(Traditionally attributed to). Zohar Chadash U’Midrash Hane’elam [Kabbalah]. Includes glosses of R. Isaac Luria in the possession of R. Menahem di Lonzano.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $400

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author

SHIMON B”R YOCHAI

printer

Bragadin

Place

Venice

Publication

1658

Description

Title within ornate architectural columns than include lions, cherubs, and vignettes of Jeremiah and Solomon. Wider margins. First part only.

references

Vinograd, Venice 1339; Scholem, Bibliographia Kabbalistica, p. 175, no. 3.

summary

The compiler of the Zohar Chadash was R. Abraham Halevi Beruchim, a disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero. It was proofed by the preeminent Italian Kabbalist R. Moshe Zacuto.

ff. (2), 96. Ex-library, dampstained, title and next leaf laid down and repaired, some loss to border. Loose in contemporary vellum. 4to.

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