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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Apparatus Biblicus, by Bernard Lamy – London, 1723 – Maps of Palestine and Jerusalem, Plan of the Temple, and Other Engravings – First English Edition
Apparatus Biblicus, or, an introduction to the Holy Scriptures, by Bernard Lamy. English translation by Richard Bundy. London: S. Palmer, 1723. English.
A copy of the first English edition of "Apparatus Biblicus" by the French theologian and mathematician Bernard Lamy (1640-1715). The book, first published in Latin in 1696, is concerned with the history of the Jewish people and the Land of Israel, with Biblical history, with the flora and fauna mentioned in the scriptures, and more.
Illustrated with 30 engraved plates (9 of which are folded), including: Map of the world, map of the Holy Land, a map of Jerusalem, a detailed plan of the Temple in Jerusalem, illustrations of the Temple and the sacred relics, the High Priest in his sacred vestments, a Jew with Tefillin, tables of Hebrew weights and measurements, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babylon, and the Sanhedrin. Several of the engraved plates depict animals and plants mentioned in the Bible – mandrakes, a whale, a camel, a rhinoceros, a lion, and more.
XXVIII, 540 pp. + 30 engraved plates, approx. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to some of the folded plates (to margins and along fold lines), mostly minor. Long tear to one engraved plate. One plate bound upside down. Repaired tears to frontispiece. New binding, with parts of the original binding (damaged) laid down.
