Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture

Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more

Three Booklets with Maps of Tel Aviv – "The Sheinfeld Map", the First Map of Tel Aviv – 1920s and 1930s

Opening: $150
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium

Three booklets with maps of Tel Aviv:
1-2. "Tel-Aviv and Surroundings, " two booklets with the map of Tel Aviv prepared by architect Leo Sheinfeld – the "Sheinfeld Map" – which is considered to be the first map of the city after it became an autonomous municipality (with township status). Tel Aviv: Ittin-Shoshani, 1924 (maps dated 1923/1924.) Hebrew, Yiddish, German and English.
In the early 1920s, the British authorities ordered the separation of Tel Aviv from Jaffa, and Tel Aviv was granted autonomous municipal jurisdiction (township status). The boundary line between Tel Aviv and Jaffa crossed from Shlush st. to the beach, and so, Neve Tzedek, Ohel Moshe, Achva, Machane-Yehuda, Machaneh-Yosef, and additional neighborhoods, were annexed to Tel Aviv. The boundaries of the municipal jurisdiction of Tel Aviv were finalized in 1923.
The present booklets feature two different versions of the Sheinfeld map (prepared at the request of the city's engineer, Yehuda Magidovitch); the maps mark the neighborhoods, lots and streets within the municipal boundaries of Tel Aviv. The maps (folding plates) slightly differ from one another in color, design, and marked boundaries of several lots. One map is dated 1923, and the other 1924. The booklets include short essays on the city's history, a review of local businesses and pictures of important buildings.
Booklet I: 16, 8 pp. (text in Hebrew, Yiddish and English) + folding map.
Booklet II: 10, 14 pp. (text in Hebrew, German and English) + folding map.

Booklets: 24 cm. Maps: 65X40 cm. Maps in overall good condition – creases and some stains to one of the maps; marginal tear to both maps. Booklets in fair-good condition: stains, including dampstains. Tears to covers and edges of several leaves. Detached cover and leaves in booklet II. Spine of booklet I reinforced with paper. Pen inscriptions, inked stamps and stickers.
3. "Special addition to Yoman Kol Tel Aviv". Tel Aviv: HaTechiyah, [1935]. Hebrew.
An addition to "Yoman Kol Tel Aviv" (Tel Aviv directory), printed on the event of the second Maccabiah. The booklet includes a schematic folding map of the city, rich information about the Maccabiah and various advertisements.
13, [3] pp. + folding map. Booklet: 16.5 cm; map: 46X16.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Inked stamps on cover. Some leaves unopened.

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