Lot 329
Abraham Soskin – "Album of Tel Aviv Views", 1926 – Inscribed by Meir Dizengoff
"Album of Tel Aviv Views" by photographer Abraham Soskin. [Berlin, 1926]. Hebrew, English, and German.
Album containing 70 printed photographs of the City of Tel Aviv, dating from the gathering of the city's founding assembly in 1908 till 1926. Two maps appear at the end of the album, one presenting Tel Aviv at the time of its establishment, and the other showing the city's layout in 1926. Introduction and titles in three languages – Hebrew, English, and German. The album opens with the emblem of the Municipality of Tel Aviv, and with pictures of the city's founders and its first mayor, Meir Dizengoff. Title page inscribed and signed by Tel Aviv's first mayor, Meir Dizengoff (inscription dated 1931), with inked stamp of the Municipality of Tel Aviv.
[41] ff., 22.5X16 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and tears. Long tear, restored, to final leaf. Tear to edges of cover (open tear to corner of front cover).
