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HaGeto HaChadash (Das Neue Ghetto)

Auction 42 · Lot 160

HaGeto HaChadash (Das Neue Ghetto)

Estimate
$400–$600
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

HERZL, THEODOR

printer

Schuldberg & Partner

Place

Warsaw

Publication

1898

Description

FIRST HEBREW EDITION. A play in four acts translated from German to Hebrew by R[euben] Brainin

summary

In addition to his Zionist activities, Herzl was a noted playwright. He wrote some dozen plays, most of which dealt with social questions of the time. Hebrew and Yiddish writer Reuben Brainin (1862-1939), received a traditional Jewish education in his birthplace of Liadi (Belarus). In 1909, Brainin settled in New York. See EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 1291-2
p. 63. Lightly browned. Contemporary cloth, faded. 8vo
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