Yerushalayim HaBenuyah: Chalom BeHakitz, Sefer Rishon [The Rebuilt Jerusalem: A Waking Dream, Book One].

Estimate: $70–$100
Hammer price: $40

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author

SCHATZ, BORIS

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1924

Description

FIRST EDITION. Image of Boris Schatz and the Biblical Bezalel on the rooftop of the Bezalel School on front cover.

summary

Boris Schatz (1866-1932) was the founder of the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem, and is considered the father of Israeli art. Yerushalayim HeBenuyah is a utopian novel in which Schatz and the eponymous Bezalel ben Uri explore and discuss the “rebuilt Jerusalem” of the future - of the year 2018. In their vision, the Land of Israel is a technologically advanced, socialist, and egalitarian state; with of course, the Fine Arts playing a central role in society.

pp. 190, (4). Browned. Original pictorial boards, faded, spine distressed. Sm. 4to.

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