Lot 23
Three Hebrew Maps of Palestine – Early 1920s
"Eretz Israel" by Yehuda Grazovsky, with a Hebrew map of Palestine, and two additional Hebrew maps of the country. Warsaw, Jerusalem and New York, 1903-1918.
1. "Eretz Israel, textbook on the geography of Eretz Israel", by Yehuda Grazovsky. Warsaw: Tushiyah, 1903. With a color map of Palestine (folding) at end; lithograph. Hebrew. Book: 43 pp. Stains. Open tear to final pages. Damage to binding. Map (open): 25.5X19 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to verso). Some marginal tears (one tear slightly affecting map). 2. "Palestine and Syria", color map. Jerusalem: A.L. Monsohn, [1911]. Originally printed in: HaMeir, a popular science monthly devoted to Eretz Israel and its settlement, edited by Israel Belkind (year I, booklet 3). 45X39 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines and creases. Several tears, slightly affecting map. Long tear (approx. 15 cm) to one fold line. 3. "Palestine, after the Hebrew map by E. Sapir – E. Krauze, with additions and emendations"; color map. New York: Poale Zion Palestine Committee, [1918]. Hebrew and Yiddish. Originally printed in David Ben-Gurion and Yitzchak Ben Tzvi's book, "Eretz Israel in the Past and Present" (New York, 1918; Yiddish). With small inset map of Palestine at top, depicting the tribal territories. 66.5X45.5 cm. Fold lines. Good condition. Minor wear and minor tears to margins and fold lines (slightly affecting map).
