The Palestine Information Bureau of Vienna. Kleiner Reiseführer durch Palästina für Jüdische Touristen. [“A Little Guidebook for the Jewish Traveler in Palestine.”]

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

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Lot 219
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

The Palestine Information Bureau of Vienna. Kleiner Reiseführer durch Palästina für Jüdische Touristen. [“A Little Guidebook for the Jewish Traveler in Palestine.”]

German text. With index of locations. Fold-out map at end. pp. (4), 44 (1). Ex-library. Original printed wrappers.

Vienna: Self-published 1911

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $900
This charming guidebook contains all the information a Jewish tourist to the Holy Land would need, from transportation logistics both from Europe and within Palestine, to information on the various holy sites. Includes charts detailing the products of new Jewish settlements, as well as documenting Jewish immigration by year, divided into ethnic categories: Sephardim, Old Ashkenazim, New Ashkenazim, Asian, African, Bucharia, Yemen, the Caucaus and Morocco.