Herzl, Theodor. Der Judenstaat. Versuch einer Modernen Losung der Judenfrage. [“The Jewish State, An Attempt at a Modern Solution to the Jewish Question”]

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
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author

(ZIONISM).

printer

M. Breitenstein

Place

Leipzig & Vienna

Publication

1896

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Printing and the Mind of Man, no.381

summary

FIRST EDITION OF HERZL’S HERALD OF MODERN ZIONISM. Theodor Herzl founded political Zionism in this slim tract. An epochal call for the establishment of a Jewish State as a National Home for the Jewish People. “Herzl’s Der Judenstaat has remained the single most important manifesto of modern Zionism and is one of the most important books in the history of the Jewish People.” See Michael Heymann, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana-Treasures of Jewish Booklore (1994) no. 46, pp.102-3 (illustrated)

pp. 86. Marginal repairs to title and few other leaves, lightly browned, lacking original wrappers (as usual). Recent boards. Lg. 8vo

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