Altneuland, Monatsschrift fuer die wirtschaftliche erschlessung Palaestinas [Altneuland, Monthly magazine for the economic development of Palestine], the journal of The Zionist Commission for the Exploration of Palestine (Kommission zur Erforschung Palästinas). Editors: Otto Warburg, Franz Oppenheimer and Selig Soskin. A bound volume of issues – third year. Berlin, 1906. German.
All 12 issues of the journal "Altneuland" ("Old-New Land", after Theodor Herzl's book) from 1906. The journal, organ of The Commission for the Exploration of Palestine, which was established by the decision of the sixth Zionist congress, featured articles and results of studies and surveys held in Palestine.
The issues in this volume include articles about settlements in Palestine, the Malaria in Jerusalem, and more. Issue 10-11 (October-November 1906) features a long article about the Bezalel Art Academy that was established that year, accompanied by photographs of its teachers and students.
An illustration by E.M. Lilien – two muscular men carrying a bunch of grapes – is printed on the front cover of all issues.
12 issues (in ten booklets). IV, 380 pp. + covers. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Tears to edges of several leaves (brittle paper). Several leaves slightly browned at margins. Some stains. Binding with cloth spine and corners. Minor blemishes to binding; bookplate of Heinrich Lowe on inside front board.