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Auction 46 · Lot 104

Mitpachath Sepharim.

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
$1,400

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

author

EMDEN, JACOB

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Place

Altona

Publication

1768

Description

FIRST EDITION. The YIVO copy.

references

Vinograd, Altona 88; Mehlman 1050; Raphael 14

summary

Seminal polemic against the Zohar and the undue influence this primary Kabbalistic text held among the Chassidim. See Carmilly-Weinberger, pp. 136-7.
ff. 46 (of 50), lacking ff. 45-48, of which two leaves are supplied in a neat hand, usual browning. Later boards, worn. Sm. 4to
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