(Attributed to). Halachoth Gedoloth [Gaonic Rabbinic Code]

AUCTION 27 | Tuesday, February 08th, 2005 at 1:00

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Lot 161

KAYYARA, SHIMON

(Attributed to). Halachoth Gedoloth [Gaonic Rabbinic Code]

FIRST EDITION. Title within ornamental arch. Double columns. The Jacob Z. Lauterbach copy ff. (4), 144.Trace stains, otherwise a clean, crisp copy. Marbled endpapers. Calf. 4to Vinograd, Venice 333; Habermann, Adelkind 51; Adams S-1157

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1548

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

One of the earliest and most important Halachic texts. The authorship and date of this work have been the subject of much study and have given rise to conflicting views. Generally speaking, medieval Aschkenazic authorities tended to the view that the author was R. Yehudai Gaon, while their Sephardic counterparts adopted the view that the author was R. Shimon Kayyara. Modern scholarship inveighs with the latter view. See EJ, VII cols.1167-70 (illustrated)