(PARODY). ROSENZWEIG, GERSHON. Talmud Yankee [satire on aspects of Jewish life in America]

AUCTION 30 | Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 1:00

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(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

(PARODY). ROSENZWEIG, GERSHON. Talmud Yankee [satire on aspects of Jewish life in America]

Eight works in one volume. Each with its own title page. * Bound with another unrelated work pp. (4); (2) 4; (2) 4; (2) 4; (2) 4; (2) 2; (2) 31; (2) 3; (2) 4. Modern boards. 8 vo. Friedberg, Tav 1388

New York: S. Druckermman 1909

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $650

Also includes Masecheta Chanukah, a satire on card playing; Masecheta Kozvim, a Talmudic parody on “April-Fools’ Day;” Masecheta America a satire on the life and manners of Jewish immigrants to America; Midrash Esther and Hagadah Lesofrim a satire on the poverty of Hebrew writers. See I. Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature (1966) pp. 240-41