Auction 87 · Lot 260
(Isaac Mayer Dick.) Iyei HaYam.
- Estimate
- $100–$150
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(YIDDISH).
printer
Joseph Reuben Romm
Place
Vilna
Publication
1856
Description
First Edition. Text in Yiddish.
references
Not listed in Vinograd.
summary
Isaac Mayer Dick (1808-1893) was a Russian Hebraist, novelist, and member of the Haskalah. Late in his career he was employed by the Romm printing house to write short weekly stories; he wrote nearly three hundred, and is considered to be a founding father of Yiddish fiction.
pp. 46. Stained, previous owners’ marks, ex-library. Modern boards. 12mo.
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