(Rakowsky, Abraham A.) Masechta Shetaroth.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $300

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(PARODY)

Place

Warsaw

Publication

1894

Description

FIRST EDITION. Unopened copy.

references

Friedberg, Mem 2556

summary

“Reckoned among the finest Talmudic parodies in Hebrew literature…A satire, in the form of a Talmudic treatise, on brokers and merchants, describing all the subterfuge used by them in accumulating wealth.” See Davison pp.96-7 and no. 215. x-ref Am.

pp.48. Original printed wrappers, light wear. 8vo

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