The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy; Being Chapters in the History of the Hebrew Printing Press
Philadelphia: Julius H. Greenstonee, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. xvii 417pp. Index, bibliography. 54 illustrations. Bound in brown cloth with tan spine label. This first edition is limited to 500 copies, this copy being unnumbered. Laid-in is a hand written slip "With the compliments of the author." Previous owner's more modern bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Edgewear to head and tail of spine. The front gutter is cracked. Scattered foxing. Good. Item #68893
Chapter headings include: "The Pioneers (1475-1482)", "The Sons of Soncino", "Gerson Soncino (1488-1497), (1501-1512), (1513-1534)", "Daniel Bomberg (1515-1522), (1523-1536), (1537-1549), Some Minor Presses, "The Quarrel of Giustiniani and Bragadini and the Condemnation of the Talmud", "Ferrara, Sabbioneta and Riva di Trento", "Cremona and Mantua", "The Resumption of the Press of Venice", "The Seventeenth Century and after"
Price: $130.00