Original boards. 8vo. 254 pages, 19 cm. Includes portrait of Mapu. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Lover of Zion: A Story. ” Mapu (1808-1867) was the "creator of the modern Hebrew novel and one of the principal exponents of the Haskalah movement in Eastern Europe. This novel is perhaps his best known and marks a change in the history of Hebrew literature. (EJ, 2007) . SUBJECT: Hebrew fiction. Binding is starting. Light wear to cloth. First few pages are loose. (RAB-64-20)