Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Sefer HaZohar – Constantinople, 1736
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Sefer HaZohar on the Torah, by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, with sources by Rabbi Chaim Vital, Maharam Cordovero, commentary by the Ari and other mekubalim (see details in printer's introduction, beginning of Part 1). Constantinople, 1736. Four parts in three volumes.
1. Part 1, Bereshit. [6], 251; 18 leaves. On first leaves: Oriental decorated owner's signatures "The young man Yisrael Ashkenazi". Few glosses in Oriental handwriting.
2. Part 2, Shemot. [1], 279 Leaves. Short inscriptions in Oriental handwriting.
3-4. Part 3, VaYikra; Part 4, Bamidbar (and Devarim). Bound together. 115; [2], 118-309 leaves. On first leaves short inscriptions and owner signatures in Oriental and Yemenite handwriting.
Complete set. Part 4 of an edition printed on thick paper with especially wide margins. Varied size and condition. Moth damage and tears to some of the volumes.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
1. Part 1, Bereshit. [6], 251; 18 leaves. On first leaves: Oriental decorated owner's signatures "The young man Yisrael Ashkenazi". Few glosses in Oriental handwriting.
2. Part 2, Shemot. [1], 279 Leaves. Short inscriptions in Oriental handwriting.
3-4. Part 3, VaYikra; Part 4, Bamidbar (and Devarim). Bound together. 115; [2], 118-309 leaves. On first leaves short inscriptions and owner signatures in Oriental and Yemenite handwriting.
Complete set. Part 4 of an edition printed on thick paper with especially wide margins. Varied size and condition. Moth damage and tears to some of the volumes.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
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