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Views of Eretz Israel and its Colonies – Yesha'ayahu Raffalovich, 1899 – Hebrew and German
Views of Eretz Israel and its colonies, drawn and written by Yesha'ayahu Raffalovich and his partner Moshe Eliyahu Sachs. Photographers in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 1899. Hebrew and German. A booklet of photos from a tour that Raffalovich conducted in Eretz Israel (from Gedera to Metula) in 1898, with his friend Eliyahu (Elijah) Meyers, "American Colony" photographer. The tour was a result of a request that Raffalovich got to prepare an album of Eretz Israel views for the third Zionist congress to take place a year later in Basel. Several photos are particularly large, on folded plates. An English edition was published in the same year. [45] pp, 57 photo-plates, 17X24 cm. Fair condition. Ink stamps, stains and tears, some of them restored and others fastened with adhesive tape.
