"Le'Ma'aseh R. Yosef Della Reina" [Regarding the Story of Rabbi Yosef Della Reina], draft of an essay in the handwriting of Gershom Scholem. [Ca. 1975?]. Hebrew.
The essay "Le'Ma'aseh R. Yosef Della Reina" was published twice during Scholem's lifetime, in two versions: the first was published in 1933, and the second in 1979. The present item is a draft of the later version, written in part on a print-out of the first version.
* 11 leaves in Scholem's handwriting (written on one side), with erasures and notes. Leaf size varies. Good condition. Some stains. Glued to the bottom margins of one of the leaves is a handwritten addition. Folding marks to three of the leaves.
* "Le'Ma'aseh R. Yosef Della Reina, special excerpt from the compilation 'Zion', fifth book", published by the Society for History and Ethnography in Palestine. Jerusalem, 1933. Printout with notes, erasures and corrections in Scholem's handwriting. 123-129, [1] pp, 24 cm. Tears to spine (cover partly detached), some stains.
Enclosed: the essay's final version (typewritten), incorporating the notes on the print-out and the handwritten leaves. 10 leaves. 33 cm. A number of erasures with white correction fluid and a number of handwritten corrections.
See:
1. "Zion", fifth book. Jerusalem, 1933.
2. "Ayin Hada: Research on Jewish History and Philosophy". Alabama, 1979.