(Rakowsky, Abraham A.) Masechta Shetaroth.

AUCTION 12 | Tuesday, March 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 228

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(Rakowsky, Abraham A.) Masechta Shetaroth.

FIRST EDITION. Unopened copy. pp.48. Original printed wrappers, light wear. 8vo Friedberg, Mem 2556

Warsaw: 1894

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $300

“Reckoned among the finest Talmudic parodies in Hebrew literature…A satire, in the form of a Talmudic treatise, on brokers and merchants, describing all the subterfuge used by them in accumulating wealth.” See Davison pp.96-7 and no. 215. x-ref Am.