Alexander Harkavy. Konstitutsyon fun di Fereynigte Shtaaten, un Deklareyshon ov Indipendens.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,750

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

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

Katzenellenbogen

Place

New York

Publication

1897

Description

Text in Yiddish and English.

references

Unrecorded by Singerman.

summary

Yiddish translation of the U.S. Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence, as well as questions and answers asked on the United States citizenship test, transliterated and translated into Yiddish. Published for Yiddish-speaking immigrants to aid in the naturalization process to enable them to become United States citizens.

pp. (6), 110, (20). Brittle and worn, edges chipped. Unbound. 12mo.

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