Sefer Ha-Zohar, by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochay, Part I, Bereshit. Mantua, 1558. Part IV, Ba-Midbar, 1560.
First printing of Sefer Ha-Zohar, after 90 years of rabbis' refusal to permit its printing. During its printing Cremona printers started to print the Zohar and the last parts were printed in Cremona before being printed in Mantua.
Many long glosses, on Bereshit, in ancient oriental handwriting [Morocco?]. Short glosses on Ba-Midbar, in oriental handwriting.
20cm. Poor condition, many leaves missing at the beginning and the end. Stains, moth damages, torn and detached leaves.