Theodor Herzl – Handwritten letter – Wien, 1898

Theodor Herzl, Handwritten draft of a letter, on official stationary of "Die Welt" newspaper. Wien, January 24th 1898. German.
Two pages, handwritten in pencil. On the first page, addressed to a friend [his name is not mentioned], Herzl writes: "attached is a draft of an answer I wrote". On the second page, appears the answer itself – a long and sharp response to an article against Max Nordau, Theodor Herzl and the Zionist Movement: "the conciliatory tone of your letter from January 19th is inconsistent with your attack on our movement… Furthermore, it is unclear how you identified [Max] Nordau as the "Spectator" [probably, the recipient of the letter assumed that an article signed "spectator" was written by Nordau], since it is well-known that neither Nordau nor Herzl sign by that name…". Signed with initials. [2] pp., 22.5 cm. Fair-good condition. One corner is missing (restored), folding marks, stains.