HaZamir ["The Nightingale"], a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrations by A. [Georgy Ivanovich] Narbut. Frankfurt am Main – Moscow – Odessa: Omanut, Sifria Gamliel, [ca. 1922]. Hebrew.
Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen telling the story of a Chinese emperor who falls in love with the song of the nightingale, and the calamity that ensues when he exchanges the song of the live nightingale for that of a "toy, a work of art – a small nightingale, fashioned by a skilled craftsman and made to appear just like a live nightingale." Color illustrations by Georgy Ivanovich Narbut.
This book was published as part of the "Gamliel" series produced by the "Omanut" publishing house. The books in the series were described as "the first Hebrew books intended for kindergarten children, and they included large colorful pictures the likes of which had not appeared until then in any Hebrew book. All the books in this series were printed using lithographic print, most in a beautiful large format, and the visual aspect in them was perhaps more important than the literary content" (Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations", 2005, p. 90; Hebrew).
[12] pp. (including cover), 26.5 cm. Good condition. Minor browning to edges of cover and leaves. Minor creases. Minor tears to edges of cover and edges of several leaves. Tears to length of spine. Cover almost entirely detached.