Sagen der Hebräer – Translation of Sages' Aggadot and Tales – Leipzig, 1826

Sagen der Hebräer: Aus den Schriften der Alten Hebräischen Weisen [So Say the Hebrews: Writings of the Early Jewish Sages], by Heimann Hurwitz. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1826.
First edition of the German translation of Heimann Hurwitz's book Hebrew Tales, containing a selection of Aggadot and tales from the time of Chazal [our Sages].
Hyman [Heimann] Hurwitz (1770-1844) was a scholar and Talmudic researcher. In 1828, upon recommendation by his friend the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, he became the first Jewish professor at University College, London.
XIV, 244 pages, 18 cm. Good condition. Spotting and creases. Minor tears to margins. Ink-stamp on title page. Worming to last leaves and back wrapper. Original wrapper, slightly worn, with tears to spine and edges (mostly insignificant).