Theodor Herzl’s Zionistische Schriften, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Leon Kellner – A Luxurious Edition of Theodor Herzl’s Zionist Writings, Edited by Prof. Dr. Leon Kellner, Published by Jüdischer Verlag, Berlin, 1905 – A First Edition Published Posthumously. Two Parts in One Volume (Separate Title Page for Each Part). German. Includes Photographic Plates and Sketches of Herzl’s Portrait.
“The Zionist Writings were intended to show all Jews who believe in themselves and their future how Theodor Herzl envisioned that future…” (From the introduction). The collection includes articles, speeches, letters, and excerpts from Herzl’s major works, among them: Herzl’s opening speech at the First Zionist Congress, The concluding speech on the Congress’s results, “The Congress of Basel”, “The Eternal Jew”, Speech at the Second Zionist Congress, The Rothschild colonies, “Women and Zionism” (on the contribution of Jewish women to the Zionist enterprise)
The “Die Welt” program, and many more.
The editor, Leon Kellner (1859–1928), a Jewish-Austrian intellectual who greatly contributed to the dissemination of Zionist ideas. He was a professor of English literature at the University of Czernowitz (now in Ukraine) and authored a biography of Herzl.
312 [14] pages. Minor wear on the cover. Good condition.
