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David de Kastro Tartas
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Title
David de Kastro Tartas
Description
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, Joseph Athias, and other well-known Jewish printers of the time.
Tartas was responsible for this lavish edition of Mikhlol Yofi, a grammatical commentary on the Torah, Joshua, Judges and Chronicles. Published in 1684, it contains approbations from the famous Christian Hebraist Johann Buxtorf and also from four professors in Leiden. This marks the first time a Jewish press sought to attract Christian subscribers by including a Latin title page and Latin approbations in a Hebrew book.
Tartas was responsible for this lavish edition of Mikhlol Yofi, a grammatical commentary on the Torah, Joshua, Judges and Chronicles. Published in 1684, it contains approbations from the famous Christian Hebraist Johann Buxtorf and also from four professors in Leiden. This marks the first time a Jewish press sought to attract Christian subscribers by including a Latin title page and Latin approbations in a Hebrew book.
Source
Heller, Marvin J. "Introduction." In The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book: An Abridged Thesaurus. Vol. 2. Leiden: Brill, 2011. xxx-xxxi, 1070.
Rights
Digital Image: Washington University in Saint Louis
Identifier
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Citation
“David de Kastro Tartas,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed May 17, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/7016.