Bidspirit auction | TRIETSCH, DAVIS

TRIETSCH, DAVIS - Palästina-Wirtschafts-Atlas). 30 color-printed maps and charts (approx. 38 x 26 cm), four folding. The Palestine maps and charts cover such issues as Jewish workers, Jewish land ownership, population density, overview of Jewish industries in Palestine, imports and exports, Jewish capital investment in Palestine, etc. Lacking contents leaf, very occasional faint marginal creasing). Loose as issued in contemporary paper portfolio (detached). Berlin: Orient-Verlag, 1926: Scarce atlas with attractive graphic design, showing Jewish immigration and economic activity in Palestine. Born in Dresden, Davis Trietsch (1870-1935) moved to New York where he studied Jewish migration. In 1897, as the only American delegate, he attended the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland. Later he moved back to Germany where he published material, such as the present lot, to promote the Zionist cause. He himself settled in Palestine in 1932.