[Translated from Hebrew, with the addition of Herzl's speech from the World Zionist Congress in Basel, and his portrait.]
Ekaterinoslav, Satanovskiy, 1898
Rare first edition of the biography of Theodor Herzl in Russian, published in his lifetime and only a year after the First Zionist Congress.
From the note on page 3 we known that the work was compiled by Reuben Brainin (1862 – 1939), a Russian Jewish publicist, biographer and literary critic. At different times Brainin contributed to the periodicals 'Ha-Meliz,' 'Ha-Zefirah,' 'Ha-Maggid' and 'Ha-Shiloah,' making his name as an intermediary between Western and Jewish literature and culture. He also wrote about one hundred biographical sketches of modern Jewish scholars and writers.
In this publication Brainin included a text of the Herzl's speech given at the First Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897, which laid the foundations for the political process culminating in the creation of the state of Israel. This biography was translated into English and published under the title 'The Life of Herzl' in New York in 1919.
Very rare. WorldCat locates only two copies in public libraries: in the Yeshiva University, New York and the National Library of Israel; NYPL holds only a microform.
Small 8vo, (200 x 130 mm). Original decorative publisher's wrappers. Text in Russian, with a portrait of Herzl, some light spotting to pages. 23 pp.
From the note on page 3 we known that the work was compiled by Reuben Brainin (1862 – 1939), a Russian Jewish publicist, biographer and literary critic. At different times Brainin contributed to the periodicals 'Ha-Meliz,' 'Ha-Zefirah,' 'Ha-Maggid' and 'Ha-Shiloah,' making his name as an intermediary between Western and Jewish literature and culture. He also wrote about one hundred biographical sketches of modern Jewish scholars and writers.
In this publication Brainin included a text of the Herzl's speech given at the First Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897, which laid the foundations for the political process culminating in the creation of the state of Israel. This biography was translated into English and published under the title 'The Life of Herzl' in New York in 1919.
Very rare. WorldCat locates only two copies in public libraries: in the Yeshiva University, New York and the National Library of Israel; NYPL holds only a microform.
Small 8vo, (200 x 130 mm). Original decorative publisher's wrappers. Text in Russian, with a portrait of Herzl, some light spotting to pages. 23 pp.
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