Two rare editions of Zohar Chadash, in one volume:
• Zohar Chadash and Midrash HaNe'elam, Part I, on the Torah, with Tikkunim by R. Shimon bar Yochai; Part II, on Shir HaShirim and Eichah. [Salonika: Joseph Abraham Bat-Sheva, 1597]. First edition.
Divisional title page for part II. This is the first edition of Zohar Chadash on the Torah and the Megillot, apart from Megillat Ruth, which although mentioned on the title page of part II, was not printed in this edition (it was printed earlier as an independent book entitled Tapuchei Zahav, Thiengen, 1559; and again under the title Midrash HaNe'elam, in Venice 1566 - see following).
With (bound at the beginning):
• Midrash HaNe'elam (Zohar Chadash) on Ruth. [Venice: Cristoforo Zanetti, 1566]. Second edition.
Several handwritten glosses and inscriptions.
Two book bounds together. Incomplete copies. Midrash Ruth: 3-31 leaves. Zohar Chadash: 5-6, 112, 48; 36 leaves. Lacking first two leaves and final leaf of Midrash HaNe'elam on Ruth, and first four leaves of Zohar Chadash. Approx. 20 cm. Overall fair condition. Several leaves in poor condition. Stains and extensive wear. Significant dampstains to many leaves. Tears to several leaves, including first two leaves and final leaf of volume, affecting text. First two leaves detached. Original leather binding, damaged and partially detached, with remnants of strings for fastening.
This is a rare edition of Midrash HaNe'elam on Ruth, recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a photocopy of the Schocken copy (the first edition of Midrash HaNe'elam on Ruth was printed in Tiengen in 1559, in the book Tapuchei Zahav).
Stefansky Classics, no. 328.