Historical Memoranda. I. The Number and Density of the Population of Ancient Palestine. II. The Jewish Population in Palestine from the Fall of the Jewish State to the Beginning of Zionist Pioneering. III. The Waves of Jewish Migration into Palestine (640-1882).

$850.00

Item Number: 146805

Jerusalem: [General Council (Vaad Leumi) of the Jewish Community of Palestine], 1947.

Scarce printing of this historical record. Octavo, original wrappers, rebacked, illustrated with five folding lithographed maps. In good condition with toning to the front and rear panels, first and last leaves, white marking to the spine, institutional stamps to the title page, final leaf, and final map.

After the First World War, the League of Nations assigned a Mandate for the British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan, which had previously been part of the Ottoman Empire for four centuries. In Palestine, the Mandate required Britain to put into effect the 1917 Balfour Declaration's "national home for the Jewish people" alongside the Palestinian Arabs, who composed the vast majority of the local population. Currently, Israeli settlements exist in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.