Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Part I

Visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Palestine, 1898 – Collection of Items

Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
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Collection of printed items documenting the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Palestine in 1898. German.
• Das deutsche Keiserpaar in Heiligen Lande im Herbst 1898 [The German Imperial Couple in the Holy Land in Autumn 1898]. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1899. With 76 picture-plates (two plates missing).
• Die Kaiserfahrt durchs Heilige Land [The Imperial Journey through the Holy Land] by Ludwig Schneller. Leipzig: H.G. Wallmann, 1898.
• Pages from the newspaper "Illustrierte Zeitung", from October 1898. (Leipzig and Berlin). Report of the Emperor's journey and pictures from the visit, as well as pictures of views in Palestine.
• A print depicting the imperial ship Hohenzollern entering the Bosphorus accompanied by Turkish ships, on its way to Palestine. After a drawing by Charles de Lacy.
Size and condition vary.
Enclosed: a reprint of the book "Die Reise des Kaisers und der Kaiserin nach Palästina: Drei Vorträge" by Ernst Freiherr von Mirbach. Middletown, Delaware: Leopold Classic Library, 2019.
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