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Auction 41 · Lot 266

SHIMON B”R YOCHAI

Estimate
$1,200–$1,800
Hammer price
$2,500

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

Description

(Traditionally Attributed to). Sepher HaZohar [“The Book of Splendor”]. Five parts in six volumes. ff. 8, 252, 2-19, 279, 310, 2. Title of vol. I loose. [Vinograd Livorno 620]. Livorno, J. Aruvas, 1815. * WITH: Tikunei HaZohar. ff. 2, 164. [Vinograd Livorno 440]. Livorno, V. Falorni, 1796

summary

A HANSDSOME SET IN A splendid binding The most sacred and influential of all Kabbalistic works, the Zohar is the pre-eminent classic of world mystical literature, a quest for Divine unity and a search for insight into the mysteries of God’s Torah. The Livorno is one of the most opulent editions with an introduction by the Chid"a (Chaim Joseph David Azulai). The Tikunei Hazohar was designed to expound 70 novellae, each beginning with a new interpretation of the word Bereishith, conforming to the Seventy Aspects of the Torah
Trace foxed. Some light wear. 4to
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