hammer price
$450

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

KUNITZ, MOSES

printer

Georg Holzinger

Place

Vienna

Publication

1815

Description

FIRST EDITION. Vignette of the cave of Shimon b”r Yochai on title

references

Vinograd, Vienna 409

summary

Written as a defense of the integrity of the Zohar. A response to the attacks of Jacob Emden in his Mitpachat Sepharim who purported the Zohar to be a far later composition than the era of Shimon b”r Yochai
pp.154. Contemporary marbled boards, rubbed. Tall folio
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