Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

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Sefer HaZohar – Kapust, 1809-1810

Opening: $500
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Sefer HaZohar, by the holy sage Rabi Shimon bar Yochai. Kapust, 1809-1810. Three volumes, 4 parts. "As printed in Mantova, page for page… with missing parts made up from the Constantinople edition… proofread according to the Ari's glosses". With introduction by Rabbi Shalom Buzaglo. Wording of the title-page and body are based on Amsterdam print, 1771-1772. In the second volume, the year [1609] was mistakenly written as year of print. Some pages are blue. Volume A: Bereshit, Volume B: Shemot, Volume C: Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions: Shneur Zalman Menchem Mendel Platkin.
[3] (should be [4]), 251, 19 leaves; 280 leaves, 115, [1], 117-310 leaves. (Volume A is missing page from introduction. Volume B contains additional copy of leaf 209, with changes).
21 cm. Good condition. Moth damages in Volumes A-B. Stains. Front cover of Volume A is detached. Original leather cover.
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland
Books printed in Slavita and Zhitomir, Books printed in Russia and Poland