Lot 205
"Wedding in the Forest" – Children's Book Illustrated by Else Wenz-Viëtor – Berlin-Vienna, 1920s
Hatunah BaYa'ar ["Wedding in the Forest"], illustrations by Else Wenz-Viëtor, rhymes by Yaʻakov David Kamson. Berlin-Vienna: Menorah Hebrew Publishing House [ca. 1923].
Hebrew translation of a story (originally in German) by Adolf Holst, telling of a wedding of dwarfs and small animals in the forest, illustrated by the German artist Else Wenz-Viëtor (1882-1973).
This booklet appeared as part of the "Lema'an HaTinokot" series published by Menorah.
Accordion-folded sheet – [14] pp., approx. 12X145 cm. Good condition. Tear at joint connecting leaves to front board. Binding worn, with minor cracks and abrasions.
See:
• Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations: The illustrated Hebrew book for children in the international era, 1900-1925," Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2005, Hebrew, pp. 118-21, and photo on p. 117.
• Uriel Ofek, "Yaʻakov David Kamson" in: "Literature for Children and Youth – Periodical, " January 1981, Hebrew, pp. 51-52.
