Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures

Zohar – Amsterdam, 1805 – Complete Set

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Zohar on the Torah, three-volume set. Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rofe and his son Binyamin, [1805].
Printed after Mantua edition, with omitted passages supplied. Introduction and notes by R. Shalom Buzaglo.

The Chozeh of Lublin was reputedly particular to study specifically from the Amsterdam edition of the Zohar. When all his books were burned in a fire, he studied Zohar by heart until an Amsterdam edition could be provided.

On title page of first volume, handwritten passage reproduced from Responsa Maharshal 98, on the laying of tefillin while sitting, and discussing contradictions between the Zohar and halachic literature.
On title page of third volume, handwritten passage reproduced from Lechem Shamayim by R. Yaakov Emden, with several more handwritten quotations.

Three volumes. Part I: [6], 251, 19 leaves. Part II: 280, [1] leaves. Part III: 115, [1], 117-310, [1] leaves. 22 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Marginal tears to several leaves. Several leaves at beginning of first volume detached. Early leather bindings, with gilt decorations. Wear and defects to bindings (loose and partially detached).

Zedner, p. 705.
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