Selection Catalog of Hebrew Prints of Prague Provenance (Printing House M. I. Landau, 1824-1853) Cover Image
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Auswahlkatalog hebräischen Drucke Prager Provenienz (Druckerei M. I. Landau, 1824-1853)
Selection Catalog of Hebrew Prints of Prague Provenance (Printing House M. I. Landau, 1824-1853)

Author(s): Bedřich Nosek
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Museology & Heritage Studies, Ethnohistory, 19th Century, Philology
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: Jews; Hebrew prints; catalogue; Prague; 19th century;

Summary/Abstract: This is the last part of the catalogue of selected early Hebrew printed books of Prague provenance kept in the State Jewish Museum. The printed books discussed here were published in Prague by M. I. Landau’s Hebrew printing house. The introductory passage acquaints the readers with the history of the printing house, then there is a catalogue of fifty-nine prints dating from the years 1824-1852 followed by editions of biblical texts published in the years 1824-1839. Mentioned at the very end of the catalogue are the first Landau’s editions of the Babylonian Talmud dating from the years 1829-1831 and second editions dating from the years 1839-1846.

  • Issue Year: XV/1979
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 86-121
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: German