Takanoth ha-magdiroth eth ha-harkavah ve-eth shitath ha-bechiroth shel aseiphas ha-nivcharim li-Kneseth Israel [“The rules govering the make-up and electoral process of the chosen assembly of Kneseth Israel.”]

AUCTION 31 | Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew and Other Printed Books

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Lot 182
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Takanoth ha-magdiroth eth ha-harkavah ve-eth shitath ha-bechiroth shel aseiphas ha-nivcharim li-Kneseth Israel [“The rules govering the make-up and electoral process of the chosen assembly of Kneseth Israel.”]

pp. 7. Wrappers. 4to

Jerusalem: Defus Azriel Adar, 1930

Est: $400 - $600
This booklet bears the signature of Yitzchak Ben-Zvi in the name of the National Committee. Though yet under British mandatory rule, the constituent assembly of Kneseth Yisrael, was in a sense, the forerunner of the future government of the State of Israel, established in 1948. Ben-Zvi (1884-1963) would later serve as the second President of the newly founded State, the successor to Chaim Weizmann