Morris, Samuel. Hilchoth Derech Eretz shel Amerika ["The Laws of Manners of America": parody]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $350

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Place

New York

Publication

1916

Description

FIRST EDITION. Yiddish and Hebrew. Frontispiece portrait of author

references

Unlisted by Goldman

summary

Samuel Morris was a rabbi and preacher, Goldman lists a few works by Morris of a sermonic nature (see Goldman nos. 782, 793). The present work is a scathing satire on the irreligiosity of the American Jewish community. In his Foreword, the Author jokingly refers to the book as "Columbus' Shulchan Aruch."

pp. 6, 30. Light stains. Printed wrappers bound in contemporary boards, rebacked. Sm. 4to

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