Bidspirit auction | Sefer Kol Bo—early edition, Venice,

Sefer Kol Bo—early edition, Venice, 1567. - Sefer Kol Bo—early edition, Venice, 1567. Sefer Kol Bo, one of the foundational works of halacha and minhagim from the Rishonim, by an unknown author (see below). Early edition, printed by Jorge de Cabali, Venice 1567. 4, 158 leaves. Catalogued by the NLI as a Rare Book. Pretty engraved illustration on title page. The Sefer Kol Bo, a foundational halachic work read widely across the Jewish world, focuses on: blessings, prayers, minhagim of Shabbat and chagim, weddings, financial matters, food halachot, and traditions of mourning. It also includes one of the earliest exegeses on the Haggadah. The book is attributed to the Ribash, but the Chida rejects that possibility. Some say that Rabbi Aharon HaCohen of Lunel was responsible, and in Koreh HaDorot he writes that some say that a chachama (woman) wrote the book.