Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
"The Soil- and Fertilization Conditions in Palestine" – Agricultural Guidebook by Templer Agronomist Fritz Keller – Jerusalem, 1911 – Rare
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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Die Boden- und Düngungsverhältnisse in Palästina [The Soil- and Fertilization Conditions in Palestine], by Fritz Keller. Jerusalem: Druck des syrischen Waisenhauses (the Syrian Orphanage), 1911. German.
Agricultural guidebook concerning the soil conditions and fertilization requirements in Palestine, by the agronomist Fritz Keller – a member of the German Templer Society, and the founder of an agricultural school in the Templer colony Wilhelma. Through the school, as well as through this guidebook, Keller aspired to introduce modern, scientifically based, agricultural methods, and thus strengthen the local industry and the Christian settlement project in Palestine.
17 pp., 18 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Minor creases. Several minor tears to edges (open tear to edge of first leaf). First and last page partially stuck to cover. Tear along spine. Piece of paper pasted to upper spine. Ex-library copy – inked stamps to front cover and several leaves, sticker to cover, pen notations to inner front cover and first page.
Rare. Not in NLI; One copy in OCLC.
Agricultural guidebook concerning the soil conditions and fertilization requirements in Palestine, by the agronomist Fritz Keller – a member of the German Templer Society, and the founder of an agricultural school in the Templer colony Wilhelma. Through the school, as well as through this guidebook, Keller aspired to introduce modern, scientifically based, agricultural methods, and thus strengthen the local industry and the Christian settlement project in Palestine.
17 pp., 18 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Minor creases. Several minor tears to edges (open tear to edge of first leaf). First and last page partially stuck to cover. Tear along spine. Piece of paper pasted to upper spine. Ex-library copy – inked stamps to front cover and several leaves, sticker to cover, pen notations to inner front cover and first page.
Rare. Not in NLI; One copy in OCLC.
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