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Hardcover. Limited edition. 1/750. Octavo. xxii, 121pp. Original gold-stamped vellum with laced-in slips, gold decorated spine and red title-label with gold lettering. Top edge gilt. 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. Staining on binding, front board slightly bowed. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition.…