Lot 282
Writings of Chaim Nachman Bialik in Four Signed Volumes - Fancy Parchment Bindings
Writings of Chaim Nachman Bialik and a selection of his translations. Berlin: Chovevei HaShira Ha'Ivrit, 1923.
Writings of Chaim Nachman Bialik in a fancy edition, high-quality leather bindings decorated with gold, with golden upper leaf-cuttings. Each of the volumes is signed at the end by Chaim Nachman Bialik and by the artist Yosef Bodko.
Volume 1 - poems; Volume 2 - Stories and literature; Volume 3 - translation of Don Quixote; Volume 4 - translation of William Tell.
"3,200 copies of this book were printedג€¦ the book's decorations and illustrationsג€¦ done by Yosef Bodko in Berlinג€¦ the first 200 copies were printed on very heavy paper, and the wood-cuttings are from the artist's original cuttings, all marked according to order in letters from aleph to resh, signed by the author and the artist, bound in parchment and not for sale on the marketג€¦". Volumes 25.5 cm. Very good condition.
