Bidspirit auction | (KAGAN, YISRAEL MEIR OF RADIN).

(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. H. Dvorzetz, Vilna: 1873. 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.