[Palästina Wirtschaftsatlas (Economic Atlas of Palestine), by Davis (David) Trietsch. Berlin: Orient, 1926]. German.
Twenty-nine (of thirty) color plates (three of them folding), with a variety of sketches, graphs and maps containing much information about Palestine and the Jewish people (historical borderlines of Palestine, concentrations of population, population density and growth, employment, immigration, industry, import and export, and more).
Davis (David) Trietsch (1870-1935), editor, writer and Zionist activist, born in Germany, was a member of the Zionist General Council and a member of the democratic faction in the World Zionist Organization (an oppositional faction in the Zionist Organization which introduced an alternative to Herzl's ideas). He dedicated a considerable part of his time to the question of Jewish settlement and suggested to settle Jews in Cyprus as an alternative to the Uganda Scheme. He also translated and published poetry and prose, edited the journals Ost und West and Palästina, authored the annual Palästina Handbuch and was one of the founders of the Jüdischer Verlag publishing house.
Enclosed is a table of contents leaf from the "Atlas of the Jewish World" (Atlas der Jüdischen Welt) – another atlas published by Trietsch in Berlin in 1926 which featured several plates that were also featured in the Economic Atlas of Palestine.
[29] loose plates, approx. 38X25 cm. to 75X25 cm. Missing: table of contents (enclosed is a table of contents leaf from the "Atlas of the Jewish World"), map of Palestine (folding) and the original portfolio. Good condition. Some minor stains to margins of several plates. Creases and minor blemishes to corners. Tears, stains and minor creases to the table of contents leaf of the "Atlas of the Jewish World".