Chofetz Chaim.

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art

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Lot 158

(KAGAN, YISRAEL MEIR OF RADIN).

Chofetz Chaim.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Including the rare, original front printed wrapper, and six-page list of subscribers. pp. 162, (6). Previous owners’ marks. Contemporary boards. 4to. Friedberg, Cheth 1085; Weiner 4331.

Vilna: H. Dvorzetz 1873

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

<<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. Today, he is universally referred to as the Chofetz Chaim, after the title of this groundbreaking work.