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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LOT 6:
Leaflet Published by the English Zionist Federation – With Text of the Balfour Declaration, in Yiddish and Hebrew – ...
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Leaflet Published by the English Zionist Federation – With Text of the Balfour Declaration, in Yiddish and Hebrew – London, 1917
"The Land of Israel for the People of Israel" / "Tsum Iddishen Folk!", leaflet published by the English Zionist Federation for a Zionist convention in London, held on December 2, 1917. [London]: Goroditzky Press, 1917. Yiddish and Hebrew.
Four-page leaflet printed by the English Zionist Federation for a Zionist convention held in London in December 1917, one month after the Balfour Declaration was issued. Printed on the first page is the text of the Balfour Declaration, in Yiddish and Hebrew. Printed further on is a public appeal by the English Zionist Federation titled "Tsum Iddishen Folk!" [To the Jewish People!], signed in print by Chaim Weizmann and Nahum Sokolow.
[2] ff. (four printed pages), loose. 26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines, creases and minor blemishes. Stains, some dark. Tears (some open), repaired with acid-free tape.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
