Auction 44
Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
By Kedem
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Mar 11, 2015
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 41:
Sefer HaZohar, Jerusalem, 1844 - Complete Set - Signatures
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Sold for: $500
Price including buyer’s premium and sales tax:
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635.70
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500
Buyer's Premium: 23%
VAT: 18%
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Sefer HaZohar, Jerusalem, 1844 - Complete Set - Signatures
Zohar on the Torah, by the Tanna Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Part 1, Bereshit. Jerusalem, [1844]. Part 2, Shemot. Jerusalem, [1845]. Parts 3-4, Vayikra, Bamidbar-Devarim. Jerusalem, (1846). Five title pages. Illustration of the Western Wall and Jerusalem upon four title pages.
Three volumes with signatures and ownership inscriptions of Rabbi Mordechai Magid ben Rabbi Avraham, and of his son Rabbi Aryeh Zvi ben Rabbi Mordechai.
3 volumes, complete set – [6], 252, 2-19 leaves; 279 leaves; 115; [1], 117-318 leaves. Approximately 20 cm. High-quality paper. Overall good condition, worm damage and wear (restored) to several leaves, wear damages to margins of last leaves of Volume 3. Renewed bindings, with parts of the original leather bindings, with embossed adornments.
S. HaLevi, no. 22, 27, 35. Printed on the title page of Part 3 is a gematriya of the year 1844, but on the colophon, in the "Proofreader's apology" at the end of the book, the gematriya matches the year 1846.
