Chofetz Chaim.

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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KAGAN, YISROEL MEIR OF RADIN.

Chofetz Chaim.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> This copy with <<two autograph marginal corrections in the hand of the Chofetz Chaim>> (p. 46 and p. 159). pp. 162. Modern calf. 4to. Friedberg, Cheth 1085.

Vilna: H. Dvorzetz 1873

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,400

<<First Edition of this Pioneering halachic work>> on the laws of lashon-hara and rechiluth (derogatory speech and malicious gossip). Published anonymously, the author, R. Israel Meir Kagan (1838-1933), was later to be acclaimed as the preeminent Halachic decisor and “tzaddik” of his generation.