Auction 78 - Rare and Important Items
Zohar – Complete Set in Three Volumes – Slavita, 1824
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $5,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $7,500
Including buyer's premium
Zohar on the Torah – Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim. Slavita: R. Shmuel Avraham Shapira, son of the rabbi of Slavita, [1824].
Complete set in three volumes.
Approbation by Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta and other approbations at the beginning of vol. I.
Ownership inscriptions of the wealthy R. Shaul Papierna of Poritch and his family. On the endpaper of vol. I: "Shaul Papierna of Poritch". On the endpaper of vol. III: "The prominent R. Shaul son of R. Noach Papierna, Poritch". Other inscriptions in Russian. At the top of all three title pages, inscription forming the acrostic: "Shimon Papierna".
Three volumes. Vol. I: [4], 251; 17 leaves. Vol. II: [1], 17, 19-278 leaves. Vol. III: [1], 2-115, [1], 117-309 leaves. Approx. 21 cm. Bluish, high-quality paper. Overall good-fair condition. Many leaves in good condition. Stains, including dampstains to many leaves in vol. III. Worming to first and final leaves, affecting text. Handwritten inscriptions. Bookplates. Early leather bindings, worn, with tears and significant worming. Vol. II with cloth spine. Front board of vol. III partially detached; spine torn (mostly lacking).
Complete set in three volumes.
Approbation by Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta and other approbations at the beginning of vol. I.
Ownership inscriptions of the wealthy R. Shaul Papierna of Poritch and his family. On the endpaper of vol. I: "Shaul Papierna of Poritch". On the endpaper of vol. III: "The prominent R. Shaul son of R. Noach Papierna, Poritch". Other inscriptions in Russian. At the top of all three title pages, inscription forming the acrostic: "Shimon Papierna".
Three volumes. Vol. I: [4], 251; 17 leaves. Vol. II: [1], 17, 19-278 leaves. Vol. III: [1], 2-115, [1], 117-309 leaves. Approx. 21 cm. Bluish, high-quality paper. Overall good-fair condition. Many leaves in good condition. Stains, including dampstains to many leaves in vol. III. Worming to first and final leaves, affecting text. Handwritten inscriptions. Bookplates. Early leather bindings, worn, with tears and significant worming. Vol. II with cloth spine. Front board of vol. III partially detached; spine torn (mostly lacking).
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