Research Catalog

Title

The Hebrew book : an historical survey / edited by Raphael Posner and Israel Ta-Shema ; foreword by Jacob Rothschild.

Publication

Jerusalem : Keter Pub. House Jerusalem, ©1975.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Posner, Raphael.
• Ta-Shma, Israel M.

Description

225, [5] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.); 32 cm.

Subject

• Printing, Hebrew > History
• Manuscripts, Hebrew
• Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts
• Printing, Hebrew

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [229]

Provenance (note)

• Formerly part of the Valmadonna Trust Library.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Writing : in ancient times, writing surfaces, writing equipment, Talmud and Halakhah, the scribe -- 2. The scroll : scrolls as early books, the Sefer Torah -- 3. The manuscript : non-illuminated manuscripts, illuminated manuscripts -- 4. The science of the Hebrew book : journals, catalogs, the preliminary pages, 20th-century, methods, future tasks -- 5. Printing : introduction, incunabula, 1500-1550, 1550-1627, the 17th and 18th centuries, modern period -- 6. Major centers -- 7. Hebrew printers -- 8. Love of the book : the beginnings, Hebrew book titles, the foreword, the recommendation, colophons, proofreaders, trade in books, censorship, bibliophiles, bookplates -- 9. The artistry of the book : typography, methods and techniques, printers' marks, illustrations, binding -- 10. Some basic books : the Bible, the Mishnah and Talmud, the Prayer Books, the Mishneh Torah, the Zohar and Kabbalah, the Haggadah -- 11. Libraries : public libraries in Israel -- Appendices : I. Transliteration table, II. Reading list, III. Alphabetical index of title pages.

ISBN

• 0706513894
• 9780706513899

LCCN

75326069

OCLC

• ocm01818897
• 1818897
• SCSB-307137

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library