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Auction 4 · Lot 201
Rosenzweig, Gershon. Masechta America...Talmud Yankee
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- $400
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(PARODY)
Place
Vilna
Publication
1894
summary
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
Stamps on title. Original printed wrappers. 8vo
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