Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

"Five Blind Men" – Illustrated Children's Book – "Omanut" Publishers, 1922

Opening: $200
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium

Hamishah Ivrim ["Five Blind Men"]. Frankfurt am Main – Moscow – Odessa: Omanut, Sifria Gamliel, [ca. 1922]. Hebrew.


Indian folk parable, adapted by Leo Tolstoy; unknown Hebrew translator. 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).


[10] pp. (including cover), 28.5X22.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains (primarily to edges of cover). Minor creases to corners. Small open tear to corner of back cover.

Children's Books
Children's Books