Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Sefer HaZohar – Kopys, 1809-1810

Opening: $300
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Sefer HaZohar HaKadosh on the Torah by the Holy Sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Kopys, 1809-1810. 3 volumes, 4 parts. "As it was printed in Mantua leaf by leaf… with the completion of missing parts of the Constantinople… edition… according to the Ari's glosses…". With introduction by Rabbi Shalom Buzaglo. The version of the title page and the book itself are according to Amsterdam 1771-1772 edition. In Volume 2, 1609 was mistakenly written as year of print. Some leaves are blue.
Volume 1: Breshit, Volume 2: Shemot, Volume 3: Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim.
Owners' signatures and inscriptions: Shneur Zalman Menachem Mendel Plotkin.
[3] (Should be [4]), 251, 19 leaves; 280 leaves; 115, [1], 117-310 leaves. (Volume 1 is missing leaf from introduction. Attached to Volume 2 is additional copy of Leaf 209 with changes).
21 cm. Good condition. Moth damage to Volumes 1-2. Stains. Front cover of Volume 1 detached. Original leather bindings, decorated.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
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