Lot 203
Sh'tilim – Illustrated Journal for Children – Moscow, 1917 – First Year – El Lissitzky
Sh'tilim, illustrated journal for youth and children. Editor: M. Ben- Eliezer, publisher: M. Zlatopolsky. Moscow: "Omanut Hadfus" (Russian), July- December 1917. First year issues volume.
9 issues of "Sh'tilim", an illustrated journal for children edited by the journalist Moshe Ben-Eliezer: issues 1-5, 6-7 (double issue), 8-9 (double issue), 10,11-12 (double issue). Hebrew.
"Sh'tilim" was the first publication by "Omanut" which was just founded in Moscow (when Shoshana Persitz acquired the printing house "Omanut Hadfus"). Moshe Zlatopolsky, son of the philanthropist Hillel Zlatopolsky, initiated the publication of the journal.
The journal was published in Moscow irregularly in the course of less than a year. Works by leading writers and poets appeared in the journal, such as: H.N.Bialik, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Ya'akov Fichman, Eliezer Steinman, and others. The journal presented also tales and translations from around the world, as well as news from Eretz Israel and other parts of the world.
Fine illustrations accompany the journal's issues. In issue no. 6-7 appear illustrations by Eliezer Lissitzky for the story "Shlomo HaMelech" by H.N. Bialik. These are the only illustrations by Lissitzky for a text originally written in Hebrew. (See: Tradition and Revolution, The Jewish Renaissance in Russian Avant-Garde Art 1912-1928, item no. 77). 9 issues bound together in a new cover. Volume 25 cm. Good condition. Tears at leaves' edges. Small moth-holes in some of the issues. Ink stamps and inscriptions in pen on first page. Covers of issues are missing.
