BERACHIAH BEN NATRONAI HANAKDAN [i.e. Benedictus le Puncteur(?)]. Mishlei Shu’alim [“Fox Fables.”]

Estimate: $100–$150
Hammer price: $70

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author

(FABLES).

Place

Berlin

Publication

1756

Description

Title within striking woodcut architectural colonnade form arch topped with two foxes, depicting a crouching lion at the bottom (Haberman, Sha’arei Sepharim Ivri’im pl. 90).

references

Vinograd, Berlin 211.

summary

Collection of fables synthesizing the European Aesopian tradition with animals who converse in Biblical Hebrew, comfortably interspersing their conversation with Talmudic aphorisms.

ff. (1), 56 (of 61). Lacking final five leaves. Lightly browned, ex-library. Modern boards. 8vo.

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