Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Lot 1

Two Booklets of the Odessa Committee – Booklet of Regulations and a Booklet with a List of Donating Members – St. Petersburg, 1890-1891

Opening: $120
Sold for: $200
Including buyer's premium
Two booklets documenting the activity of the Odessa Committee ("Society for the Support of Jewish Farmers and Artisans in Syria and Palestine") of the Chovevei Zion Organization. St. Petersburg, 1890-1891.
● Regulations for supporting Jewish farmers and artisans in Syria and Palestine. St. Petersburg: V. Ettinger Press, 1890. Hebrew and Russian.
Listing the society's aims, sources of income, membership parameters, dates of the general assembly, the committee's responsibilities, etc.
6, 9 pp., 23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Horizontal fold line. Creases. Closed and open tears to edges (mostly reinforced with tape). New leather binding, with the original cover. The back cover (with the Russian title) is torn; its upper half is missing.
● List of members of the Society for the Support of Jewish Farmers and Artisans in Syria and Palestine for 1890. St. Petersburg: Eliezer Behrman and Miriam Rabinowitz Press, 1891.
A list of 4630 members who had donated to the Society.
Not in OCLC.
68 pp., 21.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Small tears to edges. Notation on title page. New leather binding, without the cover.
Zionism, Zionist Congresses, Herzl, JNF
Zionism, Zionist Congresses, Herzl, JNF