BEN-ZEV, JUDAH. Melitzah Le-Purim [a ribald parody of the penitential prayers]

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

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BEN-ZEV, JUDAH. Melitzah Le-Purim [a ribald parody of the penitential prayers]

FIRST EDITION ff. 12. Some foxing and worming affecting a few words. Contemporary calf-backed boards. 8vo Vinograd Breslau 26; Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature pp. 55-6, 206-8

Breslau?: 1800?

Est: $700 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $750

Published without indication of a place or a date. The Hebrew chronogram on the title reads: ”Drink, get drunk and throw up.” In Davidson’s opinion, Ben-Zev “deserves a place among the best of literary parodists.”