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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
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LOT 25:
Two Booklets with a Map of Tel Aviv – "The Sheinfeld Map", the First Map of Tel Aviv – 1923-1924
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Sold for: $420 (₪1,331)
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Two Booklets with a Map of Tel Aviv – "The Sheinfeld Map", the First Map of Tel Aviv – 1923-1924
"Tel Aviv and Surroundings". Photo-illustrated booklets describing the city of Tel Aviv and its development, with a map of Tel Aviv by Architect Leo Sheinfeld, considered the first map of Tel Aviv after its separation from Jaffa. Tel Aviv: Ittin-Shoshani, 1924 (the maps are dated 1923/1924). Hebrew, Yiddish, German and English.
In the early 1920s, the British authorities agreed to separate Tel Aviv from Jaffa and granted Tel Aviv autonomous municipal jurisdiction (township status). The bounderies of the municipal jurisdiction of Tel Aviv were finalized in 1923, after several neighborhoods, including Neve Tzedek, Ohel Moshe, Achva, Machane-Yehuda, and Machaneh-Yosef, were annexed to Tel Aviv.
The present booklets feature two versions of a map drawn by architect Leo Sheinfeld upon the request of municipal engineer Yehuda Magidovitch, including all the neighborhoods, plots and streets of Tel Aviv after its separation from Jaffa. The maps (folding plates) differ slightly from each other in color, design and marking of several plots; one is dated 1923 and the other 1924 (the booklets also contain a short text on the history of the city and its commerce and pictures of important buildings).
In 1968, architect Leo Sheinfeld presented a copy of the map to the "Beit Ha'ir" Meuseum (the old City Hall of Tel Aviv), where it was placed in Meir Dizengoff's office, behind his desk.
Booklet I: 16, 8 pp. (Hebrew, Yiddish and English text) + folding map. Booklet II: 10, 14 pp. (Hebrew, German and English text). Booklets: 24 cm. Maps: 65X40 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes and stains to text leaves. Tears to spines (covers partly detached). Tear to edge of both maps.
