Album with approx. 60 postcards handwritten and signed by Leo Motzkin, sent to his fiancée Paula (Paulina) Rosenblum during the years 1898 and 1899. Various locations in the Middle East and Europe, 1898-1899 (several later postcards). Including color souvenir postcards from Palestine published by Heinrich Lowe, Boulos Meo, L. Schoenecke and others. Russian. After the first Zionist congress, Motzkin was sent by the Zionist Federation and Theodor Herzl to Palestine, to write a detailed report on the state of the country, its Jewish residents, the colonies of the Baron and the Hebrew language. Upon his return, he presented his conclusions to the second Zionist congress. Thirty-eight postcards (souvenir postcards with color illustrations and photographs; numbered by hand) were sent by Motzkin to his fiancée Paula during the months May-August 1898, during his expedition to Palestine. The postcards were sent from Alexandria, Port Said, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Tiberias and elsewhere; the last of these was sent on from the Trieste Port on August 17 (postcard with a folding panoramic picture of the port). Approx. 20 postcards were sent during various trips throughout Europe in 1898-1899 – sent from Berlin, Wittenberg, Prague, Toruń and elsewhere. These include a series of postcards with portraits of famous composers, on which Motzkin wrote short notes about their work. Postcards: approx. 14X9 cm. (panoramic postcard: 42 cm.). Condition varies. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Some postcards with tears to edges. Album: approx. 17.5 cm. Minor blemishes to leaves, mainly to slits and edges. Wear and abrasions to binding. Enclosed: eight unused postcards.