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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
"Dos Kelbl" by Mendele Mocher Sforim – Kiev, 1919 – Illustrations by Joseph Tchaikov
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,000
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Dos Kelbl [The Calf], by Mendele Mocher Sforim. Kiev: Kiyever Farlag, [1919]. Yiddish. Illustrations by Joseph Tchaikov.
A chapter from "Seyfer Habeheymes" (The Book of Beasts), "Dos tosfos yom tov kelbl" (The Tosfos Yom Tov's calf), by Mendele Mocher Sforim, with seven in-text illustrations by Joseph Tchaikov. Title and cover illustration also by Tchaikov.
The logo of the Kiyever Farlag publishing house which appears on the first page and on the back cover was designed by El Lissitzky.
16 pp, approx. 28.5X22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Unopened pages. Stains. Small tears to edges of leaves. Restored tears to left edge of all leaves. Minor creases. Vertical fold line to all leaves. Blemishes to cover (repairs to spine and edges).
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
A chapter from "Seyfer Habeheymes" (The Book of Beasts), "Dos tosfos yom tov kelbl" (The Tosfos Yom Tov's calf), by Mendele Mocher Sforim, with seven in-text illustrations by Joseph Tchaikov. Title and cover illustration also by Tchaikov.
The logo of the Kiyever Farlag publishing house which appears on the first page and on the back cover was designed by El Lissitzky.
16 pp, approx. 28.5X22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Unopened pages. Stains. Small tears to edges of leaves. Restored tears to left edge of all leaves. Minor creases. Vertical fold line to all leaves. Blemishes to cover (repairs to spine and edges).
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Literature and Poetry, Yiddish, Avant-garde
Literature and Poetry, Yiddish, Avant-garde