Tikunei HaZohar - First Edition, Mantua, 1558 - Hundreds of Glosses and Revisions, in Early Oriental Script

Tikunei HaZohar - First Edition, Mantua, 1558 - Hundreds of Glosses and Revisions, in Early Oriental Script
Tikunei HaZohar, written by the Tana Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai. [Mantua, 1558]. First edition and first printing of the Zohar after rabbis removed the ban on its printing, which lasted for the first 90 years of Hebrew printing.
Hundreds of long glosses and short revisions in an early Oriental script (evidently by two writers) of various additions and versions [according to manuscripts and comparisons to parallel sections of the Zohar on the Torah]. Commentaries and novellae, revisions, etc.
On the binding is an ownership inscription from Morocco: "This Tikunei HaZohar of my grandfather R' Shmuel HaCohen of Debdou Shmuel HaCohen" [Debdou, the city of kohanim, a well-known city in Northeast Morocco, the majority of the community were kohanim from Seville, Spain who settled in Debdou in the mid-15th century. For further information about the history of city and its scholars, see: "Ir HaKohanim Debdou, Morocco", Jerusalem, 1987; "Yachas Debdou Hechadash, Jerusalem, 1997].
Incomplete damaged copy - only leaves 22-146. Some leaves are not in the correct order (originally: [4], 146, [2] leaves). 20.5 cm. Fair condition. Open tears and worming, stains and wear. Leather binding, damaged.