Bidspirit auction | Rare: ”The Land of Israel

Rare: ”The Land of Israel - The Land of the Jews” by Jacobus Kann - First French Edition 1910 - Erets Israël: Le Pays Juif. par J. H. Kann. Bruxelles: Falk Fils, 1910. Jacobus Kann's Zionist book. Kann was one of the founders of the Jewish Settlement Treasury Bank and the Anglo-Palestine Bank, one of the purchasers of Achuzat Bait lands and the first Dutch consul in the Land of Israel between 1924-1928. Includes a folding color map, many photographs of life in the Land of Israel, as well as portraits of Herzl, Wolfson and Nordau. Rebound in fancy three-quarter leather binding. Inside: the original cover. The book was originally published in Dutch in 1908, this is the first French edition published two years later. French, 149 pp., 22X17 cm. good condition