Catalog of Selected Hebrew Prints of Prague Provenance. Part II: The Bak Family's Printing Company. The Printing Press of Abraham Ben Shimon Heida, Called Lemberg Cover Image
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Katalog ausgewählter hebräischer Drucke Prager Provenienz. II. Teil: Die Buchdruckerei der Familie Bak. Die Buchdruckerei des Abraham ben Schimon Heida, genannt Lemberg
Catalog of Selected Hebrew Prints of Prague Provenance. Part II: The Bak Family's Printing Company. The Printing Press of Abraham Ben Shimon Heida, Called Lemberg

Author(s): Bedřich Nosek
Subject(s): Language studies, Jewish studies, Ethnohistory, Modern Age, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: Hebrew prints; Prague; Bak damily; Jews; catalogue;

Summary/Abstract: This second part of the catalogue of selected Hebrew prints of Prague provenance from the collections of the State Jewish Museum is devoted to the Hebrew printing house belonging to the Bak family and the books published there. First the readers are acquainted with the history of the printing house, then the printers employed there are mentioned and the graphic performance typical of the printing house is characterized. A list of their prints kept in the State Jewish Museum follows. The history of another Hebrew printing house in Prague, that belonging to Abraham ben Shimon Heida - Lemberger, is presented in a similar way.

  • Issue Year: XI/1975
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 29-53
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: German