Shlomo Hamelekh (the wise king Solomon and the honey of the bee). Shtilim, children's magazine n°6-7. Moscow, OmanutHaDfus, October 1917. In-4 paperback, illustrated cover, 64 pp.
First edition. Poem in Yiddish by Hayim Bialik, illustrated by El Lissitzky (except for the cover).
First children's magazine illustrated by El Lissitzky.
Hayim Bialik was one of the great defenders of the Yiddish language, he argued that 'the goal of education is determined by the people in accordance with the requirements of their culture'.
A few pages stained, cover and spine restored, bends.
Extremely rare.
Tradition and Revolution. The Jewish Renaissance in Russian Avant-Garde Art, 1912-1928, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987 catalog #77.
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