Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
She'iltot of Rav Achai Gaon – Venice, 1546 – First Edition
Opening: $400
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
She'iltot of R. Achai Gaon. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, [1546]. First edition.
Early halachic work from the beginning of the Geonic era, containing homilies according to the order of the Torah portions, combining a halachic discussion with aggadic matter.
Signatures on title page in early Ashkenazic script: "Sender Ze'eira HaKohen"; "Moshe Kohen".
Marginal handwritten correction on one leaf.
58 leaves. Lacking leaves 59-62 with table of contents. 31.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark dampstains (many stains on some leaves). Worming in a few places. Small tears and open tears, affecting text of one leaf. New binding.
CB, no. 4330.
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries
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