Palestine and Roumania, A description of the Holy Land, and the Past and Present State of Roumania, and the Roumanian Jews, by rabbi Haim Zvi Sneersohn. New-York: Hebrew Orphan Asylum Printing Establishment, 1872. English.
"Palestine and Roumania", by R' Haim Zvi Sneersohn (1834-1882), emissary, Chasid Chabad, of the old Yishuv in Eretz Israel and a messenger of Zionism. The composition consists of a compilation of essays and speeches delivered by Sneersohn to senior figures in the United States, concerning Eretz Israel (history of the country and present state of its inhabitants) and about Romanian Jewry. Sneersohn developed in this book his idea to establish a free independent Jewish state in Eretz Israel and called for improving the state of Romanian Jews.
For additional information about Sneersohn see: "Rabbi Haim Zvi Sneersohn, of the predictors of the State of Israel" by Dr. Israel Klausner. Harav Kook Institute publishing, Jerusalem 1973. Facing the title page - portrait of the author in an oriental garment. [1], XVI, 17-168 pp, 18 cm. Good condition. Binding slightly damaged, detached. Detached leaves. Minor damages.
Singerman 2362.