Auction 62

Basic Book: Derech Emet on the Zohar Mantova - Kabbalah (Single?) Rare Edition Venice, 1658

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Sefer Derech Emet, glosses on the Mantova edition of Nusach Hazohar and Tikunei Hazohar, compiled by Rabbi Yosef Chamitz and published by Rabbi Moshe Zacutto. 

First and apparently single edition [the book was republished yet not as a separate edition but as part of the editions of the Zohar] – Venice, 1658. 36, 28, [2], 52, 51-79 leaves. Stefansky Sifrei Yesod p. 103 of the additions. Partly mispaginated. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection.


Originally printed without a title page. According to Gershom Scholem, the only copy of the book is in the library of the Beit Midrash for rabbis of New York. New binding. varied stains. Good overall condition.