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As time went on, Hebrew books increasingly employed biblical figures and scenes on the title pages. Most common were Moses and Aaron, who often stand in front of the pillars of the gate on the right and left respectively, as on the title page of…

Like many 16th century printers of Hebrew books, Ṿitsentso Ḳonṭi (also Vincenzo Conti) of Cremona, Italy was a Christian who employed Jewish assistants. On this copy of Sefer Tashbets, Ḳonṭi employed a particularly elaborate printer's…

So central was Amsterdam to Hebrew printing that books published elsewhere still sought to link themselves to Amsterdam in the hope that it would increase respect for the product and improve sales. This Talmud commentary by Levi ben Shelomoh (Sefer…

Manuel (also Immanuel) Benveniste was another Sephardic printer in 17th century Amsterdam. He was born in Venice in 1608 and died in Amsterdam ca. 1660.

Here we see his 1654 edition of Solomon ibn Verga’s Shevet Yehudah, a history of the…

Pe’er Ha-Dor (“glory of the generation”) contains the responsa of Maimonides, the great 12th Jewish scholar and philosopher. Responsa are answers to specific questions of Jewish law. Maimonides left over 250 such answers, but they were never…

Major, Clarence. Parking lots : a poem Spec. PS3563.A39 P37 1992 [Mount Horeb, Wis.] : Perishable Press Ltd., 1992. [16] p., [7] double leaves : ill., maps ; 24 cm. "This is the 118th title from this press and is the first to try a…

David de Kastro (also de Castro) Tartas (1630-1698) worked for the printer Manasseh ben Israel in Amsterdam before setting up his own press in 1662. In 1678 he became a member of the Amsterdam Printers' Guild, competing with Uri ben Aaron ha-Levi,…

Manasseh (also Menasseh) Ben Israel (1604-1657) was the first publisher of Hebrew books in Amsterdam, setting up shop in 1626. Like Benjamin Franklin a century later, Manasseh was not only a printer, but a writer, community leader, and diplomat.…

Verne, Jules Tempête et calme Spec. PQ2469 .T46 2004 4o Octon, France : Verdigris , 2004. [1] leaf folded into [4] : ill. ; 33 cm. "La typographie en caractères mobiles, Vendôme romain, est composée et…

Hanmer, Karen They all laughed Spec. N7433.4.H36 T44 2002 Glenview (Ill.) : [K. Hanmer], c2002. 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 18 cm. "Photos and letter from Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute courtesy of the Library of Congress. They All Laughed…