A notebook handwritten by Nahum Sokolov, with a list of books in his library. [Poland, ca. 1880].
Nahum Sokolov (1859-1936) was the fifth president of the World Zionist Organization, a Zionist leader, author, translator, poet and a pioneer of Hebrew journalism.
Sokolov documents in the notebook presented here, the books he kept in his library as a young man: on one side appear books in Hebrew and on the other side– books in foreign languages. The list includes a varied collection of Hebrew biblical books, literature in foreign languages, Haskalah books, Hebrew papers and essays from the early period of the Techia.
[17] pages of Hebrew lists + [18] pages of lists in different languages, notebook: 17 cm. Good condition. Leaves and cover slightly loose. Spotting.