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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Stenographisches Protokoll der Verhandlungen des III. Zionisten-Congresses. Protocol of the second Zionist ...
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Stenographisches Protokoll der Verhandlungen des III. Zionisten-Congresses. Protocol of the second Zionist Congress. Vienna, 1899.
Oficial protocols of the first, second and third Zionist congresses (bound together). Vienna: Eretz Israel, 1898-1899. German. First editions.
1. [Zionisten-Congress in Basel (29. 30. 31 August 1897)].
Protocol of the first Zionist Congress. [Vienna, 1898].
First edition. Includes an appendix omitted from the following edition, with a list of persons who had sent greetings to the congress.
200 pp. Missing title page.
2. Stenographisches Protokoll der Verhandlungen des II. Zionisten-Congresses.
Protocol of the second Zionist Congress. Vienna, 1898.
257, [1] pp.
3. Stenographisches Protokoll der Verhandlungen des III. Zionisten-Congresses.
Protocol of the third Zionist Congress. Vienna, 1899.
262 pp.
Three books bound together. Approx. 22 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Minor tears to some leaves. Small pieces of tape to some leaves. Cloth covered boards; gilt title on spine ("Zionisten. Congresse Praeside Herzl"). Blemishes and minor stains to binding.
