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Jewish printed books
  Ezrat ha-Sofer al Megillat Esther, Amsterdam, 1796

© Gross Family Collection, Photographer: Unknown,

This text was prepared by William Gross:

This small book contains the text of Megillat Esther and around the text are printed the Halachot concerning the writing of the scroll. signature
During the nineteenth century (and sometimes even earlier), when the Jewish world center of print moved to Eastern Europe, and the social place and function of women improved, there were 24 women active in Hebrew printing and publishing, 17 of whom were in Eastern Europe. A substantial number of printing houses came to be run by widows, the most famous of whom was the Widow (Dvoyre) Romm, who exerted substantial control over the great Lithuanian publishing house from 1860 until her death in 1903. In at least one case, a major Hebrew press, in Lwów, was founded and run from 1788 to 1805 by a woman, Yudis Rosanes, who came from the Żółkiew line of Uri Fayvesh ha-Levi.

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Ezrat ha-Sofer al Megillat Esther | Unknown
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Date
1796
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Proops, Printing House in Amsterdam
{"1685":"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."}
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18.8 cm
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12.3 cm
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0.6 cm
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