Bidspirit auction | ACHAI GAON. She’iltoth [homilies on

ACHAI GAON. She’iltoth [homilies on Jewish law and ethics]. FIRST EDITION.  With rare 4-leaf indices. Title within architectural arch. Initial words of the five divisions of the Chumash richly historiated. ff. 58, (4). Touch stained. Recent boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 294; Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod 219. Venice, Daniel Bomberg, 1546. The first work attributed to an author subsequent to the close of the Talmudic era. Written for the thoughtful layman, this is a collection of homilies based upon the weekly reading of the Torah and focusing upon moral duties and ethical law.