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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 48:
Four Booklets Published for Jewish Soldiers in WWI – Prayer Books – Germany, France and the USA, 1914-1917
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Four Booklets Published for Jewish Soldiers in WWI – Prayer Books – Germany, France and the USA, 1914-1917
Three abbreviated prayer books for Jewish soldiers serving in different armies during World War I, and one booklet titled "Der Krieg und wir Juden" ["The War and Us Jews", German]. Berlin, Paris and Philadelphia, 1914-1917. Hebrew, German, French and English.
1. Prayer book for Jewish soldiers in the German army: Feldgebetbuch für die jüdischen Mannschaften des Heeres. Berlin: H. Itzkowski, 1914. Hebrew and German.
29, [1], 22 pp., approx. 13.5 cm.
2. Der Krieg und wir Juden [The War and Us Jews], no. 1 of the booklet series Lamm's Jüdische Feldbücherei for Jewish soldiers. Berlin: Louis Lamm, 1915. German.
61 pp., 13.5 cm.
3. Prayer book for Jewish soldiers in the French army: La Tefila du Soldat. Paris: N. L. Danzig, 1915. Hebrew and French. Including a calendar and a prayer for the welfare of France.
62, [10], 36, [4] pp., 15.5 cm.
4. Prayer book for Jewish soldiers in the American army: Abridged prayer book for Jews in the Army and Navy of the United States. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1917. Hebrew and English. Including a calendar, a prayer for the welfare of the government, and the lyrics for the songs "America", "Hail, Columbia" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" (all three were sung as unofficial anthems of the USA until 1931, when the "Star-Spangled Banner" was made the official anthem).
vi, [1], 80, 85 pp., approx. 15 cm.
Condition varies. Some damage. Bindings partly detached, with worming.
