Auction 018
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jan 23, 2019
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Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 564:
Six Books of Fables and Tales – 1860-1893 – Krylov's Fables
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Sold for: $140
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Six Books of Fables and Tales – 1860-1893 – Krylov's Fables
Six books of fables and tales, original and translated. Warsaw, Vilna, and St. Petersburg, 1860-1893. Hebrew and some Russian.
1-2. Tiḳun Meshalim, a work containing 197 of Krylov's Fables, by Moses Reicherson. Vilna: Reuven ben Menachem Romm, 1860. Two copies.
3. Kanfei Yona [A Dove’s Wings, with Praise for the Merry City of Berdichev and the Kind People Who Live There…], by Zalman Weintraub. Warsaw: Alapin, 1878.
4. Proverbs of Krylov, in Nine Books, by Meir Ze’ev Singer. Warsaw: Yitzchak Goldman, 1886.
A dedication handwritten by the author on the front cover.
5. Mesholim: lidelekh, kleyne mayśe'lekh [Proverbs, Little Tales and Writings], by Solomon Ettinger. St. Petersburg: W. Ettinger, 1889.
6. Meshlei HaZman [Timely Fables, Conversations of Birds and Animals], by Abraham Jacob Paperna. Warsaw: Ben-Avigdor, 1893.
Size and condition vary. The books were not thoroughly examined and are offered for sale AS IS.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
