Auction 84 · Lot 126
Chavatzelet.
- Estimate
- $50–$70
- Hammer price
- $220
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ZIONISM)
Place
Jerusalem
Publication
1874
Description
Volume Four. 44 issues (of 46) spanning the year 5634, all bound into one volume.
summary
Chavatzelet was a Zionist newspaper printed in Jerusalem, which ran from the latter half of the 19th into the early 20th century. The present issues come from the fourth year of Israel Dov Frumkin’s editorship. Under Frumkin, the paper was published weekly, and focused on local issues in Jerusalem, especially community tensions and the need for adequate secular education; he also added a literary supplement. For a time, Chavatzelet was the primary source of news in Palestine.
The first editor of Chavatzelet was Israel Bak, who issued the first Hebrew book to be printed in Jerusalem.
pp. 262, 279-358 (two issues missing amounting to pp. 17). Brittle, few leaves lose. Contemporary boards, distressed. Sm. folio.
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