Herzl, Theodor. Der Judenstaat

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ZIONISM).

printer

M. Breitenstein

Place

Leipzig & Vienna

Publication

1896

Description

Second German edition (Words “Zweite Auflage” on title obscured). Stamp on title of Dr. Joseph Chazanowicz

summary

Printed in the same year as the first edition, by the original publisher Doctor Joseph Chasanowich (1844-1919) was in a very real sense the founder of the Jewish National Library in Jerusalem. His collection of 63,000 books, some 20,000 in Hebrew, formed the nucleus of the National Library. The bibliophile doctor was a resident of Bialystock and member of Chovevei Zion. Chazowich eventually became a fervent admirer of Theodor Herzl. See EJ, Vol. V, col. 362

pp. 86. Light stains and marginal worming. Recent boards. Lg.8vo.

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