Views of Eretz Israel and the Jewish Colonies – Yesha'ayahu Raffalovich – Jerusalem, 1899

Views of Eretz Israel and the Jewish Colonies – Yesha'ayahu Raffalovich – Jerusalem, 1899
Views of Eretz Israel and its Moshavot, painted and written by Yesha'ayahu Raffalovich and his partner Moshe Eliyahu Sachs. Photographed in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 1899. Hebrew and German.
Booklet of photographs taken during a tour of Eretz Israel (from Gedera to Metula) which Raffalovich held in 1898, with his friend Eliyahu (Elija) Meyers, an "American Colony" photographer. The tour was held following a request addressed to Raffalovich to prepare an Album of photos for the third Zionist Congress which took place in Basel one year later. Some of the photos are particularly large, on folding plates. An English edition was published in the same year.
[45] pp, 57 photo-plates, 17X24 cm. Fair condition, unraveled leaves, binding stained and worn.