"Zion, Mantschrift für die nationalen Interessen des Jüdischen Volkes". [Zion – Monthly Magazine for Jewish National Issues, edited by Heinrich Lowe. Berlin, 1895.
11 consecutive issues from the first year (February through October 1895) bound together. At the volume's end, there is a printout attached to Issue 2 – " Die Jüdischen Ackerbaukolonien in Palästina und ihre Geschichte" [Jewish Farming in Palestine Settlements, and Its History], essay by Willy Bamboos. Early patriotic journal, including essays on the Jewish question and on settlement in Palestine, Zionism and information about the Land of Israel. Every issue is in an original blue paper jacket.
Prof. Heinrich Lowe (185-1951) was one of the fathers of the Zionist movement in Germany. Reporter, publicist, linguist, thinker and Jewish-German librarian, one of the leaders of the Zionist movement. Pioneer and founder of librarianship in Israel.
340; 19 pages, 22 cm. Fair condition. Cover-title-page of the first issue is missing. Detached leaves, torn edges. Damaged and worn binding.