Obj. ID: 35372
Jewish printed books Hanhagot Beit ha-Kenesset, Amsterdam, 1716
The following description was prepared by William Gross:
All Jewish formal institutions needed bylaws in order to function in an orderly manner. This is a list of rules for the administration of the Ashkenazi Synagogue in Amsterdam. Additions to the bylaws were also printed at various times.
The press set up by Solomon Proops became the most famous of all the presses operating in Amsterdam in the 18th century, apart from the Menasseh ben Israel press. Solomon's father Joseph came to Amsterdam from Poznan. Solomon Proops was initially involved in the bookselling trade, and in 1677 was admitted to the Amsterdam Guild of Booksellers, Printers and Bookbinders. In 1704 he set up his own press, which was to become the longest operating and most productive of all the Jewish presses in Europe in the 18th C. He acquired the fame of a printer who produced beautiful books that could be bought at a reasonable price.