Lot 219
"The Roosters and the Fox" – Illustrated Children's Book – "Omanut" Publishers, 1922
HaTarnegolim VeHaShual ["The Roosters and the Fox"]. Frankfurt am Main – Moscow – Odessa: Omanut, Sifria Gamliel, 1922. Hebrew.
A Fable by Berechiah ha-Nakdan, adapted by Hayim Nahman Bialik. Beautiful color illustrations (lithographs) by "Chavurat Tsayarim, Apter, Mutzelmacher, Kravtsov, Higer" (Ya'akov Apter, Moshe Mutzelmacher, Aharon Kravtsov, and Hayyim [Yefim] Higer).
This book was published as part of the "Gamliel" series produced by the "Omanut" publishing house. The books in the series were described as "the first Hebrew books intended for kindergarten children, and they included large colorful pictures the likes of which had not appeared until then in any Hebrew book. All the books in this series were printed using lithographic print, most in a beautiful large format, and the visual aspect in them was perhaps more important than the literary content" (Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations", 2005, p. 90; Hebrew).
[7] ff. (including cover), approx. 21X28 cm. Good condition. Few stains. Resewn. Left margins slightly trimmed. Minor abrasions close to spine.
