Kitzur Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law].

<<The famed Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. A rare first edition. One of the most popular Halachic works ever published.>> Due to its clear language and lively style the work immediately became broadly popular, indeed 14 editions appeared during the author’s lifetime alone. Since then dozens more, as well as a great many translations have appeared. Born in Ungvar, Solomon Ganzfried (1804-86) was an outspoken defender of Orthodoxy against the inroads of Hungarian Reform. He was a prolific author, however the work which has become a byword in every Jewish home is his “Kitzur,” a summary guide to the Shulchan Aruch which offers concise instruction in all matters of daily ritual law. The final leaf here, which contains a lengthy note to a section of the Chayei Adam, was omitted in later editions.