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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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The Birds' Head Haggadah – Facsimile Edition, Tarshish Publishing House – Jerusalem, 1965-67
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The Birds' Head Haggadah – Facsimile Edition, Tarshish Publishing House – Jerusalem, 1965-67
The Birds Head Haggada of the Bezalel National Art Museum in Jerusalem. Two volumes. Jerusalem: Tarshish Books (printed by Kunstanstalt Max Jaffe, Vienna, Austria), 1965-67.
A color facsimile edition, printed on heavy, high-quality paper, of the illuminated Birds' Head Haggadah manuscript (Germany, ca. 1300). Two volumes: facsimile volume (printed in 1965), and an introductory volume edited by Dr. Moshe Spitzer (printed in 1967; English).
The colophon of the facsimile volume reads (in English): "Printed in collotype by Kunstanstalt Max Jaffe in Vienna and published in 600 numbered copies as the first publication of the L. A. Mayer Library for Beth David Solomons by Tarshish Books Jerusalem, 1965." This is copy no. 333 in the series.
The Birds' Head Haggadah is the earliest illuminated German Haggadah known to have survived as a separate codex, independent of the prayer book. It is distinguished by its extraordinarily unique illustrations of human figures with birds' heads – a most peculiar innovation likely devised by the illustrator as a means of abiding by the biblical prohibition against rendering a graven image: "Thou shalt not make for thyself any graven image, nor any manner of likeness…" (Exodus 20:4). Most of the figures are depicted wearing the so-called "Jewish Hat" (German: "Judenhut, ") the conical head covering Jews in Germany were legally required to wear. The illustrations present various biblical scenes alongside depictions of holiday customs and envisionings of the Redemption.
Volume I: [48] ff., [1] colophon leaf. Volume II: 126 pp., [1] f., [31] plates (numbered 129-159), 28 cm. Top edges gilt. Both volumes with vellum spine, gilt. In original matching card slipcases. Good condition. Minor blemishes to bindings and slipcases. Bookplate (Hebrew) to facsimile volume.
