Auction 41 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art
Lefi HaTaf – Hebrew Study Book – David Yellin, 1900
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Lefi HaTaf, book for teaching Jewish children how to speak Hebrew with no assistance of translations. Teacher's book. Author: D. Yellin, Jerusalem. Warsaw: "Tushiya", 1900. Parts A and B bound together. 1st edition.
Part B includes "Special picture plates" – eleven plates (some folding) with illustrations by Gabriel Tchorney: school stationary, dormitory, dining room, wheat, flour and bread, the tree, synagogue, apartment and cooking utensils, the horse, cow, animals. (Plate 5 is missing).
[2], XXVI, [3]-86; 184 pp, [12] picture-plates, 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Fragile and dry paper. Ink stamps. Detached or partly detached leaves. Minor tears.
Part B includes "Special picture plates" – eleven plates (some folding) with illustrations by Gabriel Tchorney: school stationary, dormitory, dining room, wheat, flour and bread, the tree, synagogue, apartment and cooking utensils, the horse, cow, animals. (Plate 5 is missing).
[2], XXVI, [3]-86; 184 pp, [12] picture-plates, 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Fragile and dry paper. Ink stamps. Detached or partly detached leaves. Minor tears.