(Attributed to). Sepher HaZohar [The Book of Splendor]. With glosses by R. Chaim Vital, R. Moshe Cordovero, R. Moshe Zacuto, R. Yitzchak Luria and R. Chaim Joseph David Azulai.

Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(KABBALAH) SHIMON B”R YOCHAI.

printer

Israel Bak

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1844-46

Description

Three volumes: I. Genesis. II. Exodus. III: Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Three title-pages with period woodcut of Temple Mount. First volume with additional title.

references

Vinograd, Jerusalem 28, 43, 56; Halevy 22, 27, 35.

summary

The First Edition of the Zohar Printed in the Land of Israel. The title states that the text was compared to the personal copy of the Zohar that had belonged R. Chaim Vital. The introduction by the printer lists eleven virtues this Jerusalem edition has above all previous editions: “Has a Zohar of such typographic beauty existed prior to this Jerusalem edition? - indeed it far surpasses that of Amsterdam and earlier” (see printers comments at end of Vol. III).

Vol. I. (6), 252, 2-19. * Vol. II. ff. 279. * Vol. III: ff. 318. Trace stained, previous owners’ signatures on titles and first leaves of all volumes (Bechor Giron and Shlomo Ashkenazi). ff. 125-28 of Vol. II folded, printed on wide-margined pages. Modern calf. 4to.

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