Chofetz Chaim.

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: $1,300

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(KAGAN, YISRAEL MEIR OF RADIN).

printer

H. Dvorzetz

Place

Vilna

Publication

1873

Description

FIRST EDITION. Including the rare, original front printed wrapper, and six-page list of subscribers.

references

Friedberg, Cheth 1085; Weiner 4331.

summary

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.

pp. 162, (6). Previous owners’ marks. Contemporary boards. 4to.

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