Theodor Herzl. Het Land Der Droomen (Alt-Neuland).

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 285

(ZIONISM).

Theodor Herzl. Het Land Der Droomen (Alt-Neuland).

<<FIRST DUTCH EDITION.>> Translated and with an introduction by R. J. Spitz. Frontispiece portrait of Herzl. pp. viii, 250, (2). Brittle. Original pictorial boards, some wear. 8vo.

Apeldoorn, (Netherlands): De Zonnenbloem (1919)

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

Highly scarce edition. Just one copy located in America, at the Widener Library of Harvard University, which lacks the frontispiece portrait. Alt-Neuland is Herzl’s Utopian novel in which he envisioned the social and cultural climate of a new Hebrew Nation. The motto of the book became the watchword of the entire Zionist Movement: “If you will it, it is no dream.”