Buy this book on-line Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer : SEFER ERETS YISRAEL: AL TEVA HA-ARETS HA-ZOTYerushalayim; Y. M. Solomon, 1883
Later Cloth. 12mo. [9], 96 pages. 18 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Helek Rishon (no more published) . One of the first Hebrew books published on the geography of Eretz Israel. Written by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858–1922) , “Hebrew writer and lexicographer, generally considered the father of modern Hebrew, and one of the first active Zionist leaders. Born Eliezer Yizhak Perelman in Luzhky, Lithuania, he officially adopted the pseudonym Ben-Yehuda, which he had previously used in his literary activities, when he went to Palestine. … The Ben-Yehuda household thus was the first Hebrew-speaking home established in Palestine, and his first son, Ben-Zion (later called Ithamar Ben-Avi) , the first modern Hebrew-speaking child. ” - EJ 2008. S. HaLevi 413. A damaged copy sold at auction in 2014 for over USD 550. Subjects: Physical geography - Palestine. Physical geography. Middle East - Palestine. OCLC lists 10 copies. Later boards bowed, first and last pages aged; light soiling and foxing to edges throughout, overall clean. Good + condition. (ZION-8-10) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer : SEFER ERETS YISRAEL: AL TEVA HA-ARETS HA-ZOT. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, livres d'occasion, out-of-print books, collectables and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |