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Mischle Schualim Die Fuchsfabeln des Berekhja Ben Natronaj 1/750 Woodcuts L.Michelson 1921 - Mischle Schualim Die Fuchsfabeln des Berekhja Ben Natronaj 1/750 Woodcuts Leo Michelson Hebrew and German Lazarus Goldschmidt (ed.); Berlin: Erich Reiss Verlag, 1921., xxii, 121pp., Limited edition. 1/750. Hardcover, leather spine, with gold lettering to spine and Magen David to cover. 23 x 15.5 cm. A collection of 107 fables drawn from Greek, Jewish, Hindu and Arab narratives exploring moral values and the meaning of wisdom. Illustrated with expressive black & white woodcuts, the anthology is written in agile rhymed prose and includes some original stories by the author, who is also known as Berachya. A nakdan, translator, grammarian, poet, ethicist and philosopher working at the beginning of the thirteenth century, he references the Talmud, adds biblical allusions and gives a Jewish spirit to his interpretations of these Fox Fables. Text in Hebrew; table of contents and Goldschmidt’s introduction in German. “Nach der ersten Ausgabe herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Lazarus Goldschmidt.” A significant work that greatly expands this distinctive literary genre in the Hebrew language. Condition: cover slightly worn, a bit discolored to top, corners chipped and bumped, foxing to spine. Foxing to endpapers, title page, last page and edges. Some pages inside with single foxing stains