"ציוניסטישע קאפיקע-ביבליאטעק" - Zionist pamphlets sold at Kofika' - 10 pamphlets from the Zionist series which accompanied the Zionist enterprise in its beginnings in articles and reviews. Each booklet was sold for 1 Kupika. Odessa, 1908-1919. Booklets No. 2, 4, 16, 21, 24, 26, 27, 32, 34, 37. Dotted Yiddish.
Each booklet deals with a topic that was important to the Zionist movement at its inception. "The greatness of the tasks facing this nation - Israel, and the Land of Israel. The land must be prepared, and the people must be prepared... the task must be completed..." (from booklet no. 4).
Among the other booklets we mentions: Pamphlet No. 4 dealing with the 'Basel Plan' - 1914, Pamphlet No. 24 - a special pamphlet about the Ninth Zionist Congress held in Hamburg - 1909, Pamphlet No. 34 dealing entirely with the National Library in Jerusalem The treasure of books in her possession and the vision of the development of the Zionist enterprise - 1911, Booklet No. 37 dealing with the Hebrew Shekel during the Second Temple - 1914, Booklet No. 17 dealing with the Jewish Colonial Bank - 1919.
At the top of the booklet title pages is an illustration made by Jacob Stark of Jews longing for Zion against a background of a flowering landscape in the Art Nouveau style, columns topped with a Star of David and the inscription "Zion". The brochures are accompanied by many advertisements for Jewish manufacturing companies in Europe and Eretz Israel.
10 bound booklets (some detached from the cover). 18 cm. Stains, good condition.
