Rosenzweig, Gershon. Masechta America...Talmud Yankee

AUCTION 14 |
Tuesday, November 13th,
2001 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 30
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
Rosenzweig, Gershon. Masechta America...Talmud Yankee
New York: A. Ginsberg 1892
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $500
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. See I. Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature (1966) p.247. A later edition is illustrated in The New York Public Library Catalogue, A Sign and a Witness (1988) p. 211