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Mishnah Berurah – Four Parts – "Proofread" Inscriptions
Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Mishnah Berurah, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim by R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim. Warsaw-Piotrków, 1891-1907. Four of six volumes, some first editions and some reprints.
• Part II, censor's authorization dated 1896.
• Part III, censor's authorization dated 1891.
• Part IV, censor's authorization dated 1898.
• Part VI, date of printing 1907.
Each of the volumes has two "proofread" inscriptions (in pencil), inside front board and on endpapers.
The Chafetz Chaim, author of the work, used to examine every book for printing errors and misordered pages, and he would mark every book he had personally examined as "proofread".
Four volumes. Volume II: 154 leaves. Volume III: [2], 2-195 leaves. Volume IV: [1], 196-290 leaves. Volume VI: 164 leaves. Approx. 23 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Good-fair to fair condition. Stains. Tears and open tears. Worming, affecting text. Original fabric bindings, with leather spines, some lacking or detached. Heavy wear, damage and worming to bindings.