Auction 87 Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture - Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
By Kedem
Jul 19, 2022
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel

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 23:

"The Soil- and Fertilization Conditions in Palestine" – Agricultural Guidebook by Templer Agronomist Fritz Keller – ...

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"The Soil- and Fertilization Conditions in Palestine" – Agricultural Guidebook by Templer Agronomist Fritz Keller – Jerusalem, 1911 – Rare
Die Boden- und Düngungsverhältnisse in Palästina [The Soil- and Fertilization Conditions in Palestine], by Fritz Keller. Jerusalem: Druck des syrischen Waisenhauses (the Syrian Orphanage), 1911. German.
Agricultural guidebook concerning the soil conditions and fertilization requirements in Palestine, by the agronomist Fritz Keller – a member of the German Templer Society, and the founder of an agricultural school in the Templer colony Wilhelma. Through the school, as well as through this guidebook, Keller aspired to introduce modern, scientifically based, agricultural methods, and thus strengthen the local industry and the Christian settlement project in Palestine.
17 pp., 18 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Minor creases. Several minor tears to edges (open tear to edge of first leaf). First and last page partially stuck to cover. Tear along spine. Piece of paper pasted to upper spine. Ex-library copy – inked stamps to front cover and several leaves, sticker to cover, pen notations to inner front cover and first page.
Rare. Not in NLI; One copy in OCLC.