Tur Even HaEzer, with Beit Yosef and Bayit Chadash. Parts 1-2. Warsaw, 1876-1877. Ergelbrand printing.
On the title page is a handwritten ownership inscription: "Belongs to Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaCohen of Radin".
A few handwritten corrections appear on the pages [apparently, some or all were written by the Chafetz Chaim]. Penciled letters note sources – passages in the Shulchan Aruch. [Noting sources in the Shulchan Aruch with letters is a rather new method used recently in our times, in print, found in the new editions of the Arba Turim HaShalem].
this is the Tur Even HaEzer from which the Chafetz Chaim, Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaCohen of Radin (1839-1933) studied. the author of the Chafetz Chaim wrote his work Mishna Brura only on the Orach Chaim part of the Shulchan Aruch. this was accepted as the source for halachic rulings throughout the Jewish diaspora. the Chafetz Chaim was often asked why he did not continue writing his work on the other parts of the Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah and Even HaEzer. Many rumors circulate regarding his response to this question. Some say that he answered that he could not find the time, since he wrote his work on Orach Chaim throughout a period of 27 years. Others say that he answered that the halachic rulings on Yoreh Deah and Even HaEzer are primarily the responsibility of rabbis, as opposed to Orach Chaim, whose laws are part and parcel of every Jew's life each day. therefore, the book Mishna Brura which summarizes halachic rulings for Jewish daily life is much more essential.
[1], 2-177 leaves; [1], 2-125 leaves. 39 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many worm damages, wear, tears and stains, detached leaves, unbound.