Iyov of Minsk [i.e. Joseph Brill]. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Hilchoth Ashiruth [laws for the wealthy].

AUCTION 73 |
Thursday, June 22nd,
2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 204
(PARODY)
Iyov of Minsk [i.e. Joseph Brill]. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Hilchoth Ashiruth [laws for the wealthy].
Vilna: Hotza’ah 1912
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $300
The author Joseph Brill (1839-1919), better known by his pen name Iyov of Minsk, was “one of the foremost satirists of the nineteenth century…As a humorist he displayed a keen sense of the ludicrous…a delicate irony and a deep pathos.” (Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature pp. 88, 96). Here, Brill humorously describes the lives of the wealthy including their views on gambling and on charity.