Otsar Meshalim (Hebrew Treasure of Fables)

Title

en_US Otsar Meshalim (Hebrew Treasure of Fables)

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: Hebrew

en_US Z. Beharav

Creator

en_US Ariel, S.Z. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Gvirtz, Bina

Date

2016-01-25T20:05:24Z

en_US 2006-11

en_US 1951

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:05:24Z

Date Issued

en_US 1951

Abstract

en_US Some 110 fables on 130 pages. Texts come from Aesop, Krylov, La Fontaine, Shtainbarg, the Bible, and Jewish traditions. To my surprise, I can identify most of these stories with ease. The illustrations are highly playful. They can occur several to a page around the text. I enjoy, for example, the sketch of MSA on the bottom of 11 that has father and son carrying the ass. It is easy to recognize old friends like Krylov's Lobster, Pike, and Swan on 15 or TH on 18-19 or WL on 30-31. One of the tenderest sketches has the dove still holding the twig on which the ant crawls out of the water on 33. Do not miss The Blind Men and the Elephant on 40-41. The fox as soup chef as part of FS on 51-52 is superb. The crow has to be a great shot to get the pebbles into the vase on 61! Both 80 and the monochrome facing it picture The Fox and the Eagle, and both do it well. I could go on and on; this is a delightful artistic work, even in only fair condition. There are several full-page monochrome illustrations. The best of these for me has the porcupine greeting the snakes in their lair facing 64. The canvas spine is not holding up well.

Identifier

en_US 7432 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82702

Language

en_US heb

Publisher

en_US Yizra'el Publishing House

en_US Tel Aviv

Subject

en_US PZ90.H3 A67 1951 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop et al See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole