Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

"Official Gazette" – The Provisional Government of Israel – Issues nos. 1-50

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Iton Rishmi [Official Gazette]. Issue no. 1 (14.5.48) through issue no. 50 (11.2.1949), bound together. Tel-Aviv: "HaPoel HaTzair" Press, authorized by the Provisional Government.
All issues of "Iton Rishmi", providing the official text of all legislation and orders issued in the first year of the State of Israel: the declaration of independence, the establishment of the Israel Defense Forces, the proclamation of the flag of the State of Israel, emergency regulations and more. Bound together with a title page and index.
"Iton Rishmi" was the title of the official government gazette for the State of Israel during the term of the Provisional Government. After the enactment of the Transition Law ("Chok HaMa'avar") and the establishment of the Knesset (in February 1949), its name was changed to "Reshumot".
VIII, 165, [1], 226, 2, 227-436 pp., approx. 31 cm. Good condition. Stains. Closed and open tears to several leaves (some restored). A piece cut out of the title page (restored with paper. The missing text was completed by hand). Inked stamps and handwritten notations to several leaves. New binding and endpapers (spine gilt-embossed).
The British Mandate of Palestine, Jewish Enlistment, Illegal Immigration, Cyprus Detention Camps and the Establishment of the State of Israel
The British Mandate of Palestine, Jewish Enlistment, Illegal Immigration, Cyprus Detention Camps and the Establishment of the State of Israel