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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 30:
The Flying Camel – Humorous Haggadah for the Levant Fair – Tel-Aviv, 1932
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Sold for: $850
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The Flying Camel – Humorous Haggadah for the Levant Fair – Tel-Aviv, 1932
"The Flying Camel – Passover Haggadah for the Levant Fair and Exhibition… newspaper written in prose and poetry, humor and satire, edited by the merchants of Lod, with the participation of Binyamin Kaspi and Daniel Persky". Tel-Aviv: Satirikon, Nissan 1932. Hebrew.
Humorous, non-traditional Passover Haggadah, published for the first Levant Fair. It features poems and humorous passages dealing with the Levant Fair, the condition of the Yishuv, national and worldwide politics, society and culture.
In the Haggadah: the story of the four sons, "one – buys everything, one – hurries to become rich, one – is a simple tourist, and one – does not know the national anthem" (the passage begins with the words "Blessed be He who gave an exhibition to the Jewish people"); the song "Dayenu", enumerating the "virtues of the spring enterprises"; and more. Title page with text titled "Seder Haggadah shel Pesach".
The booklet also contains advertisements (some in rhyme) and several illustrations.
12 pp., 32 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Fold lines. Notations in colored pencil to several leaves. Small tears to edges of some leaves. Tears (some open) to cover.
