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(FABLES). BERACHIAH BEN NATRONAI HANAKDAN [i.e. Benedictus le Puncteur(?)]. Mishlei Shu’alim [“Fox Fables.”] 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). ff. (1), 56 (of 61). Lacking final five leaves. Lightly browned, ex-library. Modern boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Berlin 211. Berlin: 1756 Collection of fables synthesizing the European Aesopian tradition with animals who converse in Biblical Hebrew, comfortably interspersing their conversation with Talmudic aphorisms. Collection of fables synthesizing the European Aesopian tradition with animals who converse in Biblical Hebrew, comfortably interspersing their conversation with Talmudic aphorisms.