HaMaggid. Hebrew Weekly Newspaper - Lyck, 1860-1880. Enormous Collection of Approximately 1000 Issues

HaMaggid. Hebrew Weekly Newspaper - Lyck, 1860-1880. Enormous Collection of Approximately 1000 Issues

HaMaggid, a Hebrew weekly newspaper: which will inform the Jewish people what is happening throughout the world that every Jew should know about, for his benefit and the benefit of the honorable Hebrew language. Lyck, 1880-1860. Enormous collection of 1000 issues (!) from twenty years, bound in 18 volumes.

Background: 'Hamaggid' was the first weekly newspaper in the history of Hebrew journalism. It was published between 1856-1903, first in the city of Lyck in Eastern Prussia, and later in Berlin, Krakow and Vienna. Its first editor was Eliezer Lipman Zilberman, followed by David Gordon, a supporter of 'Chibat Zion, ' who turned the newspaper into one of the leading platforms for the Jewish enlightenment movement in Eastern Europe and for settlement of the Land of Israel. The newspaper was later edited by Yitzchak Shlomo Fuchs. It was called 'HaMaggid' for most of the years of its circulation, but there were years it was called 'HaMaggid L'Yisrael.'

The newspaper's goal was to publish information about world events as well as events within the Jewish community, but also published poems and scientific and publicist articles. The foremost 19th century Jewish authors and maskilim wrote in it.

Unique Features: Enormous collection which also contains the general title pages and the leaves of indexes (when printed).

Specifications: For details of the issues in this collection, please refer to the Hebrew description.

Condition: Fine overall condition. The leaves were not numbered and the lot is sold as is.