Auction 21 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Writings by Haim Nachman Bialik in Four Numbered and Signed Volumes - Elaborate Parchment Bindings

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Writings by Haim Nachman Bialik and a selection of his translations. Berlin: Chovevei HaShira Ha'Ivrit, 1923.
Writings by Haim Nachman Bialik in an elaborate edition, parchment bindings of good quality with gold decorations and golden upper leaf-cuttings. Each of the volumes is signed at the end by Haim Nachman Bialik and by the artist Yosef Budko, and numbered: 28.
Volume 1 - poems; Volume 2 - Stories and literature; Volume 3 - translation of Don Quixote; Volume 4 - translation of Wilhelm Tell.
"3,200 copies of this book were printed the book's decorations and illustrations done by Yosef Budko in Berlin the first 200 copies were printed on very heavy paper, and the wood-cuts are from the artist's originals, all marked according to order in letters from Aleph to Resh, signed by the author and the artist, bound in parchment and not for sale on the market ". Volumes 25.5 cm. Very good condition. Minor damages to edges of bindings and minor stains.
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