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Zohar – Livorno, 1791-1793 – First Edition of Glosses of the Chida – Especially Fine Set, in Original Elaborate Leather Bindings
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Zohar on the Torah, Bereshit-Devarim, with glosses of the Chida. Livorno: Eliezer Saadon, 1791-1793. Four parts (Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar-Devarim) in three volumes. Complete set.
Especially fine set. Original elaborate leather bindings, with many gilt decorations and gauffered gilt edges. Owner's name inscribed on front of all three volumes: "Yosef Chaim son of R. Yaakov".
Ownership inscriptions on title pages. On three title pages: "David Kohen Bolaco". On verso of title page of first volume (and several other places). On title page of third volume, ownership inscription (imitating Ashkenazic script): "Avraham HaKohen Polaco".
Ownership inscriptions in Ladino of "R. Yosef Chaim son of R. Yaakov" (whose name is inscribed on the binding).
This important edition has glosses and commentaries printed in the margins, including the first printing of the glosses of the Chida. His introduction appears at the beginning of Part I.
Three volumes. Bereshit: [8], 251; 19 leaves. Shemot: 279 leaves. Vayikra-Devarim: 115; [1], 117-312 leaves. 21-21.5 cm. Some leaves dark. Overall good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves. Worming, affecting text (especially to second volume), mostly repaired with paper. Close trimming, affecting text (on some leaves, mainly in third volume, affecting ends of printed notes, sometimes lacking one to two lines from the end). Original leather bindings, with color endpaper. Defects to bindings (worming to binding of first volume). New case.
Provenance: Valmadonna Trust Library.
Books Printed in Livorno – 18th-19th Centuries
Books Printed in Livorno – 18th-19th Centuries