Bidspirit auction | KAYARA, SHIMON. (Attributed to) /

KAYARA, SHIMON. (Attributed to) / (Ba’al HaBeHa’G).  Halachoth Gedoloth [Gaonic Rabbinic Code]. FIRST EDITION. Title within wreathed ornamental arch. ff. (4), 144. Lower blank corner of final leaf removed, opening and closing leaf laid to size, title lightly stained. Modern morocco-backed boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 333; Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod 220. Venice, Adelkind for Giustiniani, 1548. One of the earliest and most important Halachic texts. The authorship and date of this work has been the subject of much study and has given rise to conflicting views. For a brief overview see EJ, Vol. VII cols. 1167-70.