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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Animals in the Bible – A Comprehensive Study by Samuel Buchart, London, 1663 – First Edition
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Animals in the Bible – A Comprehensive Study by Samuel Buchart, London, 1663 – First Edition
Hierozoicon, Sive bipertitum opus de animalibus sacrae scripturae, by Samuel Buchart. London: Excudebat Tho. Roycroft... impensis Jo. Martyn et Jac. Allestry, 1663. Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Two parts in one volume.
French scholar and priest Samuel Buchart's (1599-1667) notable work, in which he attempts to identify biblical animals based on a variety of ancient sources: The Holy Scriptures, Near Eastern literature and Greek and Latin sources. First edition, with four illustrations of animals (in-text illustrations) and the author's portrait.
Part I: [48] ff., 1094 columns, [64] pp. + [1] plate (author's portrait); Part II: [4] ff. (bound out of order, at the end of the book), 888 columns, [56] pp. Approx. 37 cm. Good-fair condition. Embossed stamp on title page of part I. Stains, creases and worming (mostly minor, without damage to text). Some leaves partly detached, with marginal tears. Fine vellum binding, blemished and worn, detached (along with flyleaves). Spine missing.
