Auction 69 - Part I -Rare and Important Items

Tikunei HaZohar – Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira – Slavita, 1821

Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Tikunei HaZohar. Slavita: R. Moshe Shapira, [1821].
Title page printed in red and black.
Many inscriptions, signatures and pen trials on the front and back endpapers ("This Tikunim belongs to the exceptional Torah scholar… R. Gedalia…", "R. Avraham Yitzchak", and more). Ownership inscription on leaf 89: "This Tikunim belongs to R. Efraim Zalman". Early stamps on the title page and final leaf. Censorship signatures on the final leaves.
50, 49-154 leaves. 21 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains, dampstains and wear. Signs of usage. Worming. Reinforced and repaired with tape in several places. Restoration paper over entire title page. Many handwritten inscriptions on the endpapers. New binding.
Slavita and Zhitomir
Slavita and Zhitomir