Debré, S. L'Humour Judéo-Alsacien: Expressions Humoristiques Judéo-Alsaciennes ["The Judeo-Alsatian Humor: Humoristic Judeo-Alsatian Expressions."]

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Debré, S. L'Humour Judéo-Alsacien: Expressions Humoristiques Judéo-Alsaciennes ["The Judeo-Alsatian Humor: Humoristic Judeo-Alsatian Expressions."]

FIRST EDITION pp. 307. Lighttly browned. Original printed wrappers. 8vo

Paris: Imprimerie des Presses Universitaires de France 1933

Est: $100 - $150

PRICE REALIZED $150

The Jews of the Alsace region, developed a Judeo-German dialect impregnated with Hebrew words and rabbinic idioms, and possessed of a unique humor. The present work devotes entire chapters to explicating these precious humorisms, many of which draw on rabbinic learning