Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections

"The Prophet Elijah" – Illustrations by Meir Gur Aryeh – Children's Book Published by "HaGina" – Jerusalem, 1925

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Sold for: $525
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Eliyahu HaNavi ["The Prophet Elijah"], by Yehiel Heilperin, illustrated by M. Gur–Aryeh, music (musical score) by Yoel Engel. Jerusalem: "HaGina" Publishing House, 1925. Hebrew.
Poem in rhyme, for children, expressing "the Zionist Dream, in its entirety" (Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations, " p. 148), told as a fantasy seen through the eyes of a child living in the Diaspora, portrayed in the illustrations as a Yemenite boy: he embarks aboard a ship arriving at the port city of Haifa, where he encounters the Prophet Elijah, and studys Torah in the company of angel, in a cave in the slopes of Mt. Carmel. Illustrations by Meir Gur Aryeh.
Fourth book (of five) in the series titled "Sipurim–Ziyurim LeTinokot"; printed by "Graphica by Bezalel." At the end of the book is a printed dedication addressed to Boris Schatz.


[14] pp. (including cover), approx. 28X20 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Small marginal Tears and open tears to cover and few leaves (without damage to text of illustrations). Bound with string, threaded through filing holes.


For information on Yehiel Heilperin and "HaGina" Publishing House, see Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations, " 2005, pp. 143–53.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, B.2336.

Illustrated Books, Avantgarde Books, Children's Books
Illustrated Books, Avantgarde Books, Children's Books