RARE volume published parallel to the Israel Museum`s exhibition of early Bezalel artwork and documents. The main volume features articles on Bezalel founder Boris Schatz, the history of Bezalel, the persons active in its early days, and the problem of evaluation of their work. The book contains numerous color and b&w photographs and reproductions of works from that period, many of which were not published prior to this book. Also included are chronological tables and a reproduced student`s handbook. 245x220mm. 392 pages. Brown cloth gilt Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. Jacket slightly dirty. Jacket edges and corners wrinkled. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition.