1942 Steimatzky Pictorial Hebrew Map of Jerusalem

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$600.00
ירושלם העתיקה והחדשה / Jerusalem Old and New. - Main View
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1942 Steimatzky Pictorial Hebrew Map of Jerusalem

JerusalemHebrew-steimatsky-1942-2

Illustrates the Old City and the Temple Mount in detail.
$600.00

Title


ירושלם העתיקה והחדשה / Jerusalem Old and New.
  1942 (undated)     27 x 18.25 in (68.58 x 46.355 cm)     1 : 8750

Description


This is a 1942 Steimatzky pictorial map of Jerusalem in Hebrew. The map depicts the city from Karem es Sila to El Tur and the Mount of Olives and from the Hadassa Medical Center, the Hebrew University and Mt. Scopus to Meqor Hayim. Illustrating numerous buildings in profile, the Old City and the Temple Mount act as the focal point. Surrounded by walls, several buildings within the Old City, such as the Holy Sepulcre, St. Anne's, the Supreme Muslim Council, and several gates are labeled. On the Temple Mount, the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aksa Mosque are illustrated. Some of the locations illustrated outside the Old City include the Citadel, the Church of Dormition, the Tomb of the Virgin, the Tombs of the Kings, and several monasteries and convents. Neighborhoods throughout the city are labeled, along with streets and the railway which enters the city near the bottom of the map.
Publication History
This map was drawn by Shlomo Ben David and published by Steimatzky in 1942. Two editions of this map were published in 1942. One was in English and the other in Hebrew.

Cartographer


Steimatzky (1920 – present) is the oldest and largest bookstore chain in Israel. Founded by Tzvi Steimatzky in 1920, the first store was opened in Tel Aviv at 6 Hertzel Street. Steimatzky's half-brother Yechezkel Steimatzky opened the second store on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem in 1925. Yechezkel, a Russian-born immigrant from Germany, originally went to the British Mandate of Palestine for the opening of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, but decided to stay after he saw the potential for success in opening a foreign language bookstore whose clients would be a growing population of immigrants along with British Army soldiers serving under the British Mandate. He found that the bookstore was so successful that he opened another store in Haifa the following year. By 1927, the Steimatzky brand had expanded outside the British Mandate, when a store opened in Beirut. During World War II, a Steimatzky store opened in Baghdad next to the British Army base, and branches in Cairo, Alexandria, and Damascus soon followed. After the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the expansion throughout the Middle East came to an end. In 1948 another store opened in Tel Aviv on Allenby Street. Eri Steimatzky, Yechezkel's son, joined the company and became its general manager in 1963. By 2010, Steimatzky operated over 160 stores throughout Israel, dominating the market in Israel. By September 2017, however, the gap between Steimatzky and its closest competitor, Tzomet Sfarim, was closing; Steimatzky had reduced their number of branches to 140 compared to Tzomet Sfarim's 96 stores. More by this mapmaker...

Condition


Very good. Exhibits light wear along original fold lines. Small closed margin tears professionally repaired on verso. Verso repairs to fold intersections. Hebrew text on verso. Accompanied by original binder.