Rosenzweig, Gershon. Masechta America...Talmud Yankee
AUCTION 13 |
Tuesday, June 26th,
2001 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 145
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
Rosenzweig, Gershon. Masechta America...Talmud Yankee
Vilna: 1894
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $300
Satire of American-Jewish life written in the traditional Talmudic style. The author dedicates the work to “Dodi R. Shmuel Hanagid” - more familiarly known as - Uncle Sam. A later edition is illustrated in The New York Public Library Catalogue, A Sign and a Witness (1988) p. 211