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Kol Bo – Venice, 1547
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Kol Bo, year-round laws and customs, including kosher laws, monetary laws and more. Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani, 1547.
Kol Bo is an early halachic work, printed anonymously. Over the years, the identity of its author was subject to dispute. Today it is considered an early edition of the work Orchot Chaim by R. Aharon HaKohen.
Signatures on title page: "Yitzchak Altaras". On title page and leaf 1 (of second sequence), signatures: "Shlomo son of R. Yitzchak Altaras" (signature on title page partially deleted).
R. Yitzchak Altaras, an important member of the Venetian community in the early 18th century. His son R. Shlomo Altaras immigrated from Venice to Split (Bosnia, present-day Croatia). He later emigrated to Eretz Israel, settling in Aleppo on the way (where he passed away in the 1770s-1780s and was eulogized by the city rabbis). R. Shlomo Altaras brought with him books and manuscripts, mainly kabbalistic, from Italy and Bosnia (see: R. Moshe Hillel, Ohel Re'em, p. 162, note 73).
Marginal glosses and inscriptions to several leaves (Hebrew and non-Hebrew).
Censorship expurgation.
4, 143, 145-158 leaves. Lacking leaf 144. Approx. 29 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains, and traces of former dampness with mold stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, to title page and other leaves (large open tear to last leaf), affecting title frame and text, repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text. New parchment binding.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries