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Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition 1936 (the 1st appeared in 1935). Glossy illustrated b/w wraps 45x32cm (folding down into English and Hebrew title panels 17x23cm). Printed in Palestine by Goldberg's Press. 8pp English text including several b/w photos by J. (Shmuel Joseph) Schweig, and a double-page map dated 1935 by Maximilian Romanoff captioned in English. Good or better, with closed tears. This appears to be rare in commerce. The Keren Hayesod was the fundraising arm of the Jewish Agency. It reports that by 30 June 1936, it had raised £5.6M through voluntary taxation, and that its "most important field of activities is that of agricultural colonisation, on which it has expended £1,985,000" (p7). Itzhak Ben-Zwi (Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 1884-1963) at this time served on the Jerusalem City Council, and as President of the Yishuv's shadow governing body the Jewish National Council. He was among the signatories of Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948, and became Israel's 2nd President during 1952-63. In this work he describes Jerusalem's significance, presents a survey of the city and its people, it communities, history, topography, the old quarters and their expansion, new residential quarters and their development, economic conditions, institutions, and school buildings. The map, 64x45cm, dated 1935, was prepared by the architect and town planner Maximilian Romanoff for the Keren Hayesod. A striking birds-eye view in b/w with some colour highlighting, this shows the location of Zionist several agencies including the Orphan's House, Teacher Training College, Shaare Zedek Hospital, Hebrew Gymnasium, Hadassah Hospital, Palestine Land Development Company, etc etc. Schweig had worked as a photographer for the Jewish National Fund before opening his own workshop, and was the first local photographer to take photos in colour. Those included here in b/w cover various facets of the Old City and modern developments.