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Sefer Halachot Gedolot – Venice, 1548 – First Edition
Sefer Halachot Gedolot. Venice, [1548]. First edition. Printing press of Marco Antonio Justinian.
Sefer Halachot Gedolot, composed during period of the Ge’onim, is among the earliest Halacha books written following the completion of the Talmud. The identity of its author [known as: Behag = author of Halachot Gedolot] was controversial among scholars of the Rishonim who numerously cite him. Some ascribed the composition to Rabbi Yehudai Ga’on and others ascribed it to Rabbi Shimon Keira (for additional information see introduction to Rosh Traub edition, Warsaw 1875; introduction to edition of Rabbi Ezriel Hildesheimer, Berlin 1888; and Bibliography Institute CD, record no. 0127157). This is the first edition in print.
[3], 144 leaves (missing title page. Two blank leaves bound in place of title page. It is possible that the book left the press in this condition). 31 cm. Good-fair condition, moth marks, mildew stains. Antique parchment binding.
