Auction 28 History and culture - the rise of the people and the heritage of Israel including travel and research books, language and literature, photographs and documents - Israel, Palestine and the Middle East
By Safra and Saifa
Aug 29, 2022
52 Hertzel st. Kfar - Saba , Israel

Our new catalog presents a section  dedicated to the estate of Zalman Shoken - the founder of Shoken Publishing, and the owner of the "Haaretz" newspaper, which he purchased at the end of 1935,

and other items from the estate of Prof. Emmanuel Marx - Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology - at Tel Aviv University, recipient of the Israel Prize for Sociology Research for the year 2018 and an honorary member of the British Royal Anthropological Institute.

These items include research books in history and language, travel books, poetry books in special editions and more....

Alongside these are displayed many  items for the history of the people of Israel and Zionism, photographs, letters, works by the best artists and other items.

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Rare booklet - Tel Litvinsky, in French , the garden city of Tel Aviv, including photographs, illustrations and a ...

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29/08/2022 at Safra and Saifa

Rare booklet - Tel Litvinsky, in French , the garden city of Tel Aviv, including photographs, illustrations and a map of the city's planning by architect Richard Kaufman.
Tel Litwinsky La Cite Jardin de Tel Aviv,
Tel-Litvinsky - The agricultural colony (moshava), was founded by the Litvinsky brothers (Emil Litvinsky and Moshe (Maurice) Litvinsky), with the financial assistance of Baron Felix de Menashe, on family lands, and named after their father, Yaakov Elchanan, one of the founders of Tel Aviv. The colony was planned by Richard Kaufman, to be a garden city on about 1700 dunam (¼ of an acre), divided into 2000 plots, Until 1936 only 24 families actively lived there, on one street, most of them German immigrants. At the time of its establishment, the small settlement was isolated and surrounded by Arab and Bedouin settlements that set it on fire during the Great Arab Revolt.
Part of the moshav area is currently included in the city of Ramat Gan and on another part, Tel Hashomer Hospital was built.
In the booklet - articles in French about future planning, including illustrations and photographs of buildings, agricultural land and more ...
At the end of the booklet is attached a detailed map of the future planning of the architect Richard Kaufman - with an exact detail of the location of future buildings such as, a synagogue, green parks, schools and more ...

Softcover
18 pages
16*25 cm
Slight defects in margins
Good general condition


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