Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller
Item #22573 Sefer Zohar Ha-Rekiah. Simon Duran.
Sefer Zohar Ha-Rekiah
Sefer Zohar Ha-Rekiah

Sefer Zohar Ha-Rekiah

Lemberg: David Zevi Schrenzel, 1858. Hardcover. 8vo. 103 pages. Quarter leather over black paper covered boards, tooled with a beautiful ornate floral pattern. Age wear on biding, heavy age wear on spine, bottom part of backstrip missing. Simon Duran's (1361-1444) commentary on 613 commandments based on Solomon ibn Gabirol's (1020-1057) azharot, a genre of liturgical poetry read on the holiday of Shavuot, first printed in Constantinople, 1515. Blue endpaper pasted and free front and back. Small sticker of P. Feldheim Hebrew Bookstore, one of the oldest Jewish publishing companies in America founded by Philip Feldheim in 1939, on inside of front board. Small stamp of previous owner on top of title page, not affecting text. Signiture of previous owner on top corner of title page, affecting image. Hinges starting. Pages 102-103 and back free endpaper detached. Pages 99-100 stuck together due to damp exposer. Beginning of book a list of the commandments. Text in Hebrew. Binding in fair, interior in overall very good condition. One other copy found in worldcat. g. Item #22573

Price: $450.00

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