Kitvei Chaim Nachman Bialik V’Mivchar Tirgumav . Published by Chovevei HaShirah HaIvrit, Berlin, 1923. Each volume is signed Ch. N. Bialik and Yosef Budko.
Magnificent bibliophilic edition of Kitvei Chaim Nachman Bialik . Embossed parchment bindings, gilt upper page cuts. Printed on the last leaf of each volume: “This book was printed in 3200 copies … book decorations and illustrations … done by Yosef Budko in Berlin … the first 200 copies were printed on extremely heavy paper, and the woodcuts were produced from the artist’s original block. They are all marked in order with the letters א through ר , signed by the author and the artist, bound in parchment and not for sale on the open market …” Signatures of the author and the artist on the colophon leaves.
Book I – poems. Book II – stories and literary material. Book III – abbreviated translation of Don Quixote Man of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Book IV – translation of William Tell by Friedrich Schiller.
[4] volumes, 24.5 cm. Owner’s stamps: “Shilo Rephael.”
Very fine condition. Important work in wonderful condition.