Sefer Sheiltos D’Rav Achai Gaon, Venice 1546. First Edition. Pedigree Copy.

Sefer Sheiltos D’Rav Achai Gaon, Venice 1546. First Edition. Pedigree Copy.

The first edition of Sefer Sheiltos D’Rav Achai Gaon, printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice, 1546. Sefer Sheiltos was authored by Rav Achai Gaon and discusses various Halachik questions arranged according to the weekly Parsha. Rav Achai was one of the earliest Gaonim, and was known as the first Halachik authority after the close of the Talmudic era. As such, Sefer Sheiltos is the first known Rabbinic commentary written after the completion of the Talmud. The work is arranged according to the weekly Parsha, and each week's section is divided into four parts. 

First edition, printed by the famed Daniel Bomberg. A pedigree copy, with various ownership inscriptions of Moroccan Rabbis seen on the first leaf. The personal stamp of R. Refael Ibn Tzur of Fez (Grandson of the famed R. Yaakov Ibn Tzur) is seen on title page. A marginal gloss is seen on pp. 8.

A very fine copy, printed on crisp white paper. Small wormholes seen in inner margins of several leaves, not affecting text. Outer margin of title page lightly repaired with no loss of text. Bound in an ornate full leather binding. 

58, [4] pp. 

Provenance: From the collection of the late Mr. Hershey Stern of Monsey, NY.