581. THEODORE HERZL (1860 - 1904) Hungarian Jew, founder of modern Zionism. Sent to Paris as a correspondent, he reported on the Dreyfus affair and was soon appalled by the vicious anti-Semitism he observed. Herzl decided that Jewish assimilation in Europe was impossible and that the only solution to the Jewish problem was the establishment of a Jewish national state, and organized the first Zionist World Congress, serving as its president. Good content D.S. 1p. 4to., Vienna, Mar. 4, 1903, a circular in German reading in part: "...The Congress will convene this year in early summer...the by-laws of the organization...state 'The elections of the delegates for the Zionist Congress is direct and secret. The rest of the procedure for the election will remain with the organizations of the individual countries'...We therefore ask you to announce the decision by which the elections this year will take place as soon as possible...". Boldly signed by Herzl at lower-right, co-signed by another unidentified administrator. Fine. $800 - 1,200