Kitzur Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law].

Estimate

$5,000–$7,000

Hammer price

$6,000

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

author

GANZFRIED, SHLOMO.

printer

Carl Jager

Place

Ungvar (Uzhorod)

Publication

1864

Description

FIRST EDITION. Scattered marginalia.

references

Friedberg, Kuf 991.

summary

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.

ff. 4, 144. Previous owner’s signature on title, variously worn and lightly stained. Contemporary boards, rubbed, spine chipped. 8vo.

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