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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LOT 28:
Three Booklets with Maps of Tel Aviv – "The Sheinfeld Map", the First Map of Tel Aviv – 1920s and 1930s
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Three Booklets with Maps of Tel Aviv – "The Sheinfeld Map", the First Map of Tel Aviv – 1920s and 1930s
Three booklets with maps of Tel Aviv:
1-2. "Tel-Aviv and Surroundings, " two booklets with the map of Tel Aviv prepared by architect Leo Sheinfeld – the "Sheinfeld Map" – which is considered to be the first map of the city after it became an autonomous municipality (with township status). Tel Aviv: Ittin-Shoshani, 1924 (maps dated 1923/1924.) Hebrew, Yiddish, German and English.
In the early 1920s, the British authorities ordered the separation of Tel Aviv from Jaffa, and Tel Aviv was granted autonomous municipal jurisdiction (township status). The boundary line between Tel Aviv and Jaffa crossed from Shlush st. to the beach, and so, Neve Tzedek, Ohel Moshe, Achva, Machane-Yehuda, Machaneh-Yosef, and additional neighborhoods, were annexed to Tel Aviv. The boundaries of the municipal jurisdiction of Tel Aviv were finalized in 1923.
The present booklets feature two different versions of the Sheinfeld map (prepared at the request of the city's engineer, Yehuda Magidovitch); the maps mark the neighborhoods, lots and streets within the municipal boundaries of Tel Aviv. The maps (folding plates) slightly differ from one another in color, design, and marked boundaries of several lots. One map is dated 1923, and the other 1924. The booklets include short essays on the city's history, a review of local businesses and pictures of important buildings.
Booklet I: 16, 8 pp. (text in Hebrew, Yiddish and English) + folding map.
Booklet II: 10, 14 pp. (text in Hebrew, German and English) + folding map.
Booklets: 24 cm. Maps: 65X40 cm. Maps in overall good condition – creases and some stains to one of the maps; marginal tear to both maps. Booklets in fair-good condition: stains, including dampstains. Tears to covers and edges of several leaves. Detached cover and leaves in booklet II. Spine of booklet I reinforced with paper. Pen inscriptions, inked stamps and stickers.
3. "Special addition to Yoman Kol Tel Aviv". Tel Aviv: HaTechiyah, [1935]. Hebrew.
An addition to "Yoman Kol Tel Aviv" (Tel Aviv directory), printed on the event of the second Maccabiah. The booklet includes a schematic folding map of the city, rich information about the Maccabiah and various advertisements.
13, [3] pp. + folding map. Booklet: 16.5 cm; map: 46X16.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Inked stamps on cover. Some leaves unopened.
