Auction 018
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jan 23, 2019
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LOT 421:
"Jewish Laborers and Farmers in Palestine" – Booklet by Eliyahu Sheid, Baron Rothschild's Chief Supervisor of ...
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"Jewish Laborers and Farmers in Palestine" – Booklet by Eliyahu Sheid, Baron Rothschild's Chief Supervisor of Colonies in Palestine – Jerusalem, 1897
"Jewish Laborers and Farmers in Palestine" – Booklet by Eliyahu Sheid, Baron Rothschild's Chief Supervisor of Colonies in Palestine – Jerusalem, 1897
Jewish Laborers and Farmers in Palestine, by Eliyahu Sheid. Jerusalem: "Hazvi", [1897].
An address delivered by Eliyahu Sheid at a meeting of The Society for Settlement of Palestine ("Yishuv Eretz Israel" Society) in Paris in 1897; discussing the involvement of Jews, in particular settlers in colonies, in agriculture in Palestine; drying swamps in Hadera; silk enterprises in Rosh Pina; and more.
Eliyahu Sheid (1841-1922), Jewish-French activist and author, served for 13 years as the chief supervisor of the colonies in Palestine on behalf of Baron Rothschild.
20 pp, 16 cm. Good condition. Stains (significant staining to cover). Ink-stamp on first page. Handwritten inscription on page 14. Open tear to corner of back cover. Label on front cover. Bottom part of spine is torn.
