The present catalogue includes an extensive chapter dedicated to Bezalel artists, including illustrated books, various objects, drawing and paintings. This chapter features numerous original sketches for works by Ze'ev Raban - Raban's sketchbook (lot 318), sketches for illustrations to the Song of Songs (lot 320), sketches of the signs of the Zodiac (lot 327), a large collection of photographs of works by Raban and Meir Gur Aryeh (lot 344), and many other unique items from the estate of Shlomo Kedmi, who succeeded Raban and Gur Aryeh in the Industrial Art Studio.
The chapter dedicated to Hebrew children's books features charming works by prominent writers and illustrators: stories by Benzion Raskin illustrated by Uriel Kahana, Chaim Hanft and Haim Goldberg; poems by Itzhak Katzenelson illustrated by Gertrud Caspari; rhymes by Ya'akov David Kamson illustrated by Else Wenz-Viëtor; children's book published by "Omanut", with color lithograph illustrations by "Chavurat Tsayarim" (Apter, Mutzelmacher, Kravtsov and Higer); pop-up books illustrated by David Gilboa; and other rare books.
The avant-garde chapter features Yiiddish, Hebrew and Russian books, with illustrations and cover-designs by important Russian avant-garde artists such as El Lissitzky, Joseph Chaikov, Issachar Ber Ryback, Mark Epstein and Nathan Altman.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism, bibliophile works, letters, travelogues and maps of Palestine, photographs, postcards, rare Ladino periodicals, works by Safed-based artist Yosef Zvi Geiger, bibliophile works, a chapter dedicated to numismatics, and many more items.
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LOTE 203:
"Hebrew Treasure for Tiny Tots" – South Africa, 1925
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"Hebrew Treasure for Tiny Tots" – South Africa, 1925
Hebrew Treasures for Tiny Tots, by Nathan and Evelyn Levine. Illustrated by Ruby Reeves. Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Mercantile Press, 1925. English.
Children's textbook of the Hebrew alphabet and the tenets of Judaism, by R. Nathan Levine and his wife Evelyn, a Hebrew teacher. The booklet was published during Levine's tenure as community rabbi in Port Elizabeth. His goal was "to enable Jewish parents in isolated and inaccessible towns to teach their children the tenets of Hebrew and Judaism, by means of pictures and simple explanations" ( Rabbi Levine and the Brisbane Synagogue, article by Carmel Hart [Levine], the State Library of Queensland blog, Australia, 2015).
Illustrations by South-African artist Ruby Reeves (1904-1986).
Title page inscribed by the author: "With the author's compliments".
[41] ff., approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains (primarily to wrappers and page edges). Creases. Inked stamp inside front wrapper.
